Resources
Want to learn more? Here are some additional resources on the history of Sparta in Ossining, NY.
Online Resources
A Land of Peace: The Early History of Sparta, a Landing Town on the Hudson, by Philip Field Horne. This key resource covers the history of Sparta—its role as Colonial-era tenant farmland, the settlement of the hamlet after the American Revolution, Sparta’s rise and fall as a nineteenth-century river port, and Sparta’s renewal in the early 20th century through the efforts of Frank A. Vanderlip. First published in 1976 by the Ossining Restoration Committee, find here a new edition with added illustrations from 2015. To purchase this book, please email info@jugtavern.org
“History of the Davids-Garrison/Jug Tavern Property,” by Jane McCormick. This Report for the Long Range Planning Committee of The Jug Tavern of Sparta was commissioned in 2005 and provides new information about The Jug Tavern.
“Vanderlip Wakens Sparta from Centuries of Sleep,” a contemporary newspaper account of Frank A. Vanderlip’s purchase and restoration of the Sparta neighborhood.
Additional Books
Sparta Letters 1794–1829, edited by Greta Cornell and Gerard Dorian. A history in letters of Sparta in its first 35 years. These letters were written and received by members of English families who settled Sparta, New York. A labor of love, Cornell and Dorian were both Sparta residents and Ossining historians. To purchase this book, please email info@jugtavern.org
Frank A. Vanderlip: The Banker Who Changed America, by Vicki A. Mack (2013). A biography of Frank A. Vanderlip, President of National City Bank, founder of the Federal Reserve System, Scarborough Resident, and rehabilitator of Sparta houses. ISBN: 9781492704904
