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Historic Treasures
Experience a glimpse of Westchester’s past at these historic sites.
Bedford 1787 Court House
Route 22 at the Village Green, Bedford
Phone: 914-234-9751
Hours of Operation: May - October: Thursday - Saturday 11:00am - 2:00pm, and by appointment.
The Bedford Historical Society manages the Court House - Westchester County's oldest government building and northern county seat from 1787 to 1870.
Bedford Historical Society Museum
Route 22, Bedford Village Green, Bedford 10506
Phone: 914-234-9751
Hours of Operation: Wednesday - Sunday: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
To call the Courthouse Museum directly: 914-234-9328
To call the Schoolhouse Museum directly: 914-234-9271
Bush Homestead
479 King Street, Port Chester 10573
Phone: 914-939-8918
Hours of Operation: April - December by appointment
Stone farmhouse built in the 1740's and inhabited by several generations of the Bush family.
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts - House Museum
149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah 10536
Phone: 914-232-5035, ext. 221
Hours of Operation: May - October: 1:00pm - 4:00pm; other times by appointment
www.caramoor.org
A Mediterranean-style mansion containing rooms from European villas and palaces and fine and decorative art.
Cortlandt Historical Society & Museum
137 7th Street, Verplanck 10596
Phone: 914-734-1110
The Society's collection includes pictures, artifacts, maps, tools, videos, oral history tapes and a reference library of local history.
Free Admission
Croton Point Nature Center
Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson 10520
Phone: 914-862-5297
Hours of Operation: Wednesday - Sunday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Located on the 504 acre park, the nature center displays exhibits about the Hudson River, local history, and flora and fauna.
Cudner-Hyatt House
937 Post Road, Scarsdale 10583
Phone: 914-723-1744
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday: 10:00am - 4:00pm; Weekends by appointment
www.scarsdalehistory.org
Two-story, clapboard farmhouse built in 1734 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Eastchester Historical Society (Marble School House)
Library at the School House at New Rochelle & California Roads, Eastchester 10709
Phone: 914-793-1900
Hours of Operation: Marble School House by appointment
The Eastchester Historical Society preserves and interprets the history of Westchester, with an emphasis on Eastchester; it also operates programs in its 1835 Marble School House.
Ever Rest
Hastings-on-Hudson
Phone: 914-478-1372
Hours of Operation: By Appointment Only
Former home and studio of Hudson River School artist Jasper Cropsey, built in 1835.
Glenview Mansion at The Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers
Phone: 914-963-4550
Hours of Operation: October - April: Wednesday - Sunday 12:00pm - 5:00pm; May - September: Wednesday - Sunday 12:00pm - 9:00pm
Victorian Gothic-style mansion of wealthy financier John Bond Trevor features magnificent interiors and furnishings.
Hastings Historical Society
407 Broadway, Hastings-on-Hudson 10706
Phone: 914-478-2249
Hours of Operation: Monday - Thursday: 10:00am - 1:45pm
www.hastingshistorical.org
A collection of archives, artifacts and photographs relating to the history of this riverside village incorporated in 1879.
Heritage Exhibit - Maryknoll Sisters Center
100 Ryder Road, Ossining 10562
Phone: 914-941-7575
The Exhibit is located near the front entrance of the Maryknoll Sisters Center on top of a knoll over looking the Hudson.
Historic Hudson Valley
150 White Plains Road, Tarrytown 10591
Phone: 914-631-8200
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
www.hudsonvalley.org
HHV operates a network of six sites dedicated to preserving the history of the Hudson River valley; sites include an 18th-century farm and gristmill (Philipsburg Manor), and Washington Irving's home (Sunnyside).
Horace Greeley House / New Castle Historical Society
100 King Street, Chappaqua 10514
Phone: 914-238-4666
Hours of Operation: Tuesday - Thursday & Saturday: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
www.newcastlehistoricalsociety.org
The furnished summer home of Horace Greeley from 1864-1872. Greeley was the crusading editor of the New York Tribune, Presidential candidate in 1872, a foe of slavery and a women's rights advocate.
Hudson Highlands Cruises - The M.V. Commander
PO Box 355, Cornwall-on-Hudson
Phone: 845-534-SAIL (7245)
www.commanderboat.com
This classic excursion boat plies the Hudson on a 3-hour narrated cruise ot the Hudson Highlands. Points of interest include West Point and the Bear Mountain Bridge. Advance reservations.
Huguenot New Rochelle Historical Association
20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle 10804
Phone: 914-633-1776
The association perpetuates the memory of the Huguenots, who founded New Rochelle in 1688, and the history of New Rochelle. The association also operates the Thomas Paine Cottage and Sophia Brewster School House.
