Ardsley is a village in Westchester County , New York , United States . It is part of the town of Greenburgh . The village's population was 5,079 at the 2020 census. The mayor of Ardsley is Nancy Kaboolian.
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82-599: A New York newspaper. Bad investments deprived Field of his fortune. He lived modestly during the last five years of his life in his native Stockbridge, Massachusetts , and died in 1892 at the age of 72. Field and his wife are buried in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in the Stockbridge Cemetery in Berkshire County. His headstone reads: "CYRUS WEST FIELD To whose courage, energy and perseverance
123-680: A library that is a member of the Westchester Library System . Ardsley should not be confused with the nearby hamlet of Ardsley-on-Hudson , which is part of the village of Irvington . Prior to European settlement Ardsley and its surrounding area was inhabited by the Wickquasgeck tribe, a band of the Wappinger , related to the Lenape (Delaware) tribes which dominated lower New York state and New Jersey . After
164-551: A storeroom clerk; his pay was doubled the following year. After three years, he came back to Stockbridge, but returned to New York later in his career. Field married Mary Bryan Stone on December 2, 1840, two days after he turned twenty one, and they had seven children. Although Field had many available career options, he chose business. This was a great move for Field. At first, he worked for his brothers, David Dudley Field Jr. and Matthew Dickinson Field. In 1838, he accepted an offer from his brother Matthew to become his assistant in
205-583: Is also the motor-free South County Trail connecting Ardsley to the Empire State Trail across New York State. The trail is frequently used by bicyclists and pedestrians whether they just want to take a stroll or if they want to get to places, such as Elmsford or Yonkers . The trail runs along the path where the New York and Putnam Railroad once stood. Cyrus West Field Cyrus West Field (November 30, 1819 – July 12, 1892)
246-492: Is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Ardsley has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. It receives approximately 28 inches of snow per year. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,269 people, 1,432 households, and 1,212 families residing in the village. The population density
287-425: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ardsley, New York The Ardsley post office serves the entire village of Ardsley, plus some nearby unincorporated sections of Greenburgh . The Ardsley Union Free School District includes the entire village of Ardsley plus parts of the village of Dobbs Ferry and unincorporated parts of Greenburgh. Ardsley has
328-530: Is the district's senior high school. Lyceum Kennedy International School maintains its Ardsley campus, serving elementary grades. In 2018 Brooke Lea Foster of The New York Times stated that it was one of several "Rivertowns" in New York State, even though physically Ardsley is not adjacent to a river; she described these "Rivertowns" as among the "least suburban of suburbs, each one celebrated by buyers there for its culture and hip factor, as much as
369-565: The Atlantic Telegraph Company began laying the first transatlantic telegraph cable , utilizing a shallow submarine plateau that ran between Ireland and Newfoundland . The cable was officially opened on August 16, 1858, when Queen Victoria sent President James Buchanan a message in Morse code . Although the jubilation at the feat was widespread, the cable itself was short-lived: it broke down three weeks afterward, and
410-638: The Dutch came to the area, the land was part of the Bisightick tract of the van der Donck grant purchased by Frederick Philipse in 1682, first lord of Philipsburg Manor . In 1785 the state of New York confiscated the land from his Loyalist grandson, Frederick Philipse III, after he sided with the British in the American Revolution, and sold it to local farmers who had been tenants of
451-699: The paper manufacturing venture, the Columbia Mill, in Lee, Massachusetts . In Spring 1840, he went into business by himself, manufacturing paper in Westfield, Massachusetts . The same year, he became a junior partner in the E. Root & Co., a wholesale paper firm based in New York with responsibilities to oversee clients and conduct sales away from New York. After six months, E. Root & Co. failed leaving large debts. Field negotiated with creditors, dissolved
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#1732775549556492-731: The Cable Cabinet to extend the line from Newfoundland to Ireland . The next year the same investors formed the American Telegraph Company and began buying up other companies, rationalizing them into a consolidated system that ran from Maine to the Gulf Coast; the system was second only to Western Union 's. In 1857, after securing financing in England and backing from the American and British governments,
533-490: The English birthplace of his immigrant ancestor, Zechariah Field ( East Ardsley , West Riding of Yorkshire , England), who immigrated to the U.S. in 1629. The story told at one time is that Field agreed to use his influence to get the post office established, and in return the village would be renamed Ardsley. The first village postmaster was appointed in 1883. Ardsley was incorporated as a town in 1896. Ardsley High School
