Boston Post Road Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Boston Post Road Historic District
nrhp_type = nhld

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caption =Whitby
location= Rye, New York
area =
built =1838
architect= Multiple
architecture= Classical Revival, Gothic, Greek Revival
designated = August 30, 1993 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1844&ResourceType=District
title=Boston Post Road Historic District|date=2007-09-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 29, 1982 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 = Local
refnum=82001275

Boston Post Road Historic District is a historic district including 3 mansions and grounds, a cemetery, and a nature preserve. It touches on the south side of the Boston Post Road (US 1) in Rye, New York, expands down to the Milton Harbor of the Long Island Sound, and is a largely undeveloped area that has changed little in 200 years. Two of the mansions are Greek Revival, the third was designed by Andrew Jackson Downing.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.,citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/82001275.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Boston Post Road Historic District] |981 KB|author=Karen Kennedy and Austin O'Brien|date=December 12, 1986|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/82001275.pdf Accompanying 33 photos, exteriors and interiors, from 1979-1983.] |7.94 MB]

Included within the district are three historic mansions