| 1900-
New Rochelle enters period of rapid Growth
with 14,720 residents, up from 9,057 in 1890.
1902-
Beechmont Lake is created by Eugene and John Lamben, developers
of the Beechmont area.
1903- Loew's Theater opens on Main Street
on May 18th. A year later, Eddie Foy and his wife settle
in New Rochelle. Along with the "Seven Little Foys," Eddie
becomes one of the country's great vaudvillians.
1904- College
of St. Angela is founded by the Reverend Mother Irene Gill
of the Ursuline Order. The first Catholic woman's college
in New York State, the school is named the College of New
Rochelle in 1911.
1906- George
M. Cohan's musical comedy "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway"
opens January 1st. The Musical smash is about New Rochelle.
1907- New
Rochelle's first Columbus Day parade is organized by the
Italian community.
1909- The
Woman's Suffrage Club began meeting at the home of Mrs.
Charles Bourgoine on Echo Avenue. The suffragists chose
a big elm tree at the corner of Main and Church Streets
at which to speak to crowds who would gather near their
big blue, white and yellow banner reading "Votes For Women."
Eight years later women get the right to vote.
1909- United
Home for Hebrews, on Pelham Road, is founded by Salomon
J. Manne.
1909- Edwin
Thanhouser establishes Thanhouser Film Corporation on the
corner of Warren and Grove Street. Thanhouser's "Million
Dollar Mystery" was one of the first serial motion pictures.
After a devestating fire in 1913, the studio moved to Main
Street near Echo Avenue.
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