Renaissance Mansion

Originally a summer home to John M. Carrere, this 1905 mansion stands today on the former site of the Renaissance Hotel. Carrere also designed the New York Public Library. Know to most as ‘the mansion’, a developer is currently working on a 28-acre community that has more than 700 apartments, villas, pools both indoors and outdoors, tennis courts and an outdoor amphitheater. They intend on preserving and renovating the Normandy-style mansion.[1]

The Renaissance Mansion sits on the ground of what used to tbe Stouffer's Inn. On December 4, 1980 a fire killed 26 people. [2] This fire took place in a conference area, and is considered the biggest disaster in Westchester County. The NFPA report can be found here. [3] Four months later, a 25 year old bus boy was indicted for arson and 26 counts of murder and found guilty nearly one year later. Another year alter, Judge Lawrence Martin overturned the decision. A scrapbook of newspaper articles can be found in Town Hall in the Town Clerk's Office.

Families of victims received a $48.5 million settlement becasue of civil suits. [4]

[1] Morris, Sebastian. “Rose Equities and Garden Communities Reveal Renaissance Harrison in Westchester.” New York YIMBY, September 22, 2022. https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/09/rose-equities-and-garden-communities-reveal-renaissance-harrison-in-westchester.html.

[2] “1980 Stouffer’s Inn Fire Memorial.” 1980 Stouffer’s Inn fire memorial. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://stouffersinnfire.com/.

[3] Stouffer’s Inn of Westchester. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://stouffersinnfire.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/stouffers_inn_of_westchester_nfpa_fire_investigators-4.pdf.

[4] Whitehouse, Franklin. “Families of Victims in Stouffer Inn Fire Win $48.5 Million.” The New York Times, May 25, 1984. https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/25/nyregion/families-of-victims-in-stouffer-inn-fire-win-48.5-million.html.