Larchmont is a

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located within the

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Mamaroneck Mamaroneck ( ), is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 31,758 at the 2020 United States census over 29,156 at the 2010 census. There are two villages contained within the town: Larchmont and the Villag ...

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. Larchmont is a suburb of

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, located approximately northeast of

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. The population of the village is 6,453 as of the World Population Review. In February 2019,

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ranked Larchmont as the 15th wealthiest place in the United States and the third wealthiest in

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History

Colonial period

Originally inhabited by the Siwanoy (an Algonquian tribe), Larchmont was explored by the Dutch in 1614. In 1661, John Richbell, a merchant from Hampshire, England, traded a minimal amount of goods and trinkets with the Siwanoy in exchange for land that is today known as the Town of Mamaroneck. The purchase included three peninsulas of land that lay between the Mamaroneck River to the east and Pelham Manor to the west. The east neck is now known as Orienta while the middle neck is what is now known as Larchmont Manor. The third neck was later sold and is now known as

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. The purchase was contested by Thomas Revell who, one month following Richbell's purchase, bought the land from the Siwanoy at a higher price. Richbell petitioned Governor Stuyvesant, Director General of the Colonies of the New Netherland, and Richbell was issued the land patent in 1662. In 1664 Great Britain took control of the colonies and Richbell received an English title for his lands in 1668 whereupon he began to encourage settlement. In 1675 Richbell leased his "Middle Neck" to his brother however when he died in 1684 none of his original property remained in his name. In 1700, Samuel Palmer, who had been elected the Town's first supervisor in 1697, obtained the original leases on the "Middle Neck", and in 1722 the Palmer family obtained full title to the land which included what is now the Incorporated Village of Larchmont. Larchmont's oldest and most historic home, the "Manor House" on Elm Avenue, was built in 1797 by Peter Jay Munro. Munro was the nephew of

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, the first Chief Justice of the

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, and was later adopted by Jay. At the beginning of the 19th century, Munro was active in the

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movement, helping to found the New York State Manumission Society, along with his uncle and

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. In 1795 Munro had purchased much of the land owned by Samuel Palmer and by 1828 he owned all of the "Middle Neck" south of the Post Road and much of the land north of the Post Road as well. Munro later became a lawyer with

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's law firm and built a home in Larchmont Manor known as the Manor House. Munro's house faced towards the Boston Post Road (the back is now used as the front), which tended to generate a lot of dust in summer months. To combat this, his gardener imported a Scottish species of

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trees that were known to be fast growing. These were planted along the front of the property, eventually giving the village its name.

Summer resort

When Munro died in 1833, his son Henry inherited the property which he subsequently lost and sold at auction in 1845 to Edward Knight Collins, owner of a steamship line. By the end of the Civil War in 1865, Collins had gone bankrupt and his estate was put up for auction and purchased by Thompson J.S. Flint. Flint divided the estate into building lots and called his development company the Larchmont Manor Company. Flint converted the Munro Mansion into an inn for prospective buyers and reserved some waterfront land for use as a park for the future residents of the Manor. After 1872 the area became a popular summer resort for wealthy New Yorkers. The arrival of the New York & New Haven Railroad replaced the stagecoach and steamboat as the main mode of transportation to and from New York City, making it much easier to commute and thus, modernizing travel which ultimately helped develop much of Westchester from farmland into suburbs by the 1900s.

Establishment of village

The New York legislature created Mamaroneck as a town in 1788, which includes a part of the Village of Mamaroneck, The Village of Larchmont, and the unincorporated area in the Town of Mamaroneck. This three part division occurred in the 1890s to meet the growing demand for municipal services which the town could not provide. At the time, a town was defined as only being able to provide basic government functions leaving residents of Larchmont in need of adequate water supply, sewage disposal, garbage collection, and police and fire protection. In 1891 the residents of Larchmont Manor obtained a charter from the legislature in which they incorporated that section of Town into a village. In order to comply with a law requiring incorporated villages to have at least 300 inhabitants per square mile, the boundaries of the newly incorporated Larchmont village were expanded beyond the Manor's to include land to its north and south of the railroad, and east to Weaver Street. After the advent of the automobile, Larchmont quickly transitioned from a resort community into one of the earliest suburbs in the United States, catering to wealthy individuals commuting to and from New York City for work on a daily basis. Many of the Victorian "cottages" and a grand hotels (such as the Bevan House and Manor Inn) remain to this day, though these have been converted to other uses such as private residences. The Larchmont Yacht Club hosts an annual Race Week competition (2007 marked the 110th running of this event). It is adjacent to Manor Park, which was designed by Jeremiah Towle, an early summer resident of Larchmont Manor and an engineer. The Larchmont Shore Club (near the Larchmont Yacht Club) hosts an annual Swim Across America challenge, across

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. Larchmont and neighboring

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are noted for their significant

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populace mostly due to the French-American School of New York. Larchmont, Los Angeles is likely named after Larchmont.

