National Register of Historic Places

Old Chappaqua Historic District

Chappaqua, Westchester County, New York
Listed
July 14, 1974
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
74001319

About this property

The Old Chappaqua Historic District is located along Quaker Road (New York State Route 120) in the town of New Castle, New York, United States, between the hamlets of Chappaqua and Millwood. It was the original center of Chappaqua, prior to the construction of the New York and Harlem Railroad and the erection of its station to the south in the mid-19th century. In 1974 it was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. What is today Chappaqua was first settled around 1740 by a group of Quakers from Long Island. They built the still-used Chappaqua Friends Meeting House, a Friends meeting house and the oldest known building in the town, around which the district centered a decade later. The other contributing properties, all timber frame buildings up and down the road on either side near the meeting house, are the surviving buildings from some of the farms established then and later. They have been preserved intact from that time.

Location

Chappaqua, Westchester County, New York
41.17211, -73.77747

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Greeley House
Industrial
1 mi
Chappaqua Railroad Depot and Depot Plaza
Industrial
1 mi
Resnick, Solomon, House
Industrial
1 mi
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and Greeley Grove
Industrial
1.2 mi
Rehoboth
Industrial
1.2 mi

Nearby Battles

Raid on Bedford (NY)
1779Revolutionary War
5.1 mi
Action at Young's House (NY)
1780Revolutionary War
5.3 mi

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When was Old Chappaqua Historic District listed on the National Register?

Old Chappaqua Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1974.

What type of historic resource is Old Chappaqua Historic District?

Old Chappaqua Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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