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Westchester County, New York

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245historic places

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1683formed

1,004,457pop. 2020

105cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 245 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 20 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Yonkers, Peekskill, Ossining.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

137 of 245 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

245 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
African Cemetery	Rye	Site	2003
All Saints Episcopal Church	Briarcliff Manor	Building	2002
Amawalk Friends Meeting House	Amawalk	Building	1989
Armour-Stiner House NHL	Irvington	Building	1975
Asbury United Methodist Church and Bethel Chapel and Cemetery	Croton-on-Hudson	District	2000
Austin, Richard, House	Ossining	Building	1988
Bar Building	White Plains	Building	2007
Bear Mountain Bridge Rd.	Cortlandt	Structure	1982
Bedford Road Historic District	Armonk	District	1985
Bedford Village Historic District	Bedford	District	1973
Beecher-McFadden Estate	Peekskill	Building	1987
Bell Place-Locust Avenue Historic District	Yonkers	District	1985
Bird Homestead	Rye	Building	2010
Bolton Priory	Pelham Manor	Building	1974
Booth, Evangeline, House	Hartsdale	Building	2011
Boston Post Road Historic District NHL	Rye	District	1982
Brandreth Pill Factory	Ossining	Building	1980
Bridge L-158	Goldens Bridge	Structure	1978
Bronx River Parkway Reservation	Bronxville	District	1991
Bronxville Womens' Club	Bronxville	Building	2007
Bush-Lyon Homestead	Port Chester	Building	1982
Capitol Theater	Port Chester	Building	1984
Caramoor	Bedford	District	2001
Catt, Carrie Chapman, House	Briarcliff Manor	Building	2006
Chappaqua Railroad Depot and Depot Plaza	Chappaqua	Building	1979
Child Welfare Association of Mamaroneck	Mamaroneck	Building	2021
Christ Episcopal Church	Tarrytown	Building	1987
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Greeley Grove	Chappaqua	Building	1979
Church of St. Barnabas	Irvington	Building	2000
Church of St. Joseph of Arimathea	Greenburgh	Building	2002
Copcutt,John,Mansion	Yonkers	Building	1985
Copland, Aaron, House NHL	Cortlandt Manor	Building	2003
Crane, Gerard, House	Somers	District	1985
Cropsey, Jasper F., House and Studio	Hastings-on-Hudson	Building	1973
Croton Aqueduct, Old NHL	Yonkers and	Structure	1974
Croton North Railroad Station	Croton-on-Hudson	Building	1987
Dale Cemetery	Ossining	Site	2013
Davenport House	New Rochelle	Building	1980
Delavan Terrace Historic District	Yonkers	District	1983
Downtown Ossining Historic District	Ossining	District	1989
Downtown Ossining Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Ossining	Building	2013
Draper, John W., House NHL	Hastings-on-Hudson	Building	1975
Drum Hill High School	Peekskill	Building	1979
Dutch Reformed Church NHL	Sleepy Hollow	Building	1966
East Irvington School	East Irvington	Building	1983
Edgewood House	Pelham Manor	Building	1986
Elephant Hotel NHL	Somers	Building	2005
Elmsford Reformed Church and Cemetery	Elmsford	Building	1983
Estherwood and Carriage House	Dobbs Ferry	Building	1979
First Baptist Church and Rectory	Tarrytown	Building	1983
First Baptist Church of Ossining	Ossining	Building	1973
First Presbyterian Church and Pintard, Lewis, House	New Rochelle	Building	1979
