There are numerous historic sites and attractions in Westchester County. These include farmhouses, churches, and other buildings from pre-Revolutionary times and historic and architecturally significant manors and estates in the area. Westchester County also played an important role in the development of the modern suburbs, and there are many 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
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
The Performing Arts Center, Purchase
Sing Sing Prison, Ossining
The Square House Museum, Rye
Sunnyside, Tarrytown
Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown
Union Church of Pocantico Hills, Pocantico Hills
Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers
Thomas Paine Cottage, New Rochelle
Jacob Purdy House, White Plains
1838 Peter Augustus Jay House, Rye
Jay Property, Rye
Leland Castle, New Rochelle
Kykuit, Pocantico Hills
Lyndhurst, Tarrytown
Timothy Knapp House and Milton Cemetery, Rye
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
Thomas Paine Memorial Museum, New Rochelle
Historic sites in Westchester County Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
