New Rochelle Historic Sites

In Westchester County, New York

New Rochelle Historic Site is a designation of the Historical and Landmarks Review Board (HLRB), for buildings, structures, monuments and other historically significant properties in the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York. Significant sites are chosen after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, architectural, artistic, cultural, and social values.[1]

Settled by French refugees in the 1680s, New Rochelle grew from a farming community to a resort town to a suburban community before being incorporated as a city in 1899 and is now the seventh largest city in the state.

In 1998 a consultant for the Historical and Landmarks Review Board was commissioned to prepare a Reconnaissance Level Cultural Resources Survey, an analysis of the most significant historic sites and structures in New Rochelle. The project inventoried one historic district and 78 individual properties that fall within a broad spectrum of land use categories. The principal goal of the survey was to identify the City’s most treasured historic and architectural resources which are documented on New York State inventory forms. Each individual resource was evaluated with respect to its eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The report follows the format established by SHPO, including the methodology for the survey, criteria for the selection of resources to be inventoried, a historical overview of the project area, a summary of cultural themes identified in the survey, an examination of the stylistic development of historic architecture in New Rochelle, and a narrative description of the existing conditions of the project area.[2]

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Below is the list of New Rochelle Historic Sites, including names, dates of construction, location details and additional background information if available.[3]

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1 | Thomas Paine Cottage |  | 1750 | 20 Sicard Avenue  | (Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association); Local-designation; National Landmark & NRHP designation
2 | Davenport House |  | 1859 | 157 Davenport Avenue  | designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis; NRHP designated
3 | Pioneer Building |  | 1897 | 14 Lawton Street  | #83004217 NRHP designation
4 | Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport House |  | 1696 | 180 Davenport Avenue  | #86002637 NRHP designated
5 | Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights Historic District |  | 1893 | Downtown  | NRHP & local level "Historic District" designation

(East side of North Avenue: southern edge abuts I-95/New Haven Railroad corridor; northern boundary of Fifth Avenue, and easterly boundary of rear lot lines of properties on east side of Rockland Place and west side of Potter Avenue)

