CENTURY 21 R O Y A L
(914) 722-0700
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697 Central Park Ave.
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Tel: (914) 722-0700
Fax:(914) 722-4368
Info@Century21Royal.com
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African American Heritage Trail
Sites, buildings, and locations that reflect the actions and experiences of African Americans in Westchester County.
African Cemetery
Accessed through Greenwood Union Cemetery, North Street, Rye 10580
Hours of Operation: Open to the public
Ella Fitzgerald Statue
At Yonkers Metro North Railroad Station Plaza, Yonkers
Hours of Operation: Open to the public
Dubbed "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the more popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century.
Foster Memorial AME Zion Church
90 Wildey Street, Tarrytown 10591
Phone: 914-631-2002
Amanda and Henry Foster, Rev. Jacob Jimmerson founded Foster Memorial African Methodis Episcopal (AME) Zion Church in Tarrytown in 1860.
Jack Peterson Memorial
Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson 10520
Phone: 914-862-5290
Hours of Operation: Monday - Sunday: 8:00am - 7:00pm
This monument was erected to acknowledge the brave stand taken by militiamen during the American Revolutionary War to thwart the British forces on the Hudson River.
Jay Heritage Center
210 Boston Post Road, Rye 10580
Phone: 914-698-9275
The Jay Heritage Center occupies the site of the childhood home of founding father John Jay.
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Route 22, Katonah 10536
Phone: 914-232-5651
Hours of Operation: April - November, Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00am - 4:00pm; Sunday: 11:00am - 4:00pm
After growing up in the Westchester community of Rye, John Jay established a homestead for himself and his family in the northern Westchester community of Bedford.
Monument to First Rhode Island Regiment
2880 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights 10598
Phone: 914-245-2186
Erected in 1982 as a result of the pioneering research and activism of Mr. John H. Harmon, this monument is dedicated to the valiant and courageous soldiers of the First Rhode Island Regiment.
Philipsburg Manor, Upper Mills
Route 9, Sleepy Hollow 10591
Phone: 914-631-3992
Philipsburg Manor, a property of Historic Hudson Valley, is a nationally significant late 17th- and early 18th-century milling and trading complex that was part of a vast 52,000-acre estate owned by the Anglo-Dutch Philipse family.
Philipse Manor Hall
Warburton Avenue and Dock Street, Yonkers 10701
Phone: 914-965-4027
Philipse Manor Hall, a National Historic Landmark listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, was a major component of the original Philipsburg Manor and served as its Lower Mill complex.
St. Paul's Church National Historic Site
897 South Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon
Phone: 914-667-4116
Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
St. Paul's Church, completed in 1787, was located on the colonial town green of Eastchester.
Stony Hill Cemetery
Buckout Road, Harrison 10528
Post-Revolutionary War emancipated (feed) slaves settled in the rough and stony hills where Harrison, New Castle and White Plains meet near Silver Lake.
The Fern Tree
13 South Division Street, Peekskill 10566
Phone: 914-736-7908
fax: 914-788-0023
Hours of Operation: Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00am - 6:00pm
African art and artifacts, oils, incenses, clothing and more. Lectures and tours of local Underground Railroad sites begin at the shop.
The Friends Meeting House
420 Quaker Road, Chappaqua 10514
Phone: 914-238-3170
Hours of Operation: Sunday: 10:30am - 11:30am, or by appointment
The Chappaqua Friends Meeting Hous, circa 1753, is the oldest Quaker meeting house standing in Westchester County.
Villa Lewaro
Route 9, Irvington
Hours of Operation: Private residence
Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was the daughter of enslaved parents.
Courtesy of Westchester County Office of Tourism
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