Sparkill, New York

Sparkill, formally known as Tappan Sloat, is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Palisades; east of Tappan; south of Piermont and west of the Hudson River. Route 9W passes through it.

Tourism

Historical Markers

*Fremont Monument, Rockland Cemetery - Kings Highway
*Hopson Swan Estate
*Saint Charles A.M.E. Zion Church - 432 Valentine Avenue
*Stonehurst - 65 Rockland Road

Landmarks and places of Interest

*John Moore's Mill - Site on Sparkill Creek below Route 9W Viaduct, Sparkill-In early 1800s John Moore, a black American, operated a saw and grist mill and from 1810-15, a caning mill. A person of many skills. he is regarded as having made some of the finest millwheels in Rockland County.
*Rockland Cemetery - 201 Kings Highway - The cemetery was created in 1847, by Eleazar Lord, author, educator and first president of the Erie Railroad. Buried here are veterans of the American Civil War and later wars; John Charles Frémont, the Pathfinder; engineer Henry Honychurch Gorringe, and local physician Dr. George A. Leitner.
*Tallman Mountain State Park - Route 9W
*The Christ Episcopal Church of Piermont - 416 Valentine Avenue - This stone church was built in 1865. It is Rockland’s first established Episcopal Church. The first service was held in 1847 in a converted warehouse.
*Rockland Country Club
*St. Thomas Aquinas College

External links

[http://www.SparkillCivicAssociation.org Sparkill Civic Association]