6 | New Rochelle Post Office |  | 1936 | 225 North Avenue  | NRHP designated
7 | New Rochelle Train Station |  | 1884 | Depot Plaza  | NRHP designated
8 | Knickerbocker Press Complex & American White Cross Building |  | 1885 | 50–52 Webster Avenue  | NRHP designated
9 | Leland Castle |  | 1855 | 29 Castle Place  | NRHP designated; Part of the College of New Rochelle’s main campus
10 | Trinity-St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Parish House |  | 1864 | 311 Huguenot Street  | NRHP designated
11 | First Presbyterian Church & Lewis Pintard House |  | 1760 | 50 Pintard Avenue  | NRHP designated
12 | Wildcliff |  | 1855 | 42 Wildcliff Road  | NRHP designated - 2002
13 | Huguenot & Allaire Family Burial Grounds (Cemetery) |  | 1750 | 38 Centre Avenue  | 1750: earliest known tombstone; 1955: re-interment
14 | Daniel Webster School |  | 1930 | 95 Glenmore Drive  | Heritage Award Property
15 | Israel Seacord House |  | 1775 | 1337 North Avenue  | Heritage Award Property
16 | St. John's Wilmot Church |  | 1859 | 11 Wilmot Road  | Heritage Award Property
17 | Zion Baptist Church |  | 1925 | 50 Lockwood Avenue  | Heritage Award Property
18 | Coutant Cemetery |  | 1776 | Eastchester Road and Webster Avenue  | Private cemetery; Westchester County Historical Site
19 | M.E. Church – Upper New Rochelle |  | 1898 | 1228 North Avenue  | Heritage Award Property
20 | Thanhouser Studios |  | 1914 | 310-316 Main Street  |
21 | Henry Barnard School |  | 1930 | 129 Barnard Road  |
22 | Thomas Paine Memorial Museum and Library |  | 1925 | 983 North Avenue  | Thomas Paine National Historical Association
23 | Norman Rockwell House & Studio |  | 1926 | 24 Lord Kitchener Road  |
24 | New Rochelle Armory |  | 1932 | 250 Main Street  |
25 | Carrie Chapman Catt House |  | 1907 | 120 Paine Avenue  |
26 | Brookside |  | 1696 | 260 Wilmot Road  | Joshua Soulice House; Francis T. Hunter House
27 | 517 – 519 Main Street  |  | 1925 | 517 - 519 Main Street  |
28 | John Stephenson House |  | 1869 | 148 Main Street  | "Clifford"; Now part of Salesian High School
29 | Mahlstedt House |  | 1869 | 794 North Avenue  | Heritage Award Property: Present day Huguenot Children's Library
30 | Leonard Seacord House |  | 1790 | 1074 North Avenue  | Heritage Award Property
31 | New Rochelle High School |  | 1926 | 265 Clove Road  |
32 | Quaker Ridge Station, NYW&B Railroad |  | 1911 | Kewanee Road  | State-determined eligible for NRHP
33 | Parcot - Drake House |  | 1751 | 188 Clove Road  | Oldest existing single family residence
34 | Blue Anchor |  | 1920 | 1 Byworth Road  | Heritage Award Property; former Claire Briggs residence
35 | St.Gabriel's Catholic Church |  | 1893 | 120 Division Street  |
36 | Standard Star Building |  | 1924 | 251 North Avenue  |
37 | Fort Slocum; Davids Island Historic and Archeology District |  | 1800 | David Island in Long Island Sound, off New Rochelle  | State-determined Eligible for National Register designation
38 | Masonic Temple Building |  | 1901 | 451-453 Main Street  | Heritage Award Property
39 | North Avenue Presbyterian Church  |  | 1907 | 471 North Avenue  |
40 | Pell-Bayley-Kemball House |  | 1761 | 145 Pelham Road  |
41 | Huguenot Yacht Club |  | 1910 | Harbor Lane  | Heritage Award Property; former residence of film actress Lillian Gish
42 | Isaac E. Young Middle School |  | 1929 | 270 Centre Avenue  | Heritage Award Property
43 | Terrytoons |  | 1916 | 38 Centre Avenue  | State determined eligible for National Register designation
44 | New Rochelle Fire Station No.1 |  | 1899 | 12 Church Street  | Heritage Award Property
45 | Fire Station No. 2 |  | 1923 | 170 Webster Avenue  | Heritage Award Property
46 | New Rochelle Fire Station No. 3 |  | 1912 | 756 North Avenue  | Heritage Award Property
47 | Fire Station No. 4 |  | 1916 | 155 Drake Avenue  | Heritage Award Property
48 | Anshe Sholom Synagogue |  | 1903 | 13 Bonnefoy Place  | Westchester Vineyard Fellowship
49 | National City Bank of New Rochelle |  | 1908 | 491 Main Street  |
50 | Clarke-Berrian House |  | 1770 | 1120 North Avenue  |
51 | City Hall |  | 1906 | 515 North Avenue  | Formerly New Rochelle High School and Albert Leonard Jr. High School
52 | Clovelly Building |  | 1913 | 358-364 North Avenue  | Norman Rockwell studio
53 | Lambden Building |  | 1894 | 530 Main Street  | Heritage Award Property
54 | Palace Building |  | 1932 | 518 Main Street  |
55 | Loew’s Theater Building |  | 1926 | 585-599 Main Street  |
56 | Keith Albee-Proctor’s Theatre RKO Theatre Building |  | 1927 | 574-590 Main Street  | Former RKO Movie Theater, now the site of "The Hallen School" and a school supply store.
57 | 573-579 Main Street |  | 1929 | Main Street  |
58 | Sophia Brewster Schoolhouse |  | 1825 | 20 Sicard Avenue  | Huguenot and New Rochelle Historical Association
59 | Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church |  | 1897 | Centre Avenue at Shea Place  |
60 | Union Baptist Church |  | 1904 | 428 Main Street  | Westchester County Inventory of Historic Places
61 | St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church |  | 1904 | 280 Washington Avenue  |
62 | Oaksmere School |  | 1879 | 590 Davenport Avenue  |
63 | Leonard Seacord House |  | 1790 | 1074 North Avenue  |
64 | Dickerman Barns |  | 1906 | Ward Acres, Quaker Ridge Road  |
65 | Joseph E. Leyendecker House |  | 1914 | 48 Mount Tom Road  | Former estate and studio of famed illustrator Joseph E. Leyendecker
66 | New Rochelle Rowing Club |  | 1900 | Hudson Park  | Heritage Award Property
67 | New Rochelle Carnegie Library |  | 1913 | 662 Main Street  | (Hagedorn Building)
68 | Jefferson School |  | 1932 | 131–155 Weyman Avenue  | Heritage Award property
69 | Lou Gehrig House |  | 1905 | 9 Meadow Lane  | Private home located in Residence Park
70 | Starin’s Glen Island |  | 1881 | Glen Island Access Road off of Pelham Road  | County-owned Park and Private Catering Hall; State-determined Eligible for National Register

