Books and Resources

WORK IN PROGRESS

PRIMARY SOURCES

Documents

Petition for Letters of Administration of Benjamin F. Carpenter- A-0255(413)L Westchester County Archives

Deed between Benjamin F Carpenter & Levi Hunt- Liber 281 pg 224. Westchester County Clerk Land Records

Petition for Citizenship (Elpidio Cesari) - A-0019 (65) Westchester County Archives

Declaration of Intention (Elpidio Cesari) - A-0019 (65) Westchester County Archives

Certificate of Arrival (Elpidio Cesari) - A-0019 (65) Westchester County Archives

Obituary for Benjamin Franklin Carpenter- French’s Scrapbook volume 5 pg. 6 Westchester County Historical Society

Record of Marriages A-0256 (3) Westchester County Archives

Petition for Naturalization (Edith Cesari) petition # 16912- A-0019 (44) Westchester County Archives

Record of Death (Vincenzo Cesari) Mount Pleasant Town Clerks office 1 Town Hall Plaza, Valhalla NY 10595.

Petition, Bond, Oath And Order of Adminitration-Surrogates court Legal File # 2546 Westchester County Surrogates Court 140 Grand Street White Plains, NY 1060

School Census- 1902 North Castle A-0234 (28)L [2] Westchester County Archives

School Census- 1914 North Castle District 7  A-0234 (34)L Westchester County Archives

Lot Appraisals- Box u-18 (5) parcel 844 & 846. Westchester County Archives

Census – 1925 Mount Pleasant A-0026 (18) ED #7 pg 7. Westchester County Archives

Census-1860 North Castle- Census reel 12 pg 55-Westchester County Historical Society

Report And Proceedings of Appraiser- File 133-1914 Westchester County Archives

Maps

1872- Beers Atlas of Westchester - A-0261(9)S(DD4) -  Westchester County Archives

1908- Map # 1810-2-p1 Westchester County Archives

1911- Bromley Atlas sheet 37 & sheet 24 - A-0261(8)S(DD8) - Westchester County Archives

Photographs

Arial view of Kensico Dam-2528 Westchester County Archives

Tunnel workers at Lock #M5343- Westchester County Historical Society

Kensico Dam construction- PBP #284 Westchester County Archives

Barn of Willis Hustis #O-106- Westchester County Historical Society

Carpenter Homestead #M1895- Westchester County Historical Society

Croton Dam Spillway #PPC578- Westchester County Archives

Field House #M-1896- Westchester County Historical Society

Kensico Cemetery & Railroad Station #M-1956 -Westchester County Historical Society

Kensico Dam looking West #PBP2326 - Westchester County Archives

Kensico Lake Before Dam #M-1903 Westchester County Historical Society

Kensico Village/ Valley- #M-1891 -Westchester County Historical Society

Methodist Church #M-1898 Westchester County Historical Society

Post Office & Odell Store #M-1892- Westchester County Historical Society

Robbins' House M-1894 Westchester County Historical Society

State Road, ca. 1900, #M-1957- Westchester County Historical Society

Wright’s Mills Monument- Westchester County Historical Society

SECONDARY SOURCES

Dalrymple, Ruth Draper, "The Building of Kensico,"   The WESTCHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY BULLETIN (volume 43, #1, 1996).

Martin, Neil S., "The Village Behind the Dam" the GANNETT WESTCHESTER NEWSPAPER (August 12, 1979) section G.