Free Admission; donation appreciated
Irvington Historical Society
Village Hall, 85 Main Street, Irvington
Phone: 914-591-7070
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 3:00pm
www.ci.irvington.ny.us
Village Hall consists of Village Municipal Offices, Police Station, Justice Court, and Irvington Town Hall Theater.
Jacob Purdy House
60 Park Avenue, White Plains 10603
Phone: 914-328-1776/914-682-8426
Hours of Operation: By Appointment Only
1720 Colonial farmhouse and the oldest historic structure in White Plains. It twice served as Washington's Headquarters.
Jay Heritage Center
210 Boston Post Road, Rye 10580
Phone: 914-698-9275
Hours of Operation: April - November, Sunday: 1:00pm - 4:00pm and by appointment.
This National Historic Landmark is the boyhood home of American Founding father John Jay.
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
400 Route 22, Katonah 10536
Phone: 914-232-5651
Hours of Operation: April - October: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm; Sunday: 11:00am - 4:00pm; November: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00am - 3:00pm: Sunday: 11:00am - 3:00pm; Call for holiday and winter hours.
www.johnjayhomestead.org
The residence of America's first U.S. Supreme Court chief justice and his descendants.
Kykuit (National Trust for Historic Preservation; administered by Historic Hudson Valley)
200 Lake Road, Sleepy Hollow 10591
Phone: 914-631-9491
Hours of Operation: Open for tours mid-April - October, daily except Tuesday.
www.hudsonvalley.org
One of the finest preserved Beaux Arts houses in the nation, Kykuit was built by John D. Rockefeller.
Lyndhurst (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
635 South Broadway, Tarrytown 10591
Phone: 914-631-4481
Hours of Operation: April - October: Tuesday - Sunday 10:00am - 4:15pm; November - April: Saturday - Sunday 10:00am - 3:30pm
www.lyndhurst.org
This 1838 Gothic Revival mansion designed by Alexander Jackson Davis overlooks the Hudson River.
Material Archives Laboratory For Archaeology
Croton Point Park Nature Center, Croton-on-Hudson 10520
Phone: 914-862-5297
Exhibits of cultural resource from prehistoric Indians 7,000 years old to historic colonial artifacts all recovered from Westchester County sites.
Miller Hill Battlefield (Westchester County Office of Parks, Recreation & Conservation)
Dunlap Way, White Plains 10603
Phone: 914-242-7275
Final shots of the Battle of White Plains, which began on Chatterton Hill on October 28, 1776, were fired from this hill on November 1.
Free admission
Muscoot Farm Park (Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation)
Route 100, Somers 10589
Phone: 914-864-7282
www.westchestergov.com
Muscoot Farm depicts life as it would have been lived on a country gentleman's farm, circa 1880-1950.
North Castle Historical Society / Society's Educational Complex
440 Bedford Road, Armonk 10504
Phone: 914-273-4510
Hours of Operation: April - November: Wednesday: 2:00pm - 4:00pm; Sunday: 2:00pm - 5:00pm; and by appointment
The Education Complex consists of the historic Smith's Tavern, Brundage Blacksmith Shop, East Middle Patent One-Room Schoolhouse and 1798 Quaker Meeting House.
Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground
42 North Boradway, Tarrytown 10591
Phone: 914-631-1123
www.olddutchburyingground.org
This sacred edifice and adjoining burying ground is considered the oldest functioning church in New York State.
Ossining Heritage Area - Visitor Center (Joseph G. Caputo Community Center)
98 Broadway, Ossining 10562
Phone: 914-941-3189
Hours of Operation: Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00am - 4:00pm
The Center houses permanent exhibits on Sing Sing Prison and the Old Croton Aqueduct.
Free admission
Ossining Historical Society Museum
196 Croton Avenue, Ossining 10562
Phone: 914-941-0001
Hours of Operation: Sunday - Thursday: 1:00pm - 4:00pm and by appointment
www.ossininghistorical.org
Housed in the 1872 Austin House, the museum contains collections and exhibits of antiques and memorabilia reflecting local Ossining history dating from 1785, such as maps, military artifacts, photographs, furniture and items from Sing Sing Prison.
Peekskill Museum
124 Union Avenue, Peekskill 10566
Phone: 914-736-0473
Hours of Operation: Saturdays, June - December, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
www.peekskillmuseum.com
Located in the Herrick House, one of Peekskill's most famous Victorian Houses, the museum features artifacts relating to Peekskill's history.
Philipsburg Manor, Upper Mills (Historic Hudson Valley)
Route 9, Sleepy Hollow 10591
Phone: 914-631-3992
Hours of Operation: Summer hours, 10:00am - 5:00pm daily except Tuesday. Winter hours (November & December), 10:00am - 4:00pm, daily except Tuesday. Closed January - February. March hours, Saturday & Sunday, 10:00am - 4:00pm
www.hudsonvalley.org
This late 17th/early 18th-century milling, farming and trading complex was once part of the Philipse estate, tenanted by farmers of diverse European backgrounds, and operated by enslaved Africans.
