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LARCHMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Mamaroneck Town Center
740 Boston Post Road
Mamaroneck, NY
914/381-2239
E-mail: lhs@larchmonthistory.org; archives@larchmonthistory.org
Web address: www.larchmonthistory.org
Mailing address:
PO Box 742
Larchmont, NY 10538
Open: Wed 9-2 and by appointment Sat 9-2; Bruce Allen Archives: Tue-Wed 9-2
Admission: None
Accessible to the disabled
Description: The Society conducts research into the natural, social and
civic history of Larchmont. It cooperates with other groups in preserving records, sites and material remains of local history. It promotes interest in local history among Larchmonters of all ages through
educational programs and publications.
Collections:
Flint family papers; yachting; Victorian architecture and décor; June Freeman Allen Costume Collection c. 1865-1930. Microfilm of Larchmont newspapers since 1912; maps of Larchmont Village and postal district, documents, fire atlases, slides, photographs and books about Larchmont and Westchester County.
Research access: Written finding aids. Library/archives/research room.
Programs: Guided tours of historic spots for 4th grades; small exhibits in Larchmont Village Hall & Mamaroneck Town Center; house and walking tours, monthly programs for members and the community.
Special events: Annual holiday house tour of historically and architecturally significant houses.
Facilities: Car parking.
LASDON PARK & ARBORETUM / VIETNAM MEMORIAL
Route 35
Katonah, NY 10536
914/864-7268
E-mail: ttk2@westchestergov.com
Mailing address:
25 Moore Avenue
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
Open: Daily 8-4
Admission: None
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description: Property is part of the 1697 VanCortlandt Land Grant of Cortlandt Manor. Colonial style mansion modeled after Washington’s Mount Vernon home in Virginia.
Vietnam Memorial consists of three bronze statues honoring the valor of the soldiers of the Vietnam War. Historic Tree Trail.
Collections: Horticultural library: trees, conifers, flowering, pinetum,
magnolias, lilac walk, famous historic trees.
Research access: By appointment. By written request. By e-mail request.
Programs: Garden collection; horticultural
workshops; seminars; flower shows. Guided tours: by appointment. Botanical Art Instruction.
Facilities:
Museum shop. Car parking. Bus parking. Hiking trails. Meeting/space rentals.
LOWER HUDSON CONFERENCE OF HISTORICAL AGENCIES & MUSEUMS
(LHC)
2199 Saw Mill River Road
Elmsford, NY 10523
914/592-6726
E-mail: lowerhudson@msn.com
Web address: www.lowerhudsonconference.org
Open: Mon-Fri 9-5
Fully accessible to the disabled
Description:
LHC is a regional service agency providing professional training, networking and technical assistance support to museums, historical sites and societies, archives, libraries, their staffs, boards and their communities along with municipal historians in the lower Hudson Valley counties of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester, and the Metropolitan New York area. Services and programs are available to members and the public, to enhance cooperation and heighten professionalism among the keepers of historical collections and the interpreters of cultural heritage.
Programs: Workshops and “Handling History” seminars on practical collections care, museum management, policy development and access to regional heritage.
LHC administers the New York State Archives Documentary Heritage Program for the Hudson Valley and the New York State Council for the Arts’ Conservation Treatment Grant program. LHC offers technical assistance, referrals; access to a consultants’ registry, resume and job announcement exchange. Quarterly newsletter.
Special events: Annual Meeting and Historical Services Awards for Excellence (Oct).
LYNDHURST
National Trust for Historic Preservation
635 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
914/631-4481
E-mail: Lyndhurst@nthp.org
Web address: www.lyndhurst.org
Landmark designation: National Historic Landmark
Open: Mid-Apr-Oct, Tue-Sun 10-5: Nov-Mid Apr, Sat-Sun 10-4
Admission: $10 adults, $9 seniors, $4 children (13-17 with adult)
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description: Lyndhurst is a Gothic Revival mansion designed by A.J. Davis. Three families shaped it during more than a century, the Pauldings, Merritts, and Goulds. The
mansion, surrounded by 14 buildings on 67 acres, overlooks the Hudson River. It is a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Collections: 19th-20th century fine and decorative arts from the three families who owned the estate: paintings by Bougoureau Gerome; Gothic Revival furniture designed by A.J. Davies; glass, metalwork and lighting fixtures by Tiffany Studios; silver and household objects by Tiffany & Co.
Research access: By appointment only. By written request.