First United Methodist Church	Mount Vernon	Building	2000
Flagg, Ethan, House-Blessed Sacrament Monastery	Yonkers	Building	1998
Fleischmann, Gustav and Marion, House	Peekskill	Building	2021
Ford Administration Building	Peekskill	Building	2006
Forster, Marmaduke, House	Pleasantville	Building	2011
Foster Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church	Tarrytown	Building	1982
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Veterans Hospital Historic District	Montrose	District	2022
Friedlander, Leo, Studio	White Plains	Building	1982
Glenwolde Park Historic District	Tarrytown	District	2014
Good Counsel Complex	White Plains	District	1997
Grainger, Percy, Home and Studio	White Plains	Building	1993
Greeley House	Chappaqua	Building	1979
Hadden-Margolis House	Harrison	Building	2008
Halcyon Place Historic District	Yonkers	District	1991
Hammond House	Hawthorne	Building	1980
Harden, Edward, Mansion	Sleepy Hollow	Building	2004
Hart, Eleazer, House	Yonkers	Building	1982
Hartford, John A., House NHL	Valhalla	Building	1977
Hartsdale Pet Cemetery	Greenburgh	Site	2012
Hartsdale Railroad Station	Hartsdale	Building	2011
Hastings Prototype House	Hastings-on-Hudson	Building	1991
Haviland's, Widow, Tavern	Rye	Building	1974
Highland Cottage	Ossining	Building	1982
Homestead, The	Waccabuc	Building	2001
Hyatt, Caleb, House	Scarsdale	Building	1973
Hyatt-Livingston House	Dobbs Ferry	Building	1972
Irving, Washington, High School	Tarrytown	Building	1984
Irvington Historic District	Irvington	District	2014
Irvington Town Hall	Irvington	Building	1984
Jay, John, Homestead NHL	Katonah	Building	1972
Jones, John, Homestead	Van Cortlandtville	Building	1989
Jug Tavern	Ossining	Building	1976
Katonah Village Historic District	Katonah	District	1983
Knapp, Timothy, House and Milton Cemetery	Rye	District	1982
Knickerbocker Press Building	New Rochelle	Building	2000
Larchmont Avenue Church	Larchmont	Building	2021
Lawrence Park Historic District	Bronxville	District	1980
Leffingwell-Batcheller House	Yonkers	Building	2015
Leland Castle	New Rochelle	Building	1976
Life Savers Building	Port Chester	Building	1985
Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport House	New Rochelle	Building	1986
Lord and Burnham Building	Irvington	Building	1999
Lyndhurst, Jay Gould Estate NHL	Tarrytown	Building	1966
Mamaroneck Methodist Church	Mamaroneck	District	1992
Mandel, Richard H., House	Bedford Hills	Building	1996
Manor Club	Pelham Manor	Building	2014
Mapleton	White Plains	Building	1976
Marble Schoolhouse	Eastchester	Building	2005
Masterton-Dusenberry House	Bronxville	Building	1980
McVickar House	Irvington	Building	2004
Mead Memorial Chapel	Lewisboro	Building	1999
Merestead	Mount Kisco	Building	1984
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Hall of Records	Yonkers	Building	2014
Miller House	North White Plains	Building	1976
Mott Mill	Yonkers	Building	2004
Mount Kisco Municipal Complex	Mount Kisco	District	1997
Mt. Zion Methodist Church	Somers	Building	1990
Music Hall	Tarrytown	Building	1980
Nelson Avenue-Fort Hill Historic District	Peekskill	District	2006
Nelson, Thomas, House	Peekskill	Building	2001
New Rochelle Railroad Station	New Rochelle	Building	2009
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Power Station	Yonkers	Building	2021
New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Highbrook Avenue Bridge	Pelham	Structure	2016
