Editing Carmel, New York (section)

==History==
[[Image:Ludington statue 800.jpg|thumb|The statue of [[Sybil Ludington]] on Gleneida Avenue]]
[[Image:PC Courthouse 800.jpg|thumb|The original 1814 Putnam County Courthouse]]

The town of Carmel was originally inhabited by Indians of the [[Wappinger people]], who, in 1691, sold the property to Dutch traders. In 1697, a wealthy New York merchant, [[Adolphus Philipse]], purchased their deed and was granted a patent from [[King William III]] of England for the entire tract of land which is now [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About Our Town|url=https://www.ci.carmel.ny.us/about-our-town#:~:text=This%20land%20of%20Carmel%20was,the%20property%20to%20Dutch%20traders.|website=Town of Carmel New York|access-date=February 26, 2023}}</ref> The town was settled around 1740 by George Hughson.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} On the night of April 26, 1777, after learning the news that the British had begun burning nearby [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]], [[Connecticut]], sixteen-year-old [[Sybil Ludington]] rode the entire night through the hamlets of Carmel, Mahopac, [[Kent, New York|Kent Cliffs]] and Farmers Mills, warning those along the way that the British were coming before returning home at dawn.  A statue memorializing the ride  sits alongside [[Lake Gleneida]].

Carmel was formed with Franklin town from part of Frederick town on March 17, 1795, while still a part of [[Dutchess County]]. (Franklin was renamed [[Patterson, New York|Patterson]] April 6, 1808. Frederick changed its name to [[Kent, New York|Kent]] April 15, 1817.)<ref>''Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State'', J. H. French: 1860</ref> Carmel was transferred to Putnam County when Dutchess County was split to form Putnam County in 1812 and Carmel was designated the county seat.  In 1861, a small part of Carmel was taken to be added to the town of [[Putnam Valley, New York|Putnam Valley]].

===Putnam County Courthouse===
The Putnam County Courthouse was built in 1814.  It is the second oldest working<ref>{{cite web|title=County Courthouse Building & Historical Marker|url=http://www.adventuresaroundputnam.com/places-to-go/county-courthouse-historical-marker/|website=Adventures Around Putnam|publisher=Rohit Tripathi|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> courthouse in New York State. General James Townsend, of Carmel, was the architect.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/76001264 }}</ref><ref>National Register of Historic Places.  National Register Information System ID # 76001264.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Newyorkcourts.gov |url=https://ww2.nycourts.gov/courts/9jd/putnam/countyhistory.shtml }}</ref> A landmark on Gleneida Avenue in Carmel, the building has a classical front facade. There was one hanging there in 1844. A jail was added in 1855. A new Putnam County Courthouse was completed in early 2008, located nearby on Gleneida Avenue.
[[File:Carmel HS.JPG|thumb|Carmel High School]]

===Significant events===
* December 4, 1965 – A [[Trans World Airlines]] [[Boeing 707]] en route to San Francisco [[1965 Carmel mid-air collision|collided]] with an [[Eastern Airlines]] [[Lockheed Constellation]] flight in mid-air, killing four people.
* July 29, 1971 – A category F-2 [[tornado]] {{convert|1.9|mi|km}} away from the town center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
* October 22, 1974 – A large row of businesses on Gleneida Avenue was destroyed in a fire that required over 200 volunteer firefighters to fight the blaze.<ref>{{cite web|title=Looking Back At Fire That Forever Changed Landscape In Carmel |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/putnam/news/looking-back-at-fire-that-forever-changed-landscape-in-carmel/766391/|website=Daily Voice|date=April 18, 2019 |publisher=Putnam Daily Voice| access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
* September 1982 – June 1983 – [[Carmel High School (Carmel, New York)|Carmel High School]] track star Mike Stahr was ranked first in the US for the mile run, losing only one high school track race during his junior and senior year. He set state records and was the [[Millrose Games]] mile winner two years in a row.
* [[1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak|July 10, 1989]] – A F-2 (max. wind speeds 113–157&nbsp;mph) tornado {{convert|0.7|mi|km}} away from the Carmel town center traveled east across Fair Street near the King's Grant condos, injuring five people and causing between $5 million and $50 million in damages.
* September 11, 2001 – eight Carmel residents<ref>{{cite web|title=Remembering The Fallen: Honoring Putnam County's 9/11 Victims|url=https://patch.com/new-york/southeast/remembering-fallen-honoring-putnam-countys-9-11-victims|website=Patch.com|date=September 10, 2019 | access-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref> died in the [[September 11 attacks]]. The town has a memorial dedicated at Spain-Cornerstone Park on the corner of Fair Street and Route 52.
* April 27–28, 2007 – The Town of Carmel hosted a two-day Revolutionary War era militia encampment along Lake Gleneida. The event celebrated the 230th anniversary of the heroism of Sybil Ludington.

[[File:RMP 38.jpg|thumb|Carmel Police Department patrol vehicle]]