City of New Rochelle. New of City Name of property relates to period/periods of significance in New Rochelle’s History. Rochelle’s New in significance of period/periods to relates property of Name Historic Preservation Office and additional support from the the from support additional and Office Preservation Historic Private residences must be viewed from the street. street. the from viewed be must residences Private NOTE: PLEASE Local Certified Government Grants Program, New York State State York New Program, Grants Government Certified Local was completed. Eligible parks and cemeteries, which were not part of the original Survey, have been added. been have Survey, original the of part not were which cemeteries, and parks Eligible completed. was Landmarks Review Board, with funds from the New York State State York New the from funds with Board, Review Landmarks This project was sponsored by the New Rochelle Historical and and Historical Rochelle New the by sponsored was project This Register and excluding properties that have either been torn down or altered beyond the criteria since the Survey Survey the since criteria the beyond altered or down torn been either have that properties excluding and Register This Tour Guide gives the location of the identified properties, including sites that are listed on the National National the on listed are that sites including properties, identified the of location the gives Guide Tour This Design by Harquin Creative Group Creative Harquin by Design Prepared by Barbara Davis, August, 2006 August, Davis, Barbara by Prepared important in prehistory or history. or prehistory in important information yield, to likely be may or yielded have That D. or or significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; distinction; individual lack may components whose entity distinguishable and significant that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a a represent that or values, artistic high possess that or master, a of work the represent that of a type, period, or method of construction, or construction, of method or period, type, a of characteristics distinctive the embody That C. significant in our past; or or past; our in significant persons of lives the with associated are That B. patterns of our history; or or history; our of patterns That are associated with events with associated are That A. that have made a significant contribution to the broad broad the to contribution significant a made have that that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and: and: association, and feeling, workmanship, materials, setting, design, location, of integrity possess that architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects objects and structures, buildings, sites, districts, in present is culture and engineering, archeology, architecture, criteria for being listed on the National Register of Historic Places: The quality of significance in American history, history, American in significance of quality The Places: Historic of Register National the on listed being for criteria sulting Reconnaissance-Level Cultural Resources Survey identified more than 65 structures that met the rigorous rigorous the met that structures 65 than more identified Survey Resources Cultural Reconnaissance-Level sulting project that inventoried the majority of potentially historically significant properties in the community. The re The community. the in properties significant historically potentially of majority the inventoried that project - In 1998, the City-appointed New Rochelle Historical and Landmarks Review Board contracted a grant-funded grant-funded a contracted Board Review Landmarks and Historical Rochelle New City-appointed the 1998, In life, all are irreplaceable threads in the community’s rich fabric. rich community’s the in threads irreplaceable are all life, relate an extraordinary 300+-year history. While most of these physical reminders remain integral parts of daily daily of parts integral remain reminders physical these of most While history. 