In 1909, Edwin Thanhouser established Thanhouser Film Corporation. Planned residential neighborhoods such as Rochelle Park, one of the first planned communities in the country, soon spread across the city, earning New Rochelle the sobriquet "City of Homes". Throughout the city, farms, estates, and wooded homesteads were bought up by realty and development companies. The recently established city charter designated a board of aldermen as the legislative unit with two members to be elected from each of four wards and 10 elected from the city at-large.īy 1900, New Rochelle had a population of 14,720. Harmer to become New Rochelle's first mayor. It was through this bill that the Village and Town of New Rochelle were joined into one municipality. In 1899, a bill creating the New Rochelle City Charter was signed by Governor Theodore Roosevelt. A group of volunteers created the first fire service in 1861. In 1857 the Village of New Rochelle was established within the borders of the Town of New Rochelle. The state abolished slavery by degrees: children of slave mothers were born free, and all slaves were freed by 1827. The 1820 Census showed 150 African-Americans residing in New Rochelle, six of whom were still slaves. Although the original Huguenot population was rapidly shrinking in relative size, through ownership of land, businesses, banks, and small manufactures, they retained a predominant hold on the political and social life of the town. More established American families left New York City and moved into this area. During the 19th century, however, New York City was a destination from the mid-century on by waves of immigration, principally from Ireland and Germany. Through the 18th century, New Rochelle had remained a modest village that retained an abundance of agricultural land. 136 were African American, including 36 who were freemen and the remainder slaves. ![]() The first national census of 1790 shows New Rochelle with 692 residents. The farm, totaling about 300 acres (1.2 km 2), had been confiscated from its owners by state of New York due to their Tory activities. After the Revolutionary War ended in 1784, patriot Thomas Paine was given a farm in New Rochelle for his service to the cause of independence. Following British victory in the Battle of White Plains, New Rochelle became part of a "Neutral Ground" for General Washington to regroup his troops. The British Army briefly occupied sections of New Rochelle and Larchmont in 1776. In 1775, General George Washington stopped in New Rochelle on his way to assume command of the Army of the United Colonies in Massachusetts.
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