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Warburton Avenue and Dock Street, Yonkers 10701
Phone: 914-965-4027
Hours of Operation: April - October: Wednesday - Saturday 12:00pm - 5:00pm; Sunday: 1:00pm - 4:00pm. Groups by appointment year-round.
www.philipsemanorfriends.org
A National Historic Landmark and official project of Save America's Treasure, this high-style Georgian mansion, built in stages between 1680 and 1755, was home to the wealthy Loyalist, Frederick Philipse III.
Playland Park
Playland Parkway, Rye 10580
Phone: 914-813-7016
www.ryeplayland.org
A National Historic Landmark, Playland is Westchester's famous 279-acre recreational complex. In addition to the numerous rides and attractions, Playland offers pedal boats that has seating for 4 people which are available to rent.
Port Chester Historical Society
479 King Street, Port Chester 10573
Phone: 914-939-6040
The Society operates the Bush House, with pre-1840 furniture and local historical artifacts.
Free admission
Pound Ridge Museum
255 Westchester Avenue, Pound Ridge 10576
Phone: 914-764-4333
Hours of Operation: Saturday & Sunday, March - December 3: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Permanent local history exhibits on Pound Ridge and environs, housed in the former "Lecture Room" built in 1853.
Rye Historical Society
1 Purchase Street, Rye 10580
Phone: 914-967-7588
The Headquarters of the Rye Historical Society are located at the Square House Museum.
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site
897 South Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon 10550
Phone: 914-667-4116
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
www.nps.gov
The site consists of a restored Colonial church (1763-1787) that was used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War, a historic village green, and a museum.
Scarsdale Historical Society
937 White Plains Post Road, Scarsdale 10583
Phone: 914-723-1744
Hours of Operation: Wednesday - Friday: 1:30pm - 4:30pm; Sunday: 2:00pm - 4:30pm
The complex includes Quaker Meeting House (museum and offices) and the Cudner-Hyatt House, furnished to represent life in the mid-19th century.
September 11 Memorial Mural
Webb Field, Hartsdale 10530
Outdoor art installation composed of more than 2,000 hand-painted tiles commemorating the victims and events of September 11th, 2001. Project coordinated by the Westchester Arts Council.
Sherwood House
340 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers
Phone: 914-961-8940
Hours of Operation: Sundays: May, June, September & October
www.yonkershistory.org
This 1740 tenant farmhouse is one of the few existing, pre-Revolutionary homesteads in New York State, and a well-preserved example of Anglo-Dutch homes. Guided tours are available.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Route 9, Sleepy Hollow
Phone: 914-631-0081
Hours of Operation: Open every day, year-round, 8:30am - 4:30pm
www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org
Several famous individuals are buried here, including Washington Irving, William Rockefeller, Walter Chrysler, Andrew Carnegie and Samuel Gompers. Seventy Revolutionary War soldiers also rest here.
Somers Historical Society and Museum of the Early American Circus
Routes 100 & 202, Somers 10589
Phone: 914-277-4977
Hours of Operation: Thursday: 2:00pm - 4:00pm, and the second and fourth Sunday of every month: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
www.somersmuseum.org
Located in the Elephant Hotel, a national historic landmark built by Hachaliah Bailey.
Sparta Cemetery
Revolutionary Road, Ossining 10562
Phone: 914-941-0001
www.ossininghistorical.org
Two-acre grave site for nearly all the village's early settlers and 119 known veterans from the Revolutionary War through World War II.
Square House Museum
1 Purchase Street, Rye 10580
Phone: 914-967-7588
Hours of Operation: Tuesday - Friday: 9:00am - 4:00pm; Saturday: 10:00am - 3:00pm
www.ryehistoricalsociety.org
Headquarters to the Rye Historical Society, housed in a former tavern built in 1730 and famous for hosting George Washington overnight.
Stepping Stones - The Historic Home of Bill and Lois Wilson
62 Oak Road, Katonah 10536
Phone: (914) 232-4822
www.steppingstones.org
The Historic home of Bill and Lois Wilson, co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.
TACONIC POSTCARD CLUB
1974 Commerce Street, Yorktown Heights, NY, Yorktown Heights 10598
Phone: 914-962-2970 / 914-737-0944
TaconicPostcard@optonline.net
Hours of Operation: 7:15 PM - 9 PM
www.yorktownmuseum.org
TACONIC POSTCARD CLUB, NY's east of the Hudson River postcard club. Open to the public.
The 1883 Lighthouse at Sleepy Hollow
Kingsland Point Park, Palmer Avenue, Sleepy Hollow 10549
Phone: 914-366-5109
Hours of Operation: By appointment only
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Lighthouse is located off the shore of the Hudson River.