Geography

Larchmont is located at (40.926201, −73.753108), about from midtown

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. According to the

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, the village has a total area of , all of it land. A source of confusion for non-locals is that a large portion of the area served by the Larchmont Post Office (zip code 10538) is actually not in the incorporated Village of Larchmont, but is part of the "unincorporated area" of the Town of Mamaroneck.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 6,485 people, 2,418 households, and 1,709 families residing in the village. The

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was . There were 2,470 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 92%

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, 2%

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, 0.09% Native American, 2.82% Asian, 0.08%

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, 0.77% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.97% of the population. There were 2,418 households, out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.6% were

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living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.25. In the village, the population was spread out, with 29.3% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males. According to a 2009 estimate, the median income for a household in the village was $165,375, and the median income for a family was $204,695. The

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for the village was $109,664. About 1.6% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the

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, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 5.1% of those age 65 or over.

Education

One of the six schools of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District is located in the Village of Larchmont: Chatsworth Avenue School, which was established in 1903. The only other elementary school in Larchmont is called Murray Avenue School, which was built in 1922. Other schools include the elementary and high school located in the Town of Mamaroneck: Central School (Larchmont, New York), Hommocks Middle School, and the

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. Additionally, Saints John and Paul School is a co-educational, Roman Catholic school for grades K–8 which opened its doors in 1952. It is the parish school of Saints John and Paul Church.

Parks and recreation

*Flint Park – offers a variety of sports facilities, including tennis and paddle tennis, three baseball fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, a picnic area, and a playground. * Hommocks Park – features a pool, soccer field, baseball fields, and an ice rink where the New York Raptors play. They host an annual Thanksgiving tournament for some Special Hockey International teams. The Raptors are a special needs hockey team that formed in 1996. This is one of the home arenas the Raptors play at. They also play at Westchester Skating Academy. The rink is also home to the Mamaroneck High School hockey team and the Mamaroneck Tigers Youth Hockey Team. The rink is not only used for ice purposes, but other non ice purposes as well. *Lorenzen Park – home to village Little League and Soccer League fields. * Manor Park – situated along Long Island Sound, with walking paths and views of the water. The park is open to the public but is privately owned by the Larchmont Manor Park Society (which also maintains a beach within the park). *Pine Brook Park – a play area for young children, along with a ballfield. *Vanderburgh Park – also known as "Turtle Park", a play area for small children and toddlers. *Willow/Woodbine Park – an opportunity for observing nature along the Premium River (includes basketball courts, soccer field, and a play area for both toddlers and young children). *Memorial Park - the park includes four tennis courts, a tennis backboard, a large field, a picnic area, and a playground. It is situated in the town of Mamaroneck, directly opposite the Larchmont Village train station.

In popular culture

* '' The Book of Skulls'' by

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names Larchmont as an example of the sort of towns where affluent youths come from on a Saturday night to belittle one of the book's protagonists who lives in New York City. * ''

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'': At 16 minutes, 6 seconds into Season 2, episode 8, Crab Colson comments to Roger Sterling et al. on how lovely it is to travel by taking a " sloop from his folks' place in Old Lyme all the way down to Larchmont for race week." * ''

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'': Archie Bunker is stuck in an elevator with a wealthy elderly black man who states in a somewhat snobby voice, "I'm the vice chairman of the Larchmont Rotary. I live in Larchmont." *The 1983

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WonderWorks film '' How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days'' was filmed partially in Larchmont “ * ''

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'': A

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shows a middle-aged Stewie going over his phone bills, and shouting out to his unseen wife, "A 20-minute call to Larchmont!? Who do we know in Larchmont?" to which she responds, "my sister-in-law". * '' The Odd Couple'': When Felix sells all of the furniture in the apartment to redecorate, two women show up for the sale at 12:01am. When told they must come back in the morning they lament "We came all the way from Larchmont." * ''

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'': when Gordon Gekko and Bud Fox are in the change room of the health club, Gekko asks another member, "How's Larchmont treating you?" * '' Rabbit Hole'': play by David Lindsay-Abaire; set in Larchmont * '' I'll Be Home for Christmas'': Jonathan Taylor Thomas of ''Home Improvement,'' makes his way cross-country from California to his home in Larchmont, N.Y., at Christmas break while glued inside a Santa suit. * Home scenes in ''

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'' starring Neil Patrick Harris were shot in Larchmont. * ''

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'': In season 3 episode 8, when speaking with President Bartlet, Bruno Gianelli says, "When I was a teenager, I crewed Larchmont to Nassau on a sloop called ''Cantice''." * ''Larchmont'': 2016 independent feature film set in the town * ''

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novel, 1990: The novel's protagonist and his family lived in Larchmont, and some of the key action takes place there. * 30 Rock's Werewolf Bar Mitzvah song references "Larchmont Country Club", written in part by

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(season 2, episode 4) filmed at St John's Episcopal Church in Larchmont

Notable people

* Frederick Upham Adams, noted inventor and author *

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-winning playwright *

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, Vaudeville impresario * Tommy Armour, golfer who won the U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and the British Open * Michael "Flea" Balzary, "Flea" of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, bassist * Maurice Barrymore, actor and patriarch of the Barrymore family * Jason Bay, a

