19th Century Subdivision Map of Planned Bartow Village Located
at http://www.historicpelham.com/. Please Click Here for Index
to All Blog Postings. During the mid to late 19th century, there
was an area in the Town of Pelham known as Bartow. The hamlet of
Bartow was a quaint and small collection of residences located
on the mainland near City Island. The entire area -- as well as
City Island -- was annexed by New York City, effective in 1896.
Before then, however, the little area known variously as Bartow,
Bartow-on-the-Sound, Bartow Station and Bartow Village became an
important part of Pelham and its history. Detail of 1895 Map by
Julius Bien & Co. Showing Bartow, Northwest of City Island. All
that remains today of the little hamlet of Bartow are the
remnants of a once beautiful stone train station designed by
famed architect Cass Gilbert and built in 1908 to replace the
little wooden station built on the branch line in the 1870s. The
station was known as Bartow station. Today the stone station is
a collaps