North Grove Street Historic District	Tarrytown	District	1979
North Salem Town Hall	Salem Center	Building	1980
Nuits	Ardsley-on-Hudson	Building	1977
Odell House	Greenburgh	Building	1973
Old Chappaqua Historic District	Chappaqua	District	1974
Old Croton Dam, Site of	Ossining	Site	1973
Old St. Peter's Church	Van Cortlandtville	Building	1973
Osborn-Bouton-Mead House	South Salem	Building	2004
Paine, Thomas, Cottage NHL	New Rochelle	Building	1972
Palmer-Lewis Estate	Bedford	District	1998
Patriot's Park	Tarrytown	Site	1982
Peekskill Downtown Historic District	Peekskill	District	2005
Peekskill Freight Depot	Peekskill	Building	2004
Peekskill Presbyterian Church	Peekskill	Building	2002
Pelham Picture House	Pelham	Building	2010
Pelhamdale	Pelham Manor	Building	1982
Peoples National Bank and Trust Company Building	White Plains	Building	2000
Philipsburg Manor NHL	Sleepy Hollow	Building	1966
Philipsburgh Building	Yonkers	Building	2002
Philipse Manor Hall NHL	Yonkers	Building	1966
Philipse Manor Railroad Station	Sleepy Hollow	Building	1991
Pioneer Building	New Rochelle	Building	1983
Plashbourne Estate	Yonkers	Building	2007
Playland Amusement Park NHL	Rye	District	1980
Pound Ridge Historic District	Pound Ridge	District	1985
Presbyterian Rest for Convalescents	White Plains	Building	2011
Proctor's Theater	Yonkers	Building	2008
Public Bath House No. 2	Yonkers	Building	1985
Public Bath House No. 3	Yonkers	Building	1985
Public Bath House No. 4	Yonkers	Building	1985
Public School No. 13	Yonkers	Building	2007
Purdy, Jacob, House	White Plains	Building	1979
Purdy, Joseph, Homestead	Purdys	Building	1973
Putnam and Mellor Engine and Hose Company Firehouse	Port Chester	Building	1983
Quaker Ridge Golf Club	Scarsdale	District	2020
Rehoboth	Chappaqua	Building	1979
Reid Hall, Manhattanville College	Purchase	Building	1974
Resnick, Solomon, House	Chappaqua	Building	2021
Robinwood Historic District	Ossining	District	2019
Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights Historic District	New Rochelle	District	2005
Rockefeller Pocantico Hills Estate Historic District	Pocantico Hills	District	2019
Rockefeller, John D., Estate NHL	Mt. Pleasant	District	1976
Romer-Van Tassel House	Greenburgh	Building	1994
Rye Meeting House	Rye	Building	2011
Rye Town Park-Bathing Complex and Oakland Beach	Rye	Site	2003
Sailing Vessel GITANA	New Rochelle	Structure	2024
Sarles' Tavern	Millwood	Building	1979
Scarborough Historic District	Ossining	District	1984
Scarsdale Railroad Station	Scarsdale	Building	2000
Scarsdale Woman's Club	Scarsdale	Building	2008
Sherwood House	Yonkers	Building	1984
Skinny House	Mamaroneck	Building	2015
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery	Sleepy Hollow	District	2009
Smith Tavern	Armonk	Building	1983
Smith, Alexander, Carpet Mills Historic District	Yonkers	District	1983
Somers Hamlet Historic District	Somers	District	2004
Somers Town House	Somers	Building	1974
Soundview Manor	White Plains	Building	2009
South Presbyterian Church	Dobbs Ferry	Building	2000
South Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery	South Salem	Site	2014
Spanish American War Monument to the 71st Infantry Regiment	Hastings-on-Hudson	Building	2011
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church Complex	Croton-on-Hudson	Building	2006
St. George's Church	Mohegan Lake	Building	2012
St. John's Episcopal Church	Pleasantville	Building	2017
