Editing Bellerose, New York (section)

== History ==
The village was founded by Helen Marsh of [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]]. In 1907, planning to build a model community, Marsh purchased {{convert|77|acre|m2}} of [[Floral Park, New York|Floral Park]] [[gladiolus|gladiola]] fields. The first Bellerose home was completed, under Marsh's supervision, in 1910. Marsh persuaded the [[Long Island Rail Road]] to place a station in the new village, and she named the station [[Bellerose station|Bellerose]]. Though it has been suggested that she named the station for the Rose farm, south of the railroad, and her daughter Belle, she said that she simply found the name "euphonious". A vote of the homeowners made the name official in 1917.<ref name=":81">{{Cite book |last=Winsche |first=Richard |title=The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names |date=October 1, 1999 |publisher=Empire State Books |isbn=978-1557871541 |location=[[Interlaken, New York]] |pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2017 |title=History |url=https://bellerosebusiness.com/history/ |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=The Joint Bellerose Business District |language=en}}</ref>

Bellerose incorporated itself as a village in 1924 in order to gain and maintain home rule.<ref name=":81" />

The [[Bellerose Village Municipal Complex|Bellerose Village Hall, Fire House and Police Booth]] are on the [[National Register of Historic Places|National]] and State registries of Historic Places; the complex is known as the Bellerose Village Municipal Complex.<ref>[http://nysparks.state.ny.us/news/press/view.asp?pressID=532 "State board recommends diverse properties for listing on State and National historic registers"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924004046/http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/news/press/view.asp?pressID=532|date=September 24, 2006}}, New York State Parks. Retrieved 12/23/07.</ref>