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* Arnold Bernstein, German-American shipownerNew Shipping Line a Dream Come True for Bernstein
. ''The Daily Times'' (Mamaroneck, New York, U.S.). June 11, 1958. p. 3. * Elizabeth Berridge, film and theatre actress * Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian (Jewish) composer * Young Yang Chung, world-renowned textile scholar and founder of the Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum at Sookmyung Women's University *

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, World Class Sailor, Won the gold medal. Mallory Cup, in 1983 for North American Men's Sailing Championship, is named in the Inter-collegiate Sailing Association Hall of Fame. * Aimee Crocker, Gilded-age era heiress, princess, Bohemian and mystic * Agnes de Lima, journalist and writer on education * Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor * Georgiana Drew, stage actress *

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(2009–2013) * D. W. Griffith, Academy Award–winning film director *

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, sculptor * Arshag Karagheusian, Armenian-American rug manufacturer and co-owner of A & M Karagheusian * Jean Kerr, novelist and playwright * Walter Kerr, writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning theater critic of ''

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group, writer and political commentator *

Bennett Miller Bennett Altman Miller (born December 30, 1966) is an American film director who is known for having directed the films ''Capote (film), Capote'' (2005), ''Moneyball (film), Moneyball'' (2011), and ''Foxcatcher'' (2014). He has been nominated twic ...

, American director * George Mitchell, American actor of stage, film, and television, born in Larchmont in 1905. * Nicholas Nassim Taleb, author of '' The Black Swan'', '' Fooled by Randomness'' and other books *

Michael O'Keefe Michael O'Keefe (born Raymond Peter O'Keefe Jr.; April 24, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Danny Noonan in '' Caddyshack''; Ben Meechum in '' The Great Santini,'' for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Bes ...

, actor (''The Great Santini'', ''Caddyshack'', ''Roseanne'') * Chris Kerson, American film, television, and theater actor * Rosselle Pekelis, Judge of the

Washington Supreme Court The Washington Supreme Court is the highest court in the judiciary of the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. The court is composed of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Members of the court are elected to six-year terms. ...

and King County Superior Court * Alfred E. Perlman, railroad executive, president of

New York Central The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midw ...

and

Penn Central The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American class I railroad that operated from 1968 to 1976. Penn Central combined three traditional corporate rivals, the Pennsylvania, New York Central and the ...

1954–1970, lived in Larchmont during his tenure. *

Mary Pickford Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American film actress and producer. A Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood, pioneer in the American film industry with a Hollywood care ...

, Academy Award–winning actress and a co-founder of the film studio

United Artists United Artists (UA) is an American film production and film distribution, distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded in February 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford an ...

* Martin Quigley, Jr., publisher, politician (Larchmont mayor), author, spy *

Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedienne, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona that w ...

, actress and comedian (may not have actually lived within the boundaries of Larchmont, but talked about the village in her early comedy routines) * Amelia Rosselli, poet *

James Rubin James Phillip Rubin (born March 28, 1960) is an American former diplomat and journalist who served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the Clinton Administration, Clinton ad ...

, US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1997–2000), was raised in Larchmont * David O. Russell, award-winning movie director *

Doc Severinsen Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. Early life Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) ...

, pop and jazz trumpeter * Lesley Jane Seymour, editor, entrepreneur * Andrew Shapiro, composer * Amy Siskind, political activist *

William Lee Stoddart William Lee Stoddart (1868–1940) was an architect who designed urban hotels in the Eastern United States. Although he was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, most of his commissions were in the Southern United States, South. He maintained offices i ...

, architect known mainly for hotels in the pre-World War II era * Paul Terry, founder of

Terrytoons Terrytoons, Inc. was an American animation studio headquartered in New Rochelle, New York, which was active from 1929 until its closure in December 1972 (and briefly returned between 1987 and 1996 for television in-name only). Founded by Paul Te ...

* Alton Tobey, artist * George Vergara, Played with the Four Horsemen at the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac (known simply as Notre Dame; ; ND) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1842 by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a Cathol ...

, Lineman on the

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. They ar ...

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

Referee, NFL Referee, Mayor of

from 1955 to 1960 *

Vincent Youmans Vincent Millie Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 5, 1946) was an American Broadway composer and producer. A leading Broadway composer of his day, Youmans collaborated with virtually all the greatest lyricists on Broadway: Ira Gershwin, ...

, Broadway composer best known for composing "Tea for Two" * Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor and brother-in-law of

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

Anastasio Somoza Debayle Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was a Nicaraguan politician who served as the 53rd President of Nicaragua from 1967 to 1972 and again from 1974 to 1979. As head of the National Guard (Nicaragu ...

, former President of Nicaragua, would stay at the family home of Stephen Colbert's mother in Larchmont during the holidays while attending boarding school.

References

External links

Village of Larchmont official website

Larchmont Historical Society

Larchmont Historical Society Digital Image Archive
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