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church	Yonkers	Building	1982
St. Luke's Episcopal Church	Katonah, Town of Bedford	Building	2001
St. Mark's Cemetery	Mount Kisco	Site	1988
St. Mark's Episcopal Church	Mt. Kisco	Building	1991
St. Paul's Church National Historic Site	Mount Vernon	Building	1966
St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Rectory	Ossining	Building	1978
St. Peter's Episcopal Church	Peekskill	Building	2003
St. Peter's Episcopal Church	Port Chester	Building	2006
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Complex	Mamaroneck	Building	2003
Standard House	Peekskill	Building	2000
Stepping Stones (Wilson, Bill and Lois, House) NHL	Katonah	Building	2004
Stevens, John, House	Mount Vernon	Building	1972
Stonecrest	Bedford Corners	Building	2004
Stony Hill Cemetery	Harrison	Site	1999
Sunnyside NHL	Tarrytown	Building	1966
Tarrytown Lighthouse	Sleepy Hollow	Structure	1979
The Woodpile	Mt. Kisco	District	1992
Thompson, W. B., Mansion	Yonkers	Building	1982
Trevor, John Bond, House	Yonkers	Building	1972
Trinity Episcopal Church Complex	Mount Vernon	Building	1998
Trinity-St. Paul's Episcopal Church	New Rochelle	Building	2006
Tuckahoe High School	Eastchester	Building	2010
US Post Office-Bronxville	Bronxville	Building	1988
US Post Office-Dobbs Ferry	Dobbs Ferry	Building	1988
US Post Office-Harrison	Harrison	Building	1989
US Post Office-Larchmont	Larchmont	Building	1989
US Post Office-Mount Vernon	Mount Vernon	Building	1989
US Post Office-New Rochelle	New Rochelle	Building	1989
US Post Office-Peekskill	Peekskill	Building	1989
US Post Office-Port Chester	Port Chester	Building	1989
US Post Office-Rye	Rye	Building	1989
US Post Office-Scarsdale	Scarsdale	Building	1989
US Post Office-Yonkers	Yonkers	Building	1989
Underhill-Acker House	Croton-on-Hudson	Building	2017
Union Church of Pocantico Hills	Pocantico Hills	Building	2002
Union Hall	North Salem	Building	1986
United Methodist Church and Parsonage	Mount Kisco	Building	1982
Untermyer Park	Yonkers	Structure	1974
Usonia Historic District	Pleasantville	District	2012
Van Cortlandt Manor NHL	Croton-on-Hudson	Building	1966
Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House	Peekskill	Building	1981
Van Cortlandtville School	Van Cortlandtville	Building	1989
Villa Lewaro NHL	Irvington	Building	1976
Villa Loretto	Peekskill	Building	1989
Waccabuc Historic District	Lewisboro	District	2015
Walter's Hot Dog Stand	Mamaroneck	Building	2010
Ward, William E., House	Rye	Building	1976
Washington Irving Memorial	Irvington	Object	2000
Washington School	Ossining	Building	1987
Wayside Cottage	Scarsdale	Building	1981
West Somers Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery	Somers	Building	2011
Westminster Presbyterian Church	Yonkers	Building	2023
White Plains Armory	White Plains	Building	1980
White Plains Rural Cemetery	White Plains	Building	2003
Wildcliff	New Rochelle	Building	2002
Williams-DuBois House	New Castle	Building	1989
Wilson, Albert E. and Emily, House	Mamaroneck	Building	2007
Winged Foot Golf Club	Mamaroneck	District	2019
Winged Foot Golf Club NHL	Mamaroneck	District
Witthoefft House	Armonk	Building	2011
Woman's Club of White Plains	White Plains	Building	2010
Yonkers Trolley Barn	Yonkers	Building	2002
Yonkers Water Works	Yonkers	Building	1982
Yorktown Heights Railroad Station	Yorktown Heights	Building	1981
Young, Isaac, House	Ossinging	Building	2004
Zion Episcopal Church	Dobbs Ferry	District	2020

