There are numerous nationally and locally designated historic sites and attractions in

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. These include architecturally significant manors and estates, churches, cemeteries, farmhouses, African-American heritage sites, and

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depots and waystations. There are sites from pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary times, as well as battlegrounds. Westchester County also played an important role in the development of the modern suburb, and there are many associated heritage sites and museums. Some of these landmarks have earned distinction as members of other notable designations including the

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list. Still others are on New York State's

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or Westchester County's African American Heritage Trail.

National Historic Site

* Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site, Mount Vernon

National Historic Landmarks

According to the National Park Service "National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) are historic properties that illustrate the heritage of the United States. The over 2,600 NHLs found in the U.S. today come in many forms: historic buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts. Each NHL represents an outstanding aspect of American history and culture." There are 19 NHLs in Westchester County and one NHL District. * Armour-Stiner House, Irvington * Edwin H. Armstrong House (Withdrawal of Designation - 03/05/86), Yonkers * Boston Post Road Historic District (Rye, New York), 5 properties including ** The Jay Cemetery, Rye **

Jay Estate The Jay Estate is a 23-acre park and historic site in Rye, New York, with the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House at its center. It is the keystone of the Boston Post Road Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District (NHL) created in 1993 ...

including the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay Mansion, Rye ** Lounsbury **

Marshlands Conservancy Marshlands Conservancy is a 147-acre nature preserve in the city of Rye, New York, that is fully owned and operated by Westchester County Parks. It has numerous wildlife habitats from ponds to creeks to a large meadow area, succession forest, fres ...

, Rye **

Rye Golf Club The Rye Golf Club is a semi-private, municipally-owned country club in Rye, New York, and one of five constituent properties of the National Historic Landmark Boston Post Road Historic District. The centerpiece of the parcel is an 1854 Gothic Re ...

including Whitby Castle, Rye * Aaron Copland House, Cortlandt Manor *

Old Croton Aqueduct The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. The great aqueducts, which were among the first in the United States, carried water by gravity from ...

, Croton * John W. Draper House, Hastings-on-Hudson * The Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow * The Elephant Hotel, Somers * John Hartford House, Valhalla * John Jay Homestead, Katonah *

Kykuit Kykuit ( ), known also as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, is a 40-room historic house museum in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York 25 miles north of New York City. The house was built for oil tycoon and Rockefelle ...

, also known as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, Pocantico Hills * Lyndhurst, Tarrytown * Thomas Paine Cottage, New Rochelle *

Philipsburg Manor House Philipsburg Manor House is a historic house in the Upper Mills section of the former sprawling Colonial-era estate known as Philipsburg Manor. Together with a water mill and trading site the house is operated as a non-profit museum by Historic H ...

, Sleepy Hollow *

Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site is a historic house museum located in the Getty Square neighborhood of Yonkers, New York. Originally the family seat of Philipse Manor, it is Westchester County's second oldest standing building after th ...

, Yonkers * Playland, Rye
Stepping Stones - Historic Home of Bill & Lois Wilson (Stepping Stones Foundation)
* Sunnyside, Tarrytown * Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson * Villa Lewaro, Irvington

National Register of Historic Places listings

Including the 19 NHLs listed above, there are 240 total sites in Westchester County that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. See also

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. A partial list follows: * Rye African-American Cemetery, Rye * Bar Building * Bird Homestead, Rye * Bolton Priory * Evangeline Booth House * Bronx River Parkway * Bronxville Women's Club, Bronxville * Bush Lyon Homestead, Port Chester * The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester * Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah * Child Welfare Association of Mamaroneck, Mamaroneck * Church of St. Barnabas * Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea, Greenburgh * Jasper F. Cropsey House and Studio, Hastings-on-Hudson * East Irvington School * Edgewood House *

Ferncliff Cemetery Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum is located at 280 Secor Road in the hamlet of Hartsdale, town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, United States, about north of Midtown Manhattan. It was founded in 1902, and is non-sectarian. Fernc ...

, Hartsdale *

Glen Island Park Glen Island Park is a waterfront park, located on Glen Island, on the Long Island Sound, New York. The park is owned and operated by Westchester County and shares the island with a privately operated but county-owned entertainment facility, the ...

and Glen Island Harbour Club (formerly the Glen Island Casino) * Irvington Town Hall Theater, Irvington *

Jacob Burns Film Center The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is a nonprofit cultural arts center located in Pleasantville, New York. It occupies the old Rome Theater, a Spanish mission-style theater built in 1925. Along with independent and documentary films, the cente ...

, Pleasantville * Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill * The Picture House, Pelham * The Performing Arts Center, Purchase *

Sing Sing Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north of ...

Prison, Ossining * The Square House Museum, Rye *

Tarrytown Music Hall The Music Hall, in Tarrytown, New York, Tarrytown, New York, United States, is located on West Main Street downtown. It is a brick structure in the Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, Queen Anne architectural style erected in the la ...

, Tarrytown *

Union Church of Pocantico Hills Union Church of Pocantico Hills is a historic church in Pocantico Hills, New York. The church was built by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1921, as part of his plans to develop the town of Pocantico Hills, which was below his estate Kykuit. Upon the d ...

, Pocantico Hills *

Yonkers Raceway Yonkers Raceway & Empire City Casino, founded in 1899 as the Empire City Race Track, is a one-half-mile standardbred harness racing dirt track and slots racino located at the intersection of Central Park Avenue and Yonkers Avenue in Yonkers, New Y ...

, Yonkers

African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County

* African American Cemetery, Rye * Ella Fitzgerald Statue, Yonkers * Foster Memorial AME Zion Church * Friends Meeting House, Chappaqua * Jay Estate, Rye * John Jay Homestead, Katonah * Monument to 1st Rhode Island Regiment * Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase * Jack Peterson Memorial, Croton * Philipsburg Manor * Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Yonkers * Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site * Stony Hill Cemetery, Harrison * Villa Lewaro, Irvington

Local landmarks

Some historic sites may be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places but have not yet been nominated or may never be nominated. Others are governed by local landmark laws.

Historic battle sites

* Battle Hill, White Plains

Historic house museums

1838 Peter Augustus Jay House The Jay Estate is a 23-acre park and historic site in Rye, New York, with the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House at its center. It is the keystone of the Boston Post Road Historic District (New York), Boston Post Road Historic District, a National Hist ...

, Rye * Timothy Knapp House and Milton Cemetery, Rye *

, Pocantico Hills *

Leland Castle Leland Castle (also known as Castle View) is a building in New Rochelle, New York. It was constructed during the years in 1855 - 1859 in the Gothic Revival style, and was the country residence of Simeon Leland, a wealthy New York City hotel pr ...

, New Rochelle * Lyndhurst, Tarrytown * Thomas Paine Cottage, New Rochelle *

Jacob Purdy House The Jacob Purdy House was used as General George Washington's headquarters in 1778 and possibly in 1776 during the Battle of White Plains in the American Revolutionary War. Originally constructed by Samuel Horton, it was purchased by Jacob Purdy ...

, White Plains

Monuments

* Monument to 1st Rhode Island Regiment

Museums

Hudson River Museum The Hudson River Museum, located in Trevor Park in Yonkers, New York, is the largest museum in Westchester County. The Yonkers Museum, founded in 1919 at City Hall, became the Hudson River Museum in 1948. While often considered an art museum by th ...

, Yonkers * Thomas Paine Memorial Museum, New Rochelle

References

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External links

Westchester County Historical Society
Westchester County, New York