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Harrison History Tour-Purchase

Harrison, New York 10577, United States

Created By: Town of Harrison

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Places of historical value located in Purchase, New York which is part of the Town/Village of Harrison in Westchester County, New York. Situated in the picturesque Hudson Valley, The Town/Village of Harrison boasts over 300 years of existence.

Founded in 1696, with a patent granted to John Harrison and 4 others, it was organized as a separate Township in 1788. The Village was incorporated in 1975, making it one of five coterminous municipalities in New York State.

The Town Historian has hundreds of photos, newspaper articles, postcards and maps of Harrison. Charles Dawson History Center, 1 Park Lane, West Harrison, NY.


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PepsiCo transformed Purchase into a desirable hub for corporations and their executives when they transformed 112 acres into their new home in 1967. The controversial move now includes one of Harrison’s treasures, and a must see according... Read more
Founded in 1969, this museum of art is situated on the grounds of SUNY Purchase. You don’t need to go to Manhattan to get a taste of modern and contemporary art. Roy R. Neuberger gifted 300 works upon its inception. Neiberger was a privat... Read more
This small but significant family cemetery is situated in the heart of the SUNY Purchase College campus. Revolutionary war hero, Major General Thomas Thomas is buried here. John Thomas, his father, was a judge who is remembered for reading ... Read more
There are those that say, this is where it all began. It only makes sense to start the tour here. Quakers settled here in 1724, one of them being Samuel Haight, one of the original five on the patent for Harrison. [1] This meeting house, es... Read more
A staple in the Purchase community is the aptly named Purchase Community House. "Mr. William A. Read first recognized the need for club rooms where the people of Purchase could come together for social and for civic purposes.  On October... Read more
Beechwood Estate was one of Purchase’s grand colonial revival mansions. Unfortunately, it was demolished in 2017 after failed attempts by investors to save it, it is now replaced by a modern eco-friendly private home. This was once the ho... Read more
This magnificent chapel is located on the grounds of Manhattanville College, but originally built by Ben Holladay for his wife, Ann. This Norman Gothic-style architecture is the oldest of three chapels in the county. Holladay was known as t... Read more
According to Findagrave.com, there are 131 people buried in this cemetery. Originally located in Harlem, president Mother Eleanor O'Byrne, RSCJ relocated the Academy of Sacred Heart to Purchase, to the former Whitehall Reid estate which lat... Read more
Reid Hall was once considered one of the most revered estates in Westchester County, even boasting the first to have electricity and a telephone. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 [1], it is Harrison’s most docume... Read more
There are 36 people buried in this cemetery. One is a former U.S. Congressman Joseph Halstead Anderson, 8/25/1800-6/23/1870[1]. On the findagrave.com listing, there are some photos contributed by the public, some as recent as February of 20... Read more
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 ... Read more

 

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