574-646: The Phillipse family. The village of Ashford was formed from some of these portions, named for the main road. Notable businesses included a blacksmith , and a sawmill and grist mill both situated upon the Saw Mill River . Three pickle factories were in operation by the Civil War , and in the 1880s the construction of the Putnam Railroad and New Croton Aqueduct led to a population boom which saw
615-408: The average family size was 3.22. In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.9% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males. The median income for a household in the village
656-408: The burgeoning penny press and the need for stocks and bonds, becoming eventually one of the richest men in New York. In March, 1853, he repaid all previously cancelled debt due to insolvency of E. Root & Co. debts in full amount with interest, being under no legal obligation to do so. Among the answers received, one particularly stated, Your only inheritance was a load of debt, cast upon you at
697-722: The commencement of your business life, which was not caused by lack of foresight or fault on your part. You bore up under this heavy burden and paid it as not one in thousands could or would have done, and by this very act you laid broad the basis of your subsequent success. Business earnings permitted Field to partially retire at the age of 34 with a fortune of $ 250,000 and build a home in Gramercy Park . In 1853, Field financed an expedition to South America with his artist friend Frederic Edwin Church , during which they explored present-day Ecuador , Colombia , and Panama . They followed
738-799: The construction of the New York State Thruway in the late 1950s, which resulted in both the loss of the Ardsley station on the Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad and the loss of much of the downtown business district. According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km ), all land. The Saw Mill River and Sprain Brook are two waterways that run through Ardsley. Over
779-596: The downtowns of Dobbs Ferry , Scarsdale , Larchmont , and New Rochelle. With the demise of the New York and Putnam Railroad in favor of the construction of Interstate 87 , commuter rail service to New York City is available via the Dobbs Ferry train station and Ardsley-on-Hudson train station , served by Metro-North Railroad 's Hudson Line , and the Hartsdale train station and Scarsdale train station served by Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line . There
820-492: The emerald mines of Muzo . Field turned his attention to telegraphy after he was contacted in January 1854 by Frederic Newton Gisborne , a British engineer, who aimed to establish a telegraph connection between St. John's, Newfoundland and New York City , started the work, but failed due to the lack of capital. Later that year he, with Peter Cooper , Abram Stevens Hewitt , Moses Taylor and Samuel F.B. Morse , joined
861-415: The housing stock and sophisticated post-city life." Of those, Foster stated that Ardsley was "the most landlocked". The Bee-Line Bus System serves Ardsley with several lines. Lines running north–south along Route 9A and 100B like 1C, 5, and 6 provide connections with Elmsford , White Plains , and Getty Square , Yonkers . Lines running east–west like 66 provide connections to commuter rail stations and
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#1732775549556902-434: The installation of electric lighting and improved roads. Due to the presence of an earlier Ashford Post Office in New York state, the town was forced to change its name in order to receive its own. The choice of "Ardsley" is attributed to Cyrus West Field , who owned 780 acres (3.2 km ) of land lying between Broadway ( Dobbs Ferry ) and Sprain Brook (Greenburgh) named Ardsley Park. He had named his home Ardsley Park after
943-545: The middle of the American Civil War , when three letters he received from Gladstone between November 27, 1862 and December 9, 1862 caused a furor, because Gladstone appeared to express support of the secessionist southern states in forming the Confederate States of America . In 1866, Field laid a new, more durable trans-Atlantic cable using Brunel's SS Great Eastern . Great Eastern was, at
984-477: The old firm, and started a new partnership with his brother-in-law, Joseph F. Stone, registered as Cyrus W. Field & Co. He stayed in business and was furnishing supplies for the Northeast mills, such as owned by Crane & Company , and buying the finished product wholesale. Through his hard work and long hours, the young paper merchant was able to repay the settled debts and succeed in business by servicing
1025-407: The population. There were 1,432 households, out of which 43.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.1% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.3% were non-families. 12.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and
1066-520: The route taken by Alexander von Humboldt over 50 years earlier. Church's sketches of the landscapes and volcanoes on this trip, and on a subsequent trip in 1857 with artist Louis Rémy Mignot , inspired some of his most famous paintings upon his return to New York. Field's list of "Places of Interest to Visit" in South America reflected his interests, including business interests: bridges, volcanoes, waterfalls, and cities, as well as gold mines and
1107-425: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ardsley&oldid=1199168312 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1148-438: The second following World War II . The Concord Road elementary school was built in 1953 with an addition in 1966. The town outgrew its original high school by the mid-1950s, resulting in the current facility being opened in 1957, and graduating its first class in 1958. The old school was converted into a middle school, until in 1971 the $ 5.5 million middle school was built. The village was greatly changed during its second boom by