300+-year extraordinary an relate Now the seventh largest city in the state, New Rochelle has an abundance of buildings and landscapes that that landscapes and buildings of abundance an has Rochelle New state, the in city largest seventh the Now tury brought tremendous growth and a lion’s share of prominent individuals to the “Queen City on the Sound”. Sound”. the on City “Queen the to individuals prominent of share lion’s a and growth tremendous brought tury S one of America’s premier suburban communities, before becoming incorporated as a city in 1899. The 20th cen 20th The 1899. in city a as incorporated becoming before communities, suburban premier America’s of one - ettled by French refugees in the 1680s, New Rochelle grew from a farming community to a resort town to to town resort a to community farming a from grew Rochelle New 1680s, the in refugees French by ettled Historically Significant Sites Significant Historically A Tour Guide to to Guide Tour A 1 Pell-Bayley-Kemball House 6 Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport House 11 Isaac E. Young High School; 16 Fire Station No. 4 21 First Presbyterian Church; 26 Terrytoons; Viva Grande 31 517 – 519 Main Street (Private Residence) 145 Pelham Road, Pelham (Private Residence) 180 Davenport Avenue I. E.Young Middle School (City-owned Building) 155 Drake Avenue Presbyterian Church of New Rochelle (Commercial Building) 38 Centre Avenue (Commercial Building) 517 - 519 Main Street c.1761 t c. 1696 t (Public School) 270 Centre Avenue 1916 t and Lewis Pintard House; Church Manse 1915 – 1916 t c. 1925 t National Register of Historic Places 1928-1929 t (House of Worship; Private Residence) State-determined Eligible for National Register 50 Pintard Avenue 1928 and c. 1760s t National Register of Historic Places 2 Gish Residence; Huguenot Yacht Club 17 Knickerbocker Press Complex and 32 Fire Headquarters; Station No.1; (Private Club) Harbor Lane 7 Davenport-Evans House – 12 Leland Castle – “Castleview” American White Cross Building 27 Trinity Episcopal Church; French-Speaking Baptist Church of New c.1910 t “Sans Souci” (Private: College of New Rochelle) 29 Castle Place (Private Residences and Studios) Trinity-St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Rochelle (House of Worship) 12 Church Street (Private Residence) 157 Davenport Avenue 1855–1859 t 50–52 Webster Avenue Parish House c. 1899 t 1859 t National Register of Historic Places c. 1885 t 22 Loew’s Theater Building (House of Worship) 311 Huguenot Street National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places (Commercial Building) 585-599 Main Street 1862-1864 t 1926 t National Register of Historic Places 3 John Starin’s Glen Island Resort; Glen Island Park 33 Anshe Sholom Synagogue; (County-owned Park; Private Catering Hall) 13 Lou Gehrig House Westchester Vineyard Fellowship Glen Island Access Road off of Pelham Road 8 “Wildcliff” (Private Residence) 9 Meadow Lane 18 Fire Station No. 2 (House of Worship) 13 Bonnefoy Place 1881; 1929 t (City-owned Building) 42 Wildcliff Road c. 1905 t (City-owned Building) 170 Webster Avenue 23 Keith Albee-Proctor’s Theatre 28 Huguenot and Allaire Family Burial 1903 t State-determined Eligible for National Register 1855 t 1923 t Building; RKO Theatre Building Grounds (Cemetery) Trinity Church (bridge and castle) National Register of Historic Places (Commercial Building) 574-590 Main Street 1750: earliest known tombstone; 1926 - 1927 t 1955: re-interment t 14 Jefferson School 34 National City Bank of (Public School) 131–155 Weyman Avenue 19 St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church New Rochelle 4 Oaksmere School; “The Oaks” 9 Hudson Park 1932 t (House of Worship) 280 Washington Avenue (Commercial Building) 491 Main Street (Private Conference and Health Center) (City-owned Park) Hudson Park Road 1903–1904 t 24 573-579 Main Street 29 Lambden Building 1906–1908 t 590 Davenport Avenue c. 1883 t (Commercial Building) 573-579 Main Street (Commercial Building) 530 Main Street 1879 t 1929 t 1894 t 15 Joseph E. Leyendecker House and Studio; Mt. Tom Day School 20 New Rochelle Public Library; 35 Pioneer Building 10 New Rochelle Rowing Club (Private School and Camp) 48 Mount Tom Road Hagedorn Building (Commercial Building) 14 Lawton Street 5 Davenport Park (Private Club) Hudson Park 1914 t (Commercial Building) 662 Main Street 25 Blessed Sacrament Roman 30 Palace Building c. 1897 t (City-owned Park) Davenport Avenue c. 1900 t 1913–14 t Catholic Church (Commercial Building) 518 Main Street National Register of Historic Places 1929 t (House of Worship) Centre Avenue at Shea Place 1932 t 1895 t City of New Rochelle. New of City Name of property relates to period/periods of significance in New Rochelle’s History. Rochelle’s New in significance of period/periods to relates property of Name Historic Preservation Office and additional support from the the from support additional and Office Preservation Historic Private residences must be viewed from the street. street. the from viewed be must residences Private NOTE: PLEASE Local Certified Government Grants Program, New York State State York New Program, Grants Government Certified Local was completed. Eligible parks and cemeteries, which were not part of the original Survey, have been added. been have Survey, original the of part not were which cemeteries, and parks Eligible completed. was Landmarks Review Board, with