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THE VAN CORTLANDTVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

          We hope you will find out Web site interesting and informative. We update our site monthly with new information.

We are located in the LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE

297 Locust Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 

Regular Business meetings, followed by a program, are held on the third Saturday of each month beginning at 2 p.m.

 (except as noted) ..... July ( BARBECUE)

November (Annual luncheon) December (Holiday Party) 

 


Historic Little Red Schoolhouse

The Van Cortlandtville Historical Society will host an Open House the first Sunday of each month from April to November... from 2 to 4 p.m., at The Little Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, New York. The event is open free to the public. Visitors will be given a guided tour of the 19-century one-room schoolhouse, which until the mid-1970s was still functioning as part of the Lakeland Central School District. The schoolroom and adjoining meeting room of the Society has books, photographs and classroom items dating back to that early era. Light refreshments will be available. The Little Red Schoolhouse is located at the north end of Locust Avenue next to Old Saint Peter’s Church and cemetery, just south of Oregon Road in the Town of Cortlandt. For more information: Visit our website at www.vancort.net; or, call (914) 736-7868-. ____________________________    

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 VAN CORTLANDTVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS CELEBRATING "102" YEARS OF HISTORY…_______________________________________

(914) 736-7868 www.vancort.net

At The Little Red Schoolhouse

297 Locust Avenue, Cortlandt Manor 10567

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OPEN HOUSE THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH FROM           APRIL - OCTOBER FROM 2-4:00 PM

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         MAY 18, 2024   
       SATURDAY, AT 2:00 PM
       We are proud to announce
        ''HUDSON VALLEY SALLY"
 

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                Important news:
Good afternoon, everyone,
As some of you already know, our Society will resume our signature Early School Days program. The Lakeland schools are most enthusaastic about sending their fourth-grade classes to the Schoolhouse, where we will give them a morning or afternoon taste of education 1800s-style. The attached article includes details about activities during the 2011 season.
To make the program succeed, we need volunteer schoolmarms and schoolmasters, who clad in period dress, (supplied by the VCHS) will welcome the youngsters and lead them through classroom and other activities. You do not have to be a history expert to do this (we will provide background information and a framework for the session); you just need to like kids and have a desire to share our school heritage with the next generation. Classroom teaching experience is a plus but not essential.
A preliminary meeting will be held at the Schoolhouse at 2 pm Tuesday, February 6. If this soundss like something you might enjoy please join us and see what it's about - and bring a friend (Society membership is not required).
Please let Dan or me know if you plan to attend. Refreshments will be served. Thanks and see you there!
Jeff Canning,
Past President

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PICTURES FROM  2019:

                                                              Van Cortlandtville Historical Society leaders display one of the new National Park Service markers that identify Old Saint Peter’s Church and other sites along the national historic trail. From left are Director Lindsey Wood, Past President Jeff Canning and Treasurer Anne de Neuville. Photo by Lucie Poirier

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