(bridge and castle)

71 | New Rochelle Trust Building |  | 1883 | 542 Main Street  |
72 | Ware's Department Store (New York) |  | 1914 | 550 Main Street  |
73 | Hudson Park |  | 1883 | Hudson Park Road  |
74 | Davenport Park |  | 1929 | Davenport Avenue  |

## See also[edit]

* National Register of Historic Places listings in New Rochelle, New York

## References[edit]

1. ^ "New Rochelle Guide to Historically Significant Sites". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
2. ^ Reconnaissance Level Cultural Resources Survey
3. ^ "Landmarks". 2015-01-07. `{{cite web}}`: Check `|url=` value (help)
4. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmark sites and National Register of Historic Places Districts from other historic buildings, structures, sites or objects. Properties not associated with the National Register of Historical Places are in brown

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New Rochelle, New York

Areas|

* Neighborhood List
* Beechmont
* Cooper's Corners
* Davenport Neck
* Premium Point
* Residence Park
* Rochelle Park–Rochelle Heights Historic District
* Sutton Manor
* Wykagyl

Arts|

* Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
* The Dick Van Dyke Show
* J. C. Leyendecker
* Frederic Remington
* New Rochelle Art Association
* New Rochelle artist colony
* Norman Rockwell
* Ragtime
* Thanhouser Company
* Terrytoons

Downtown|

* Blessed Sacrament Church
* "K" Building
* Lowe's Theater
* Railroad station
* New Roc City
* Public Library
* Police Department
* Fire Department
* New Rochelle Trust Building
* Union Baptist Church
* Post Office
* Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
* RKO Proctor's Theater
* St. Gabriel's Church
* Trump Plaza
* Union Baptist Church
* Ware's Department Store
* WNVU
* WVOX

Education|

* City School District of New Rochelle
* New Rochelle High School
* College of New Rochelle
* Iona University
* Iona Preparatory School
* Salesian High School
* The Ursuline School
* Thornton-Donovan School

Geography|

* Davenport Neck
* Echo Bay
* Hutchinson River
* Lake Innisfree
* Huguenot Lake
* Middle Ground (New Rochelle)
* New Rochelle Harbor
* Premium Mill-Pond
* Reservoir 2
* Reservoir 3
* Sheldrake Lake
* Sheldrake River
* Titus Mill-Pond & Wetlands
* Ward Acres Nature Preserve

History|

* Beechwoods Cemetery
* Church of the Holy Family
* Churchland pear
* Crystal Lake
* Davenport House
* First Presbyterian Church
* Fort Slocum
* Historic Sites
* Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
* Huntington pear
* Institute of Thomas Paine Studies
* Knickerbocker Building
* Lawton blackberry
* Jacob Leisler
* Jacob Leisler Statue
* Lathers Hill
* Leland Castle
* Lispenard–Rodman–Davenport House
* Mayors
* Middletown
* New Rochelle Historic Sites
* New Rochelle Walk of Fame
* New Rochelle Mall
* New Rochelle Yacht Club
* New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
* Parsonage pear
* Pioneer Building
* Quaker Ridge Railroad Station
* Seacord Cemetery
* Sestercentennial Half-Dollar
* St. John's Wilmot Church
* Glen Island Resort
* Thomas Paine Cottage
* Thomas Paine Monument
* Thomas Paine National Historical Association
* Trinity-St. Paul's Church
* Wildcliff
* Winyah Park

Islands|

* Columbia Island
* Davids Island
* Execution Rocks
* Glen Island
* Goose Island
* Huckleberry Island
* Neptune Island
* Pine Island
* Pea Island
* Pelham Islands
* Travers Island

Recreation|

* City Park Stadium
* Glen Island Park
* Huguenot Yacht Club
* Mazzella Field
* Hynes Center
* New Rochelle Rowing Club
* New York Athletic Club
* Pelham Country Club
* Wykagyl Country Club

Organizations|

* Police Department

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