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History · Fairview

Fairview’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Fairview. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Fairview is a hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 3,099 at the 2010 census. As of 2000, Fairview had the fourth-highest percentage of African-Americans in New York.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,099 to 3,217 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1965.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fairview yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairview’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Fairview

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MZMark ZuckerbergWhite Plains · 3 miJBJason BatemanRye · 6 miGeorge E. SmithGeorge E. SmithWhite Plains · 3 miJoseph CampbellJoseph CampbellWhite Plains · 3 miDavid LeeDavid LeeRye · 6 miEdward HopperEdward HopperNyack · 7 mi
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Fairview, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Fairview is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fairview has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Leo Friedlander Studio in Greenburgh, 0.7 miles away.

Fairview and the nearest listed places

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Leo Friedlander StudioJacob Purdy HouseEvangeline Booth HouseWhite Plains Rural CemeteryHartsdale Pet CemeteryPresbyterian Rest for Convalescents

Closest to Fairview

Leo Friedlander StudioGreenburgh · Building0.7miJacob Purdy HouseWhite Plains · Building1.2miEvangeline Booth HouseGreenburgh · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 18701.3miWhite Plains Rural CemeteryWhite Plains · Rural Cemetery1.3miHartsdale Pet CemeteryGreenburgh · Built 18961.4mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Leo Friedlander Studio’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Fairview?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Fairview’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Elmsford📜 Greenburgh📜 White Plains📜 Ardsley
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