- John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Infobox_nrhp | name =John Jay Homestead
nrhp_type = nhl
caption = Front view of house in 2007.
location= Katonah, NY
area =
built = 1787-1790
architect=John Cooley and Moses Winian
architecture=
designated=May 29 ,1981 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1254&ResourceType=Building
title=John Jay Homestead|date=2007-09-15|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =July 24 ,1972 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=72000918 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]John Jay Homestead State Historic Site is a site in
Katonah, New York . The homestead is also known as Bedford House or as John Jay House. It was the home of statesmanJohn Jay , firstChief Justice of theU.S. Supreme Court .It is located on Jay Street (State Route 22), south of the intersection with State Route 137 and Maple Avenue.The house was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1981.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/72000918.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: John Jay Homestead] |477 KB|author=Lynn A. Beebe|date=April 4, 1979 |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/72000918.pdf "Accompanying 30 photos, exterior, from 1979 and undated"] |6.22 MB]References
External links
* [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=16 Official Site]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ny/ny0800/ny0859/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=John%20Jay%20House,%20State%20Route%2022,%20Katonah,%20Westchester%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~pp_ZYSU:: John Jay House (16 b&w photos)] and [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhcolor&action=browse&fileName=ny/ny0800/ny0859/color/browse.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:1:./temp/~pp_ZYSU::&title2=John+Jay+House,+State+Route+22,+Katonah,+Westchester+County,+NY&displayType=1 (2 color images)] atHistoric American Buildings Survey
* [http://www.heritageny.gov/revwar/sites.cfm?id=20&PageNum_getALLsites=1&topic=RW Revolutionary War Heritage Trail: John Jay Homestead State Historic Site]
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