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Westchester was formed in 1683 (1683-11-01) from Yorkshire, which had been organized in 1664.

WESTCHESTER created from Yorkshire, which had been organized in 1664.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Westchester County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
24,003	27,373	32,638	48,686	99,497	108,988	184,257	344,436	573,558	625,816	808,891	866,599	923,459	1,004,457

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Weir Farm National Historical Park	National Historical Park	26.8 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

105 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 105 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abbott - Scofield Cemetery	41.24788	-73.56011
Ackerman Cemetery	41.25884	-73.8516
All Souls Cemetery	41.12898	-73.78763
Amawalk Hill Cemetery	41.29248	-73.77304
Ambler Cemetery	41.20019	-73.59429
Assumption Cemetery	41.31797	-73.89287
Ayers Cemetery	41.16611	-73.60074
Baker - Quaker Burial Grounds	40.92721	-73.75306
Banks Cemetery	41.13774	-73.77678
Barnum Cemetery	41.17385	-73.75181
Becks Hill Cemetery	41.22281	-73.51876
Beechwoods Cemetery	40.9066	-73.79831
Bethel Cemetery	41.20683	-73.87964
Bishop Family Burial Ground	41.19019	-73.53787
Blessed Sacrament Cemetery	40.89717	-73.78673
Bronxville Cemetery	40.93479	-73.83171
Brown - Cooper Family Burial Ground	41.21075	-73.53871
Brown Cemetery	41.21862	-73.54473
Cat Ridge Baptist Cemetery	41.31966	-73.61689
Chichester Cemetery	41.19637	-73.59688
Colonel Enoch Avery Cemetery	41.25718	-73.60149
Cooke Family Cemetery	40.9943	-73.87922
Dale Cemetery	41.17215	-73.85493
Dantown Cemetery	41.1822	-73.55091
Delancey Burial Ground	40.94692	-73.74094
Delavan Cemetery	41.24787	-73.55985
Disbrow Cemetery	40.94443	-73.74055
Eleazor Gedney Burial Ground	40.96135	-73.73608
Fair Ridge Cemetery	41.17664	-73.77819
Fancher - Fitch Burial Ground	41.20397	-73.50686
Ferncliff Cemetery	41.02759	-73.83236
First Hebrew Cemetery	41.31469	-73.90088
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery	41.03716	-73.76639
Flandreau Cemetery	40.91998	-73.76308
Florence - Powell Cemetery	40.94239	-73.74335
Gate of Heaven Cemetery	41.09081	-73.79602
Greenwood Union Cemetery	40.97865	-73.70252
Halstead Cemetery	41.30338	-73.62026
Hartsdale Pet Cemetery	41.02148	-73.79689
Haviland Cemetery	40.98659	-73.73277
Hillside Cemetery	41.31526	-73.89637
Historic Greenville Cemetery	41.00205	-73.81294
Holmes Cemetery	41.24153	-73.6182
Holy Mount Cemetery	40.9644	-73.80391
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery	40.90384	-73.79751
Hoyt Cemetery	41.23223	-73.55098
Hoyt Cemetery	41.21607	-73.51703
Israel Seacord Cemetery	40.94364	-73.79542
Ivandell Cemetery	41.3312	-73.68317
June Cemetery	41.33033	-73.59024
Keeler Cemetery	41.26477	-73.52957
Kensico Cemetery	41.07786	-73.78652
Knapp - Bouton - Interlacken Cemetery	41.2326	-73.55181
Lent Cemetery	41.28338	-73.89524
Mead Cemetery	41.27935	-73.59345
Middle Patent Rural Cemetery	41.15395	-73.66131
Miller Cemetery	41.17345	-73.60465
Mills Road Cemetery	41.32232	-73.63269
Mount Calvary Cemetery	41.05675	-73.78513
Mount Eden Cemetery	41.08995	-73.78773
Mount Hope Cemetery	40.98796	-73.85598
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	41.09442	-73.78879
Northrup - Caldwell Burial Ground	41.24354	-73.52478
Oakland Cemetery	40.93944	-73.88031
Oakwood Cemetery	41.19834	-73.73547
Old Methodist Cemetery	41.13827	-73.7781
Old Quaker Burial Ground	41.13101	-73.69507
Old Town Cemetery	40.9519	-73.73743
Palmer Cemetery	41.13849	-73.77665
Palmer Cemetery	40.94134	-73.75513
Peach Lake Cemetery	41.36247	-73.57146
Peach Pond Friends Cemetery	41.35448	-73.56844
Pound Ridge Cemetery	41.19976	-73.57249
Reynolds - Cross River Cemetery	41.2627	-73.61272
Rogers Cemetery	40.95164	-73.72436
Saint Augustines Cemetery	41.18092	-73.8518
Saint Francis Cemetery	41.20058	-73.73291
Saint Johns Cemetery	40.94103	-73.88139
Saint Joseph Cemetery	40.97539	-73.8731
Saint Josephs Cemetery	41.33175	-73.68235

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Huntersville	41.23759	-73.8368
Limerick	40.98056	-73.67778

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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