Philipse Manor Hall is an ancient stone and brick building in the city of Yonkers, N. Y., which was purchased from the city by means of $50,000, donated by the late Mrs. William F. Cochran, and given to the State for a public monument, to be in the custody of this Society. It was accepted by the State by chapter 168 of the laws of 1908. There is an extended historical sketch of this property in our Thirteenth Annual Report (1908) and a fuller history of the Manor, the building and its occupants, in a book entitled "Philipse Manor Hall," published by the Society and sold at 50 cents a copy plus cost of carriage. The Manor Hall stands in the midst of an acre of ground fronting on Warburton avenue, Dock street and Woodworth Place, about five minutes' walk from the New York Central and Hudson River railroad station. Its age is uncertain, but it dates back at least to 1725 or 1730 and part of it possibly to 1682. It was the residence of the Lords of the Manor Philipsburgh, one of the great Colonial Manors of the Hudson Valley, and, as the representative of the ancient system of land tenure and government, recalls an institution which is now outgrown but which had an important influence on the early history of the State. At the time of the War for Independence, Frederick Philipse, the last Lord of the Manor, sympathized with the Crown and his estate was forfeited to the then young State of New York. The Commissioners of Forfeiture sold it to private parties, and in the course of time the Manor Hall and a small piece of land were acquired by the village of Yonkers. The building was used for years as a village hall, |