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The Town of Carmel Historical Society, Inc.
Mahopac, New York
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Next meeting: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
7 PM - Historical Center, 40 McAlpin Ave., Mahopac
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More -- our archives, reference books, and links.
Backlog -- our blog experiment, with meeting announcements, genealogical and historical notes, photos, and new acquisitions.
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Welcome!
The Town of Carmel Historical Society, founded in 1977, is a nonprofit organization chartered by the New York State Education Department Board of Regents. Its mission statement addresses the preservation of local history and informing the community of our past.
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It is an all-volunteer service organization manned by a Board of four officers and twelve trustees. Memberships support the operating budget.
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Route 301, Carmel, c1907.
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Historical Center.
The Society operates and partly maintains the Historical Center in the old Town Hall at 40 McAlpin Avenue in Mahopac's "old village". The hall, built in 1902, was originally a community center. It had a stage which was used for theatrical productions; when town meetings were held, the board members sat on the stage. Later renovations were made to form town offices.
The building was deeded to the Town on October 17, 1904 by Edwin A. McAlpin and his wife Annie. General McAlpin was the developer of what was then the "new village", known as McAlpin Square.
The Center will be open from May through November on Sundays at 2-4 PM, excepr holiday weekends. The Center can be accessed by appointment for groups and personal research. Click here for directions and weather.
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Membership.
Membership in the Town of Carmel Historical Society is open to any person subscribing to the purposes of the society. Please call for information, or pick up our brochure at one of the town libraries or at the Mahopac Chamber of Commerce.
MEETINGS.
The Society holds monthly public meetings at 7PM on the second Tuesday. From April through November, meetings are held at the Historical Center, 40 McAlpin Avenue; from January through March, we relocate to the 3rd Floor, Mahopac Public Library on Route 6.
TO CONTACT US.
Historical Society (845) 628-0500 e-mail: carmelhistory@aol.com
Lillian Eberhardt, Pres. (845) 628-5300 e-mail: limaeb@aol.com
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Exhibits, Services and Publications.
EXHIBITS include a corridor display of maps and images of the Town of Carmel through the years, as well as topical exhibits, changed each year or on special occasions.
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There are three permanent exhibit rooms:
A 1900-1945 Country General Store. Most of the items in this exhibit came from Samuel Hickman's store, which was located at Route 6 and Church Street ("Hickman’s Corners") in Carmel. On display are dry goods, clothing, a large coffee mill, wartime V-Mail letters, coal display, etc.
A 19th Century Bedroom. Items in the Sophie Jagendorf exhibit are from a local farm on Long Pond Road. This exhibit includes a rope bed, spittoon, chamber pot, bathtub, and other period furniture and accessories. Decorations include a Victorian-era hair wreath.
The Industry Room. Major sources of employment in the town were the farming, dairy and ice harvesting industries. Hand tools are on display, such as an all-wood hand-carved shovel, pitch forks, sickles, ice saws and ice tongs.
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Extension Exhibits:
The Home Front 1941-1945, with selected photographs taken in Putnam during World War II by photojournalist Ralph Crane (the Ernestine Baker Collection), is on display in the lobby of the Putnam Emergency Services Training Center, Old Route 6, Carmel.
The Mahopac Public Library has two Historical Society exhibits on the 3rd Floor opposite the elevator. There is a changing exhibit In the display cabinet, and under glass, a model of the 18th century grist mill at Red Mills.
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The Society offers programs to school groups and the community during the year, and can provide speakers for meetings.
We also support cemetery restoration, and have a program to place markers at the graves of military veterans.
The Society is involved in efforts to preserve the Hill-Agor Farm and the Belden House, remnants of historic rural architecture.
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PUBLICATIONS include "Historic Carmel, Mahopac and Mahopac Falls: A Bicentennial Profile", a new edition from the original plates. Featuring over 160 illustrations and informative descriptions, thousands of copies have been sold, and it's still in print after 28 years.
Softcover, 8½x11, 72pp.; $15 each plus $3.50 for postage and handling. Please make checks payable to the Town of Carmel Historical Society.
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ANTIQUE STOVE: early 1900's, wood/coal burning, gray porcelain,
6 burners; top warming oven, oven door thermostat. CALL: 845-628-7028
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The Town of Carmel Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 456 Mahopac, NY 10541
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