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]
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 | 20 Sicard Avenue | (Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association); Local-designation; National Landmark & NRHP designation | ||||
| 2 | Davenport House | 157 Davenport Avenue | designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis; NRHP designated | ||||
| 3 | Pioneer Building | 14 Lawton Street |
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| 4 | Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport House | 180 Davenport Avenue |
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| 5 | Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights Historic District | 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 | 225 North Avenue | NRHP designated | ||||
| 7 | New Rochelle Train Station | Depot Plaza | NRHP designated | ||||
| 8 | Knickerbocker Press Complex & American White Cross Building | 50–52 Webster Avenue | NRHP designated | ||||
| 9 | Leland Castle | 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 | 311 Huguenot Street | NRHP designated | ||||
| 11 | First Presbyterian Church & Lewis Pintard House | 50 Pintard Avenue | NRHP designated | ||||
| 12 | Wildcliff | 42 Wildcliff Road | NRHP designated - 2002 | ||||
| 13 | Huguenot & Allaire Family Burial Grounds (Cemetery) | 38 Centre Avenue | 1750: earliest known tombstone; 1955: re-interment | ||||
| 14 | Daniel Webster School | 95 Glenmore Drive | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 15 | Israel Seacord House | 1337 North Avenue | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 16 | St. John's Wilmot Church | 11 Wilmot Road | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 17 | Zion Baptist Church | 50 Lockwood Avenue | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 18 | Coutant Cemetery | Eastchester Road and Webster Avenue | Private cemetery; Westchester County Historical Site | ||||
| 19 | M.E. Church – Upper New Rochelle | 1228 North Avenue | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 20 | Thanhouser Studios | 310-316 Main Street | |||||
| 21 | Henry Barnard School | 129 Barnard Road | |||||
| 22 | Thomas Paine Memorial Museum and Library | 983 North Avenue | Thomas Paine National Historical Association | ||||
| 23 | Norman Rockwell House & Studio | 24 Lord Kitchener Road | |||||
| 24 | New Rochelle Armory | 250 Main Street | |||||
| 25 | Carrie Chapman Catt House | 120 Paine Avenue | |||||
| 26 | Brookside | 260 Wilmot Road | Joshua Soulice House; Francis T. Hunter House | ||||
| 27 | 517 – 519 Main Street | 517 - 519 Main Street | |||||
| 28 | John Stephenson House | 148 Main Street | "Clifford"; Now part of Salesian High School | ||||
| 29 | Mahlstedt House | 794 North Avenue | Heritage Award Property: Present day Huguenot Children's Library | ||||
| 30 | Leonard Seacord House | 1074 North Avenue | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 31 | New Rochelle High School | 265 Clove Road | |||||
| 32 | Quaker Ridge Station, NYW&B Railroad | Kewanee Road | State-determined eligible for NRHP | ||||
| 33 | Parcot - Drake House | 188 Clove Road | Oldest existing single family residence | ||||
| 34 | Blue Anchor | 1 Byworth Road | Heritage Award Property; former Claire Briggs residence | ||||
| 35 | St.Gabriel's Catholic Church | 120 Division Street | |||||
| 36 | Standard Star Building | 251 North Avenue | |||||
| 37 | Fort Slocum; Davids Island Historic and Archeology District | David Island in Long Island Sound, off New Rochelle | State-determined Eligible for National Register designation | ||||
| 38 | Masonic Temple Building | 451-453 Main Street | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 39 | North Avenue Presbyterian Church | 471 North Avenue | |||||
| 40 | Pell-Bayley-Kemball House | 145 Pelham Road | |||||
| 41 | Huguenot Yacht Club | Harbor Lane | Heritage Award Property; former residence of film actress Lillian Gish | ||||
| 42 | Isaac E. Young Middle School | 270 Centre Avenue | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 43 | Terrytoons | 38 Centre Avenue | State determined eligible for National Register designation | ||||
| 44 | New Rochelle Fire Station No.1 | 12 Church Street | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 45 | Fire Station No. 2 | 170 Webster Avenue | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 46 | New Rochelle Fire Station No. 3 | 756 North Avenue | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 47 | Fire Station No. 4 | 155 Drake Avenue | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 48 | Anshe Sholom Synagogue | 13 Bonnefoy Place | Westchester Vineyard Fellowship | ||||
| 49 | National City Bank of New Rochelle | 491 Main Street | |||||
| 50 | Clarke-Berrian House | 1120 North Avenue | |||||
| 51 | City Hall | 515 North Avenue | Formerly New Rochelle High School and Albert Leonard Jr. High School | ||||
| 52 | Clovelly Building | 358-364 North Avenue | Norman Rockwell studio | ||||
| 53 | Lambden Building | 530 Main Street | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 54 | Palace Building | 518 Main Street | |||||
| 55 | Loew’s Theater Building | 585-599 Main Street | |||||
| 56 | Keith Albee-Proctor’s Theatre RKO Theatre Building | 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 | Main Street | |||||
| 58 | Sophia Brewster Schoolhouse | 20 Sicard Avenue | Huguenot and New Rochelle Historical Association | ||||
| 59 | Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church | Centre Avenue at Shea Place | |||||
| 60 | Union Baptist Church | 428 Main Street | Westchester County Inventory of Historic Places | ||||
| 61 | St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church | 280 Washington Avenue | |||||
| 62 | Oaksmere School | 590 Davenport Avenue | |||||
| 63 | Leonard Seacord House | 1074 North Avenue | |||||
| 64 | Dickerman Barns | Ward Acres, Quaker Ridge Road | |||||
| 65 | Joseph E. Leyendecker House | 48 Mount Tom Road | Former estate and studio of famed illustrator Joseph E. Leyendecker | ||||
| 66 | New Rochelle Rowing Club | Hudson Park | Heritage Award Property | ||||
| 67 | New Rochelle Carnegie Library | 662 Main Street | (Hagedorn Building) | ||||
| 68 | 131–155 Weyman Avenue | Heritage Award property | |||||
| 69 | Lou Gehrig House | 9 Meadow Lane | Private home located in Residence Park | ||||
| 70 | Starin’s Glen Island | 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 | 542 Main Street | |||||
| 72 | Ware's Department Store (New York) | 550 Main Street | |||||
| 73 | Hudson Park | Hudson Park Road | |||||
| 74 | Davenport Park | Davenport Avenue |