A Bit of History in Our Neighborhood
Cathie Campbell dug up the photo above from their days living in the neighboring Sleepy Hollow Manor. Look closely at the date of the manhole cover, set down way back in 1927. But if you look at most of the homes in The Manor, they don’t seem to correspond to those built in the 1920s and 1930s. What happened? Quick answer: 1929 happened, with its stock market crash, the drop in incomes, and the slump in new homes built. Then, of course, came World War II. Perhaps that’s why many of the homes are split-level in nature. The split-level house came into vogue in the 1950s, which was about when house building started up again. And The Manor shows it.
Do you have something from “way back when” that speaks of your history, that of the town, that of the country? Send a photo our way for “From the Attic.”