Bronxville Historical Conservancy to Celebrate Mary Huber at Bronxville Library Sunday, June 10
By Nancy Vittorini, Member, Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, The Bronxville Historical Conservancy
May 30, 2018: The Bronxville Historical Conservancy continues its twentieth-anniversary celebration with a tribute to former village historian Mary Means Huber on Sunday, June 10, from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at the Bronxville Public Library.
Huber lived in the Bronxville community for almost 60 years until recently moving to Massachusetts. She was Bronxville village historian from 1987 to 1999. As historian, Huber worked on collecting and preserving documents related to Bronxville's history and making this history accessible and meaningful to Bronxville's residents and to others interested in history. She was a founding member and worked closely with The Bronxville Historical Conservancy after its inception in 1998.
Huber and Conservancy co-founder Marilynn Wood Hill co-authored Around Bronxville from The Images of America Series published by Arcadia Press in 1997. Huber also was the planning consultant and contributed to Building A Suburban Village, published in 1998, Bronxville's centennial year.
A graduate of Wheaton College, Huber earned a master of arts degree from the University of Delaware and was a fellow in the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Program. Her field is historic preservation and art history, and she was co-curator of the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, an 1840s Greek Revival house with period rooms, near Pelham Bay Park.
Huber and her late husband, Charles Clark Huber, raised their three children in Bronxville, all graduates of The Bronxville School.
In 1997, The Bronxville Rotary Club recognized Huber for her more than 30 years of outstanding service to the community. On June 10, The Bronxville Historical Conservancy will celebrate Huber with a reception and special presentation. The program is a tribute to Huber's scholarship and passion for history and will also recognize her generosity in contributing three paintings to The Bronxville Historical Conservancy's remarkable art collection.
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Pictured here: Mary Huber.
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While the earliest settlers of Bronxville date back to the first half of the 18th century, the history of the modern suburb of Bronxville began in 1890 when William Van Duzer Lawrence purchased a farm and commissioned the architect, William A. Bates, to design a planned community of houses for well-known artists and professionals that became a thriving art colony. This community, now called Lawrence Park, is listed on the National register of Historic Places and many of the homes still have artists’ studios. A neighborhood association within Lawrence Park called “The Hilltop Association” keeps this heritage alive with art shows and other events for neighbors.
Bronxville offers many charming neighborhoods as well as a variety of living options for residents including single family homes, town houses, cooperatives and condominiums. One of the chief benefits of living in “the village” is that your children can attend the Bronxville School.
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