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===19th and 20th centuries=== Through the 18th century, New Rochelle had remained a modest village that retained an abundance of agricultural land. During the 19th century, however, New York City was a destination from the mid-century on by waves of [[immigration]], principally from Ireland and Germany. More established American families left New York City and moved into this area. Although the original Huguenot population was rapidly shrinking in relative size, through ownership of land, businesses, banks, and small manufactures, they retained a predominant hold on the political and social life of the town. The 1820 Census showed 150 [[African-Americans]] residing in New Rochelle, six of whom were still [[slave|enslaved]]. The state abolished slavery by degrees: children of enslaved mothers were born free, and all enslaved people were freed by 1827. In 1857 the Village of New Rochelle was established within the borders of the Town of New Rochelle. A group of volunteers created the first fire service in 1861. In 1899, a bill creating the New Rochelle [[Municipal charter|City Charter]] was signed by Governor [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. It was through this bill that the Village and Town of New Rochelle were joined into one municipality. In 1899, Michael J. Dillon narrowly defeated Hugh A. Harmer to become New Rochelle's first [[List of mayors of New Rochelle, New York|mayor]]. The recently established city charter designated a board of aldermen as the legislative unit with two members to be elected from each of four wards and 10 elected from the city [[at-large]].<ref>[http://www.newrochelleny.com/200.asp]{{dead link|date=September 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> By 1900, New Rochelle had a population of 14,720. Throughout the city, farms, estates, and wooded homesteads were bought up by realty and development companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newrochelleny.com/20.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628164331/http://www.newrochelleny.com/20.asp|url-status=dead|title=New Rochelle Online β History:20th Century|archive-date=June 28, 2009}}</ref> Planned residential neighborhoods such as [[Rochelle Park (New Rochelle)|Rochelle Park]], one of the first [[planned communities]] in the country, soon spread across the city, earning New Rochelle the sobriquet "City of Homes".<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE7DD133AF937A15756C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 If You're Thinking of Living in: NEW ROCHELLE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930114853/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/24/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-new-rochelle.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 |date=September 30, 2023 }}, New York Times, 1987</ref> In 1909, [[Edwin Thanhouser]] established [[Thanhouser Film Corporation]]. Thanhouser's ''[[Million Dollar Mystery]]'' was one of the first serial motion pictures.<ref>The Thanhouser Company of New Rochelle, a Dossier;Author=Anthony Slide;Published=1974</ref> In 1923, New Rochelle resident Anna Jones became the first [[African-American]] woman to be admitted to the New York State Bar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newrochelleny.com/202.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627120536/http://www.newrochelleny.com/202.asp|url-status=dead|title=New Rochelle Online β History:20th Century|archive-date=June 27, 2009}}</ref> Poet and resident [[James J. Montague]] captured the image of New Rochelle at the time in his 1926 poem "Queen City of the Sound".<ref>"New Rochelle The City of Huguenots"; The City of New Rochelle β Chamber of Commerce;1926, The Knickerbocker Press, New Rochelle, NY</ref> In 1930, New Rochelle recorded a population of 54,000, up from 36,213 only ten years earlier. During the 1930s, New Rochelle was the wealthiest city per capita in New York state and the third wealthiest in the country.<ref name="newrochelleny.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.newrochelleny.com/203.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628220036/http://www.newrochelleny.com/203.asp|url-status=dead|title=New Rochelle Online β History:20th Century|archive-date=June 28, 2009}}</ref> By the end of the century, the [[Metro-North Railroad|Metro North]] [[railroad station]] was rebuilt along with a $190 million entertainment complex, nicknamed [[New Roc City]], which featured a 19-screen [[movie theater]], an [[IMAX]] theater, an indoor [[Ice hockey|ice-hockey]] arena, [[Miniature golf|mini-golf]], go karts, an arcade, restaurants, a [[hotel]], loft-apartments and a mega [[supermarket]]. The complex was built on the site of the former [[New Rochelle Mall]], which had opened in 1968.<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/facilities-commercial-real-estate/325732-1.html New Roc City complex opens in New Rochelle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112102829/http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/facilities-commercial-real-estate/325732-1.html |date=November 12, 2007 }}, AllBusiness, September 29, 1999</ref>
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