Programs: Docent-led tours of the historic house museum with period rooms and changing exhibits, special events and programs
throughout the year. First tour 10:30; last tour at 4:15. Self-guided tours of grounds. School tours by appointment
Special events: Spring and fall craft shows, Dog Show (Sep); Holiday events (Dec).
Facilities: Museum shop. Car parking. Bus parking. Picnicking. Garden. Private rental facilities in renovated Stable/Carriage House Area.
MAMARONECK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
136 Prospect Avenue
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
914/698-1250
Web address: www.westchesterlibraries.org/libs/mamaroncek/histsoc.html
Mailing address:
PO Box 776
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Open: By appointment
Admission: None
Fully accessible to the disabled
Description:
The continued mission of the Society is to bring research, education and interest in our local heritage to the greater Mamaroneck community. The Society develops a wide range of outreach programs covering regional, as well as local topics, the award winning television series Time and Again and the celebrated Down Memory Lane programs have solid appeal to the Town’s diverse community. As the lead historical society in the founding of the Regional Sound Shore Historical Coalition, the Society has established itself as a renowned advocacy group for preservation efforts throughout Westchester County.
Collections:
Mamaroneck, Westchester and New York State history including archival material, books, maps, collectibles and small artifacts. Large collection of photographs. Oral histories, videos of local history events, available through the Mamaroneck Public Library.
Research access: By appointment only. By written request. Library/archive/research room. Fees charged for photocopying.
MARYKNOLL MISSION ARCHIVES
Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers
Maryknoll Sisters
Lay Missioners
55 Ryder Road
Maryknoll, NY 10545
914/941-7590
E-mail: archives@maryknoll.org
Web address: www.maryknoll.org
Mailing address:
PO Box 305
Maryknoll, NY 10545
Open: Mon-Fri 8:30-4
Admission: None
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description: The Maryknoll Mission Archives is located in the lower level of the Maryknoll Headquarters Building near Ossining, NY. The four story stone building with tower and unique architecture and
construction was built in 1921 and has had various additions.
Collections: Collections tracing the founding and work of Maryknoll Missioners around the world. The Archives contain written diaries, film,
photographs and artifacts of missioners. Photographs of China, Asian countries, Latin and Central America and the African continent.
Research access: By appointment, By written request.
By e-mail request. Written finding aids. Library/archive/research room. Computer database. Digital images on website.
Programs: Founders of Maryknoll and history exhibit
Facilities: Car parking. Bus parking.
MOUNT PLEASANT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
One Town Hall Plaza
Valhalla, NY 10595
914/742-2300
Landmark designation: John D. Rockefeller Estate
Open: By appointment
Admission: None
Accessible to the disabled
Description:
The Society’s purpose is to engage in historical research, preserve buildings and sites of historical and architectural interest; collect and preserve original records, manuscripts and memorabilia of local interest.
Collections: 19th and 20th century drawings, photographs, posters, silver and clothing.
Research access: By appointment only.
Programs: School services; ongoing special events.
Facilities: Car parking. Bus parking.
NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY
5 John Walsh Boulevard
Peekskill, NY 10566
914/737-7878
e-mail: nmhs@seahistory.org
Web address: www.seahistory.org
Mailing address:
PO Box 68
Peekskill, NY 10566
Open: Mon-Fri 9-5
Admission: None
Accessible to the disabled
Description: The Society is an advocate for the preservation of historic ships and the
teaching of maritime skills.
Collections: The library contains published materials on American and international maritime history (about 5000 volumes) and subscribes to nearly 100 maritime periodicals.
Research access: Library/archives/research room.
Program: Monthly seminar (usually 4th Sat of the month) on a topic related to maritime history.
NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART
Purchase College, SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577
914/251-6100
Web address: www.neuberger.org
Admission: $5 adults, $3 seniors & students with ID, free to members & children
under12;
free admission first Saturday of each month.
Partially accessible to the disabled. Call for information and to reserve a wheelchair.
Description:
The Neuberger Museum of Art, located on the Purchase College, State University of New York campus in Westchester County, is a major visual arts center and vital cultural resource.
Collections: The permanent
collection features major works by American and European modern artists, including Milton Avery, Romare Bearden, Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler Edward Hopper, Amedeo
Modigliani, Georgia O’Keeffe, Henry Moore and Jackson Pollack; collection of African Art featuring masks and sculpture.
Research access: By appointment only.
Programs:
The Neuberger presents more than a dozen changing exhibits each year dedicated to new forms of artistic expression. Five annual events for children and families.
