The Hall of Fame Essay Contest was planned as a remembrance of the men and women whose leadership and commitment helped make Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow famous and interesting. Students are given the opportunity to exercise their research skills and discover interesting facts and stories about their home villages. The Historical Society serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, the Warner Public Library, the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, the Public Schools of the Tarrytowns and our two Villages have worked together to make this event a yearly celebration. An Awards Ceremony is held at the Warner Library where the mayors of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow present two cash prizes to the Sleepy Hollow High School student winners. The essays are framed and displayed on the Third Floor at the Warner Library.
— Winning Essays —
2019 John Anderson Rafael Joseffy |
2018 Beatrice Jackson Norman Mingo |
2017 Kathryn Davis Eddie Collins |
2016 Ambrose Kingsland Frederic Philipse |
2015 Margaret Hardenbroeck Robert Goldblatt |
2014 Jay Gould Dr. John Robertson |
2013 Elsie Janis Amanda Foster |
2012 Rockwell Kent John Paulding |
2011 Worcester Reed & Cornelia Blakemore Warner Nathan Cobb |
2010 Cornelia Beekman Minna Irving |
2009 William L. Wallace General Howard Carroll, Jr. |
2008 Frank Romer Pierson Cassity Eliza Mason |
2007 Jacob Ackerman Isadora Duncan |
2006 Rear Admiral John L. Worden John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
2005 John Charles Fremont Helen Gould Shepard |