Walter W. Law
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Walter William Law was a businessman and the founder of the 8,000-person village of Briarcliff Manor, New York. He was a vice president of furniture and carpet retailer W. & J. Sloane, and later found
Walter Law c. 1910
Walter Law c. 1860
The last photograph taken of Walter Law, in December 1923
The Manor House as it looked during Law's residence there
History of Briarcliff Manor
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The history of Briarcliff Manor, a village in the county of Westchester, New York, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement between the Hudson and Pocantico Rivers in the 19th century. The a
Walter W. Law
…protecting the Old Croton Aqueduct during World War I. In 1892, Law also received an honorary Master of Arts degree in agriculture from Yale University. History of Briarcliff Manor Media related to Walter Law at Wikimedia Commons…
1891; prior to Briarcliff Manor's incorporation
1906; prior to the 1906 Scarborough annexation
1908; prior to the 1927 Mt. Pleasant annexation
Part of Briarcliff Manor from Pine Hill c. 1900; Briarcliff Congregational Church (foreground) and Dysart House (background)