Historic sites in Westchester County

There are numerous historic sites and attractions in Westchester County. These include battlegrounds, cemeteries, churches, farmhouses, underground railroad depots and waystations, and other sites from pre-Revolutionary and Revolutionary times, as well as historic and architecturally significant manors and estates in the area. Westchester County also played an important role in the development of the modern suburb, and there are many associated heritage sites and museums. A few of the best known are listed below:

Sites and monuments

• Bronx River Parkway
• The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester
• Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah
• The Elephant Hotel, Somers
• Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale
• Glen Island Park and Glen Island Harbour Club (formerly the Glen Island Casino)
• Irvington Town Hall Theater, Irvington
• Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville
• The Old Croton Aqueduct
• The Old Croton Trail
• The Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow
• Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill
• Philipsburg Manor House, Sleepy Hollow
• Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Yonkers
• The Picture House, Pelham
• Playland, Rye
• Saint Paul's Church, Mount Vernon, NY
• The Performing Arts Center, Purchase
• Sing Sing Prison, Ossining
• Stepping Stones - Historic Home of Bill & Lois Wilson (Stepping Stones Foundation)
• The Square House Museum, Rye
• Sunnyside, Tarrytown
• Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown
• Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Pocantico Hills
• Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers

Historic battle sites

• Battle Hill, White Plains

Historic houses

Lyndhurst, home of Jay Gould in Tarrytown.

• 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House, Rye
• Jay Property, Rye
• Timothy Knapp House and Milton Cemetery, Rye
• Kykuit, Pocantico Hills
• Leland Castle, New Rochelle
• Lyndhurst, Tarrytown
• Thomas Paine Cottage, New Rochelle
• Jacob Purdy House, White Plains

Museums

• Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
• Thomas Paine Memorial Museum, New Rochelle

See also

• Historic Hudson Valley
• History of Westchester County
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Westchester County, New York

External links

• Westchester County Historical Society