New Rochelle Historic Sites


New Rochelle Historic Site is a designation of the Historical and Landmarks Review Board, 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.
Settled by French refugees in the 1680s, New Rochelle grew from a farming community to a resort town to one of America’s premier suburban communities, before becoming incorporated as a city in 1899. The 20th century brought tremendous growth and a lion’s share of prominent individuals to the “Queen City on the Sound”. Now the seventh largest city in the state, New Rochelle has an abundance of buildings and landscapes that relate an extraordinary 300+ year history.
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.

Listings

Below is the list of New Rochelle Historic Sites, including names, dates of construction, location details and additional background information if available.
NameImageDateLocationDescription
1Thomas Paine Cottage20 Sicard Avenue; Local-designation; National Landmark & NRHP designation
2Davenport House157 Davenport Avenuedesigned by architect Alexander Jackson Davis; NRHP designated
3Pioneer Building14 Lawton Street
4Lispenard-Rodman-Davenport House180 Davenport Avenue
5Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights Historic DistrictDowntownNRHP & local level "Historic District" designation
6New Rochelle Post Office225 North AvenueNRHP designated
7New Rochelle Train StationDepot PlazaNRHP designated
8Knickerbocker Press Complex & American White Cross Building50–52 Webster AvenueNRHP designated
9Leland Castle29 Castle PlaceNRHP designated; Part of the College of New Rochelle’s main campus
10Trinity-St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Parish House311 Huguenot StreetNRHP designated
11First Presbyterian Church & Lewis Pintard House50 Pintard AvenueNRHP designated
12Wildcliff42 Wildcliff RoadNRHP designated - 2002
13Huguenot & Allaire Family Burial Grounds 38 Centre Avenue1750: earliest known tombstone; 1955: re-interment
14Daniel Webster School95 Glenmore DriveHeritage Award Property
15Israel Seacord House1337 North AvenueHeritage Award Property
16St.John's Wilmot Church11 Wilmot RoadHeritage Award Property
17Zion Baptist Church50 Lockwood AvenueHeritage Award Property
18Coutant CemeteryEastchester Road and Webster AvenuePrivate cemetery; Westchester County Historical Site
19M.E. Church – Upper New Rochelle1228 North AvenueHeritage Award Property
20Thanhouser Studios310-316 Main Street
21Henry Barnard School129 Barnard Road
22Thomas Paine Memorial Museum and Library983 North AvenueThomas Paine National Historical Association
23Norman Rockwell House & Studio24 Lord Kitchener Road
24New Rochelle Armory250 Main Street
25Carrie Chapman Catt House120 Paine Avenue
26Brookside260 Wilmot RoadJoshua Soulice House; Francis T. Hunter House
27517 – 519 Main Street517 - 519 Main Street
28John Stephenson House148 Main Street"Clifford"; Now part of Salesian High School
29Mahlstedt House794 North AvenueHeritage Award Property: Present day Huguenot Children's Library
30Leonard Seacord House1074 North AvenueHeritage Award Property
31New Rochelle High School265 Clove Road
32Quaker Ridge Station, NYW&B RailroadKewanee RoadState-determined eligible for NRHP
33Parcot - Drake House188 Clove RoadOldest existing single family residence
34Blue Anchor1 Byworth RoadHeritage Award Property; former Claire Briggs residence
35St.Gabriel's Catholic Church120 Division Street
36Standard Star Building251 North Avenue
37Fort Slocum; Davids Island Historic and Archeology DistrictDavid Island in Long Island Sound, off New RochelleState-determined Eligible for National Register designation
38Masonic Temple Building451-453 Main StreetHeritage Award Property
39North Avenue Presbyterian Church471 North Avenue
40Pell-Bayley-Kemball House145 Pelham Road
41Huguenot Yacht ClubHarbor LaneHeritage Award Property; former residence of film actress Lillian Gish
42Isaac E. Young Middle School270 Centre AvenueHeritage Award Property
43Terrytoons38 Centre AvenueState determined eligible for National Register designation
44New Rochelle Fire Station No.112 Church StreetHeritage Award Property
45Fire Station No. 2170 Webster AvenueHeritage Award Property
46New Rochelle Fire Station No. 3756 North AvenueHeritage Award Property
47Fire Station No. 4155 Drake AvenueHeritage Award Property
48Anshe Sholom Synagogue13 Bonnefoy PlaceWestchester Vineyard Fellowship
49National City Bank of New Rochelle491 Main Street
50Clarke-Berrian House1120 North Avenue
51City Hall515 North AvenueFormerly New Rochelle High School and Albert Leonard Jr. High School
52Clovelly Building358-364 North AvenueNorman Rockwell studio
53Lambden Building530 Main StreetHeritage Award Property
54Palace Building518 Main Street
55Loew’s Theater Building585-599 Main Street
56Keith Albee-Proctor’s Theatre RKO Theatre Building574-590 Main StreetFormer RKO Movie Theater, now the site of "The Hallen School" and a school supply store.
57573-579 Main StreetMain Street
58Sophia Brewster Schoolhouse20 Sicard AvenueHuguenot and New Rochelle Historical Association
59Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic ChurchCentre Avenue at Shea Place
60Union Baptist Church428 Main StreetWestchester County Inventory of Historic Places
61St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church280 Washington Avenue
62Oaksmere School590 Davenport Avenue
63Leonard Seacord House1074 North Avenue
64Dickerman BarnsWard Acres, Quaker Ridge Road
65Joseph E. Leyendecker House48 Mount Tom RoadFormer estate and studio of famed illustrator Joseph E. Leyendecker
66New Rochelle Rowing ClubHudson ParkHeritage Award Property
67New Rochelle Carnegie Library662 Main Street
68Jefferson School131–155 Weyman AvenueHeritage Award property
69Lou Gehrig House9 Meadow LanePrivate home located in Residence Park
70Starin’s Glen IslandGlen Island Access Road off of Pelham RoadCounty-owned Park and Private Catering Hall; State-determined Eligible for National Register
71New Rochelle Trust Building542 Main Street
72Ware's Department Store 550 Main Street
73Hudson ParkHudson Park Road
74Davenport ParkDavenport Avenue