The Great Hunger Memorial
V. Everit Macy Park, Ardsley 10502
Phone: 914-948-5580
Outdoor public art installation recognizing the historic significance of the Great Hunger of 19th Century Ireland and the impact it had in Westchester and America.
The Historical Society, Inc. Serving Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown
1 Grove Street, Tarrytown 10591
Phone: 914-631-8374
Hours of Operation: Tuesday - Thursday & Saturday: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
The Society is located in the 1848 home of Jacob Odell, the first President (Mayor) of Tarrytown. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places and is in the Grove Street Historic District.
The Marble School / Eastchester Historical Society
388 California Road, Eastchester 10709
Phone: 914-793-1900
Hours of Operation: By Appointment Only
Restored one-room schoolhouse built in 1835.
Thomas Paine Cottage
20 Sicard Avenue, New Rochelle 10804
Phone: 914-633-1776
Hours of Operation: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am - 5:00pm; Friday: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
www.ThomasPaineCottage.org
At the close of the Revolutionary War, New York State honored the contributions of Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, to the war effort by awarding him a 277-acre farm in New Rochelle that had been confiscated from a Tory owner.
Union Church of Pocantico Hills (Historic Hudson Valley)
555 Bedford Road, Sleepy Hollow 10591
Phone: 914-631-8200
Hours of Operation: Monday, Wednesday - Friday: 11:00am - 5:00pm; Saturday: 10:00am - 5:00pm; Sunday: 2:00pm - 5:00pm (unless church activities are being held)
www.hudsonvalley.org
Come and see the brilliant stained-glass windows by modern masters Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall, gifts of the Rockefeller family.
Van Cortlandt Manor (Historic Hudson Valley)
South Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson 10520
Phone: 914-271-8981
Hours of Operation: Summer hours, 10:00am - 5:00pm, closed Tuesday. Winter hours (November & December), weekends, 10:00am - 4:00pm. Closed January - March.
www.hudsonvalley.org
Once the home of New York's prominent Van Cortlandt family, the Manor contains an outstanding collection of American decorative arts, beautiful gardens, a tenant farmer's house and a tavern.
Van Cortlandtville Historical Society
297 Locust Avenue, Peekskill 10566
Hours of Operation: By appointment only
The Society is headquartered in a one-room schoolhouse, where it conducts programs for local schools.
Free admission
Washington Irving's Sunnyside (Historic Hudson Valley)
West Sunnyside Lane, Tarrytown 10591
Phone: 914-591-8763
Hours of Operation: Summer hours, 10:00am - 5:00pm, closed Tuesday. Winter hours (November & December), 10:00am - 4:00pm, closed Tuesday. Closed January - February. March hours, Saturday - Sunday, 10:00am - 4:00pm
www.hudsonvalley.org
The cozy "Snuggery" of beloved author Washington Irving, whose "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" has delighted generations of readers.
Westchester County Historical Society
2199 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford 10523
Phone: 914-592-4323
fax: 914-592-6481
Hours of Operation: Tuesday & Wednesday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
The Westchester County Historical Society, founded in 1874, has the most comprehensive library of local history and genealogy in the county.
Westchester Holocaust Memorial
148 Martine Avenue, White Plains 10601
Phone: 914-696-0738
Outdoor public art installation serving as a memorial to the lives lost during the Holocaust.
Westchester Veterans Museum
Lasdon Park, Arboretum and Veterans Memorial, Route 35, Somers 10589
Phone: 914-682-4949
Hours of Operation: Memorial Day - Veterans Day
Photographs, paintings, prints and military memorabilia of conflicts, from the Revolutionary War to present, in which Westchester residents served in the United States Armed Forces.
White Plains Historical Society (Jacob Purdy House)
60 Park Avenue, White Plains 10603
Phone: 914-328-1776 & 914-682-8426
Hours of Operation: By appointment
www.whiteplainshistory.org
The Jacob Purdy House (1721) was George Washington's headquarters during the Battle of White Plains 1776, and again in 1778.
Yonkers Historical Society (Sherwood House)
Will Library - 1500 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers 10710
Phone: 914-961-8940
fax: 914-961-8645
Hours of Operation: June - October: Saturday 12:00pm - 4:00pm
www.yonkershistory.org
Sherwood House is a 1740 Dutch tenant farmhouse of Philipsburg Manor.
Admission: Donation.
Yorktown Historical Society
P. O. Box 355, Yorktown Heights 10598
Phone: 914-962-5722 ext. 440
Alf1504@aol.com
Mission: Fostering public awareness and pride in preserving Yorktown's historical, agricultural and cultural heritage
Motto: Preserve the Past - Enlighten the Future
Courtesy of Westchester County Office of Tourism
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