1189-455: The so-called Cable Cabinet of entrepreneurs, investors and engineers. Through this Cable Cabinet, Field became instrumental in laying a 400-mile (640 km) telegraph line connecting St. John's, Newfoundland with Nova Scotia , coupling with telegraph lines from the U.S. American investors took over Gisborne's venture and formed a new company called the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company (N.Y.N.L.T.C.) after Field convinced
1230-597: The time, the largest ocean-going ship in the world. His new cable provided almost instant communication across the Atlantic. On his return to Newfoundland, he grappled the cable he had attempted to lay the previous year and made it into a backup wire to the main cable. In 1867, Field received a gold medal from the U.S. Congress and the grand prize at the International Exposition in Paris for his work on
1271-686: The transatlantic cable. In the 1870s–80s, Field entered into transportation business. He served as president of the New York Elevated Railroad Company in 1877–1880 and collaborated with Jay Gould on developing the Wabash Railroad . Field also loaned Henry W. Grady the $ 20,000 used for Grady to buy a one-quarter interest in the Atlanta Constitution newspaper. He also owned the Mail and Express ,
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1312-402: The village. There were 1,688 housing units and the racial makeup of the village was 68.3% non-Hispanic white , 3.4% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 15.5% Asian, and 4.3% from two or more races . Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 8.2% of the population. The Ardsley Union Free School District operates the village's public schools. Ardsley High School
1353-562: The world owes The Atlantic Telegraph." In December 1884, the Canadian Pacific Railway named the community of Field , British Columbia , Canada in his honor. Cyrus Field Road, in Irvington, New York , where he died, is named after him. Fieldia , the burrowing Cambrian worm, is named after Field. Ardsley, New York was named after Field's ancestor, Zechariah Field, on Cyrus Field's request. Zechariah Field
1394-614: The years recurrent flooding along the Saw Mill River has caused damage to residential structures, commercial businesses, and industries as well as municipal infrastructure in Ardsley and other towns along the river. Recent severe floods occurred in March and April 1980, April 1984, and September 1999. The Army Corps of Engineers has completed several construction projects to help minimize potential damage from future floods in downtown Ardsley and surrounding areas. The climate in this area
1435-402: Was $ 105,293, and the median income for a family was $ 126,239. Males had a median income of $ 88,012 versus $ 57,216 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 47,086. About 0.4% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 0.4% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over. Per the U.S. Census Bureau 's 2018 estimates 4,534 people lived in
1476-419: Was 3,242.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,252.1/km ). There were 1,456 housing units at an average density of 1,106.0 units per square mile (427.0 units/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 84.00% White , 1.52% African American , 0.09% Native American , 12.34% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.73% from other races , and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.26% of
1517-626: Was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. Field was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts to Rev. David Dudley Field , a Congregational clergyman , and Submit Dickinson Field, daughter of Revolutionary War Captain Noah Dickinson from Somers, Connecticut. The eighth of ten children, he
1558-466: Was established in 1912, with an addition in 1925. The town would continue to grow at a steady pace until a fire destroyed the village center in 1914. This led to the reconstruction of several buildings, and the establishment of a fire department in the former schoolhouse. Two population booms would follow, the first between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Great Depression , and
1599-477: Was not reconnected until 1866. During the Panic of 1857 , Field's paper business suspended, and Peter Cooper , his neighbor in Gramercy Park , was the only one that kept him from going under. On August 26, 1858, Field returned to a triumphant homecoming at Great Barrington, Massachusetts , saluting this Massachusetts boy made good. "This has been a great day here," trumpeted The New York Times , "The occasion
1640-402: Was the brother of David Dudley Field Jr. , Henry Martyn Field , and Stephen Johnson Field , the 38th United States Supreme Court Justice, among other siblings. When he was 15 years old, Field came to New York City , where he was hired as an errand boy in the A.T. Stewart & Co. , a dry goods merchant firm. He entered a business apprenticeship, and earned fifty dollars at his first year as
1681-606: Was the reception of the welcome of Cyrus W. Field, Esq., the world-renowned parent of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable scheme, which has been so successfully completed." Field's activities brought him into contact with a number of prominent persons on both sides of the Atlantic – including Lord Clarendon and William Ewart Gladstone , the British Finance Minister at the time. Field's communications with Gladstone would become important in