Facilities:
Museum shop. Bus parking. Food service. Outdoor sculpture.
THE NEW CASTLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Horace Greeley House
100 King Street
Chappaqua, NY 10514
914/238-4666
E-mail: newcastlehs@aol.com
Web address: www.newcastlehistoricalsociety.org
Mailing address:
PO Box 55
Chappaqua, NY 10514
Landmark designation: The Horace Greeley House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Open: Tue-Thu & Sat. 1-4. and by appointment.
Admission: None, donations are accepted.
Accessible to the disabled
Description: The Society was charted to discover, collect, preserve and
communicate the history of the Town of New Castle. The Horace Greeley House, the Greeley family’s country home from 1864-1872, is the headquarters for the Society’s programs, exhibits on the Horace Greeley era
as well as rotating exhibits, and extensive research resources. The Greeley House provides a handsome example of 19th century architecture as well as having historic significance as the former home of one of the town’s most celebrated residents. The ground floor kitchen features old tools, toys and kitchen items. The grounds are landscaped in a manner consistent with the Horace Greeley era.
Collections: Town of New Castle histories, including decorative arts; oral and video histories; extensive local 19th-and-20th century photographs; postcards; maps; textiles and costumes; diaries, daybooks, ledgers, and merchant’s records; Horace Greeley’s desk, type stand, and memorabilia including Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin’s notebooks; original New
York Tribune papers and other early publications.
Research access: By appointment only.
Programs: Second grade school program on site. Middle school program traces changes in water and
land use/population changes in the study of Chappaqua; extensive research program on war veterans; summer and vacation history camps for elementary school children; and Horace Greeley High School mentoring of such
student activities as the History Club as well as independent research for specific courses.
Special events: Annual autumn Chappaqua Antiques Show. Major membership meetings, with historical programs; fall
and spring trips to other historical sites; annual House Tour of distinctive and historic homes; guided tour on local history; self-guided “Revolutionary War” tour.
Facilities: Museum shop. Limited parking.
NEWINGTON CROPSEY FOUNDATION
25 Cropsey Lane
Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706
914/478-7990
Web address: www.newingtoncropsey.com
Open: Gallery: Mon-Fri 1-5 , by appointment, closed Jan & Aug
Homestead: Mon-Fri 10-1, closed Dec, Jan & Aug
Admission: None
Accessible to the disabled
Description: The Newington Cropsey Foundation provides an opportunity for the public to share an historical and cultural example of life in the Hudson Valley in the 19th century. It specializes in the life and work of Jasper Francis Cropsey, a leading Hudson River School painter. The Gallery of Art Building, completed in 1994, houses the permanent collection of Jasper Cropsey’s works, along with temporary exhibition galleries, conference rooms and the administrative offices. The entryway “Rotunda” features a 30-foot high, hand-painted ceiling and an inlaid terrazzo floor.
Collections:
Paintings, sketch books, drawings, water colors mostly by Cropsey. The Library collection focuses on Hudson River School painters in general and the Hudson River Valley and Jasper Cropsey in particular.
Research access: By appointment only. Library/archives/research room.
Programs: Educational programs in order to advance and promote the values inherent in the 19th century works of the Hudson River School painters. Three or four large exhibits each year, lectures and conferences.
Facilities: Car parking. Limited bus parking.
NEW YORK CIVIL WAR & GRAND ARMY OF THE REPBULIC
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of New York
(Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties)
914/949-4679
E-mail: spangler@mindspring.com
Web address: www.suvcw.org/NY/Deptny.htm
Mailing address:
PO Box 1824
White Plains, NY 10602
Description:
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department. of New York is an hereditary organization of descendants of Union Civil War soldiers and sailors, designated legal heir to the Grand Army of the Republic.
Collections: Artifacts, images and records related to New York’s role in the American Civil War and to the New York men and women who served, as well as their veterans organizations, the Grand Army of the Republic.
Research access: By appointment only. By written request. By e-mail request. Computer database. Library/archives/research room. Digital images on website.
NORTH CASTLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
440 Bedford Road
Armonk, NY 10504
914/273-4510
E-mail: sharontomback@att.net
Open: Sun 2-5, Wed 2-4
Admission: None, donations accepted
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description: The Society has four historic buildings (five with the privy). Historic Smith’sTavern, Brundage Blacksmith Shop, East Middle Patent One Room School House,
and a 1798 Quaker Meeting House.
Collections: Early farm and household tools; late 19th century costumes, paintings photographs, books, maps, newspapers of the area. Permanent collections are housed in the Tavern, Blacksmith Shop and School House.
Programs: Exhibitions; educational programs dealing with local history and landmarks. Colonial Crafts Fair for local 4th graders. Docent-led tours, group tours when open or by appointment..
Facilities: Museum shop. Car parking. Limited bus parking
NORTH SALEM HISTORICAL SOCIETY
63 Keeler Lane
North Salem, NY 10560
914/277-3200
E-mail: Timpurdy@yahoo.com
Mailing address:
PO Box 31
North Salem, NY 10560
Open: By appointment
Not accessible to the disabled
Description:
Chartered to foster an interest in North Salem history, the Society maintains a small building with exhibition area and vault.
Collections: 19th century paintings, photographs, prints, quilts, glass, furniture, clothing, dolls, transportation artifacts, tools, store items., postcards. Local history archives; books, documents, genealogical material, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, periodicals, records and tapes.
Research access: By appointment only.
Facilities: Museum shop.
OLD CROTON AQUEDUCT STATE HISTORIC PARK
NYS Office of Parks, Taconic Region
15 Walnut Street
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
914/693-5259
Landmark designation: National Historic Landmark.
Open: trail open year round
Admission: None
Description: Twenty-six mile hiking trail above The Old Croton Aqueduct, built 1837-43 as New York City’s first public water supply system.
Collections: Seventeen-minute video on the construction of the aqueduct.
Programs: Illustrated lectures (slides and videos) arranged on request.
Guided tours on the inside of the Aqueduct in Ossining. Groups only, by arrangement. Trail maps available.
Special events: Aqueduct Awareness Day (Oct); Ossining Village Fair (Jun).
Facilities: Museum is in Ossining heritage area.
OLD DUTCH CHURCH OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
Friends of the Old Dutch Burying Ground
430 North Broadway
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
914/631-4497
E-mail:
Web address: www.olddutchburyingground.org
Mailing address:
42 North Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Landmark designation: Registered as a National Landmark.
Open: The church is rarely open. Services are held Sunday mornings from June to September. The docent is present in the warm months and should be able to open the church to visitors.
Admission: None
Not accessible to the disabled
Description:
Erected in 1685 by Frederick Philipse. Colonial Dutch architecture with later modifications. Dutch style interior worship space. Owned by continuing congregation of the Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns.
Collections: Original communion table and chairs; hand-made ecclesiastical silver. Archives and photographs stored at 42 North Broadway, Tarrytown, NY
Research access: By written request. By appointment only.
Programs: Self-guided walking tour of churchyard, scheduled summer docent led guided tours, docent-led graveyard tours May-Oct,
Sun 2 pm; additional tours by appointment, school programs by appointment.
Special events: Reading of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Oct), Christmas Eve services.
Facilities: Car parking. Bus parking.
OSSINING HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM
196 Croton Avenue
Ossining, NY 10562
914/941-0001
E-mail: ohsm@bestweb.net
Web address: www.ossininghistorical.org
Landmark designation: Richard Austin House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Open: Daily, except Sat, 1-4:30, and by appointment
Admission: None
Accessible to the disabled
Description:
Originally part of the Jeremiah Sniffens property, the Richard Austin House dates from the 1870s. The Society collects and interprets the history and traditions of Ossining and vicinity. The Museum consists of two large rooms and a Victorian parlor alcove. The Museum is chartered by the New York State Regents as a teaching facility
Collections:
Local history, war memorabilia, fine arts, works of American masters and local artists, costumes, textiles, quilts, oral histories, maps, Sing Sing Prison, photographs and the W.A. Slater Glass Plate Negative Collections, early postcards, W.H. Bartlett Prints of the Hudson Valley, genealogy files, newspapers, 1818 to the present.
Research access: By written request. By e-mail request. Library/archives/research room. Computer database. Digital images on website.
Programs: School trunk for school groups. Guided and self-guided tours. Sparta Cemetery tours.
Special events: Antiques and Collectibles Fair (Sep), Pot-luck Supper (Jun), Thrift
Store, Fri & Sat 10-1.
Facilities: Car parking. Bus parking.
PEEKSKILL MUSEUM
The Herrick House
124 Union Avenue
Peekskill, NY 10566
914/736-0473
Web address: www.peekskillmusuem.org
Mailing address:
PO Box 64
Peekskill, NY 10566
Open: May-Dec; Sat & Sun 1-3 and by appointment
Admission: $1 adults, $.50 children
Description: The Herrick House (1875) is a restored Victorian building that was owned by Dwight S.
Herrick, a prominent Peekskill attorney. Designed by W.R. Mead, the House is distinctive for its three parquet-floor patterns on the first level, its family staircase and winding servant’s stairwell, and its
restored second floor bedrooms.
Collections: The museum collects and displays the artifacts of Peekskill from the late 1700s to the present time. One room is devoted to 18th century Peekskill-made iron stoves, another is a Ladies Victorian bedroom. The museum owns the entire film negative collection of the daily newspaper Peekskill
Evening Star (1937-1985).
PHILIPSBURG MANOR
(Historic Hudson Valley)
Rt. 9
Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591
914/631-8200
E-mail: mail@hudsonvalley.org
Web address: www.hudsonvalley.org
Mailing address:
150 White Plains Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Landmark designation: National Historic Landmark.
Open: Daily except Tue, Apr-Dec, weekends in March
Admission fees: $10 adults
Fully accessible to the disabled, Manor House partially accessible
Description: Philipsburg Manor is a working farm of the 18th century with a water-powered grist mill, live farm animals, and manor house. The house is furnished with 17th and 18th century furniture, household objects and reproductions for handling by visitors. The site interprets the story of slavery in the colonial north.
Collections: Authentic period furnishings; farm tools, gristmill equipment.
Programs: Guided tours during hours of operation; special events.
Facilities:
Museum shop. Car parking. Bus parking. Food service. Private rental facilities.
PHILIPSE MANOR HALL STATE HISTORIC SITE
Warburton Avenue & Dock Street
Yonkers, NY 10702
914/965-4027
Web address: www.philipsemanorfriends.org
Mailing address:
PO Box 496
Yonkers, NY 10702
Landmark designation: National Register Landmark.
Open: Year round, Apr-Oct Tue-Fri 12-5, Sat-Sun 11-5; Nov-Mar Sat-Sun 12-4, closed holidays
Admission: $4 adults, $3 seniors & students, $1 children under 12, under 5 free
Partially accessible to the disabled
Description: 18th century Georgian style manor house, home to three generations of the Lords of Philipsburg Manor. Now a museum of history and art featuring architectural details such as a rare Rocco papier-mache ceiling, portrait collection and exhibits on the history of Yonkers.
Collections: 18th and 19th century portraits of American presidents. The archives has various documents including maps, letters and records relating to the Philipse family and Philips Manor Hall.
Research access: By appointment only. Library/archive/research room
Programs: Guided tours. Docent-led tours available by appointment for school groups, includes pre- and post-
tour visit by docent. Community exhibit room houses changing exhibits.
Facilities: Car parking. Picnicking.
PORT CHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Bush Homestead
479 King Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
914/937-8085
Mailing address:
PO Box 10573
Port Chester, NY 10573
Landmark designation: Bush Homestead listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Open: Mar-Dec Thu 1:30-3:30, and by appointment
Admission: None
Grounds accessible to the disabled
Description:
The Society’s purpose is to organize those interested in the historical past of Port Chester Village and to increase concern for material objects of the past as they pertain to the Village; to work for authentic restoration and maintenance of the Village-owned “Bush Homestead” located in Lydon Park.
Collections: Pre-1840 furniture and local historical artifacts including the desk of General Israel Putnam.
Programs: School group tours by appointment. Display case of local history
occasionally changed to reflect holidays.
Special events: Christmas Open House, Port Chester Day tour and open house. Docent led tours.
Facilities: Car parking. Bus parking. Gardens. Picnicking by permit.
POUND RIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM
255 Westchester Avenue
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
914/764-4333
Web address: http://prhsmuseum.org
Mailing address:
PO Box 51
Pound Ridge, NY 10576
Landmark designation: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Open: Sat & Sun 2-4
Admission: None, donations accepted
Partially accessible to disabled
Description:
The Society was formed to collect, exhibit and make available to the public, information about the history of Pound Ridge and its environs and to bring together those people interested in history and especially the history of Pound Ridge. The building housing the Museum was built in 1853 by the Presbyterian Church of Pound Ridge.
Collections: Maps, photographs, clothing, tools, documents, baskets and furniture; oral histories, genealogical files, over 1300 archival documents including deeds (1821-1828) are in a database.
Research access: By appointment only. By written request. Online finding aid.
Programs: Outreach to schools and groups, two changing exhibits per year relating to local history.
Facilities: Museum gift shelf. Car parking.
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