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Devotedly I love her
Special Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Candlelight Tour – Saturday February 9, 2019
Join us for this special tour of the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage and learn about Poe’s most fervent love, his wife […]
Upcoming Lecture: Bedford Park in the 1950s
When: Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 1:00pm
Join past BCHS educator Ed Schneider on a stroll down Bronx memory lane. Originally from the Bedford Park section, Ed will discuss his fond childhood memories growing up and […]
Walking Tour: Old Village of Melrose
When: Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 11am.
Originally part of the property owned by the Morris Family since the 17th century, what we now know as the community of Melrose was laid out in 1850 by […]
Junior Bronx Historians Summer Academy
Calling all middle schoolers! The Bronx County Historical Society is seeking 8-10 students from grades 6-8 to attend our 1st ever Junior Bronx Historians Summer Academy!
The JBH Summer Academy is a 4-day program designed […]
BCHS’s Annual Golf Tournament
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BCHS 16th Annual Golf Tournament Brochure Cover
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In the Footsteps of Edgar Allan Poe: A Walk from Poe Cottage to High Bridge
Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Although the American poet Edgar Allan Poe has been gone for many years now, his home and High Bridge continue to serve as remnants of his beloved walks in […]
The Catholic Protectory : Parkchester – Historic Walk Tour
The Catholic Protectory : Parkchester – Historic Walk Tour
Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 10:30 AM
Visit historic Parkchester, once the country’s largest housing development, with an eye to the colorful history of its predecessor the New […]
A Course on the History of The Bronx – Every Tuesday in March
History of The Bronx Course
Every Tuesday in March (5x)
Lloyd Ultan, the official Bronx Borough Historian, prolific author and respected lecturer, who is widely regarded as the leading authority on Bronx history, will conduct a course, […]
BRONX-BASED BANKS
by Professor Lloyd Ultan
Banks are needed to provide the financing for business expansion and to give homeowners mortgages. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some had their headquarters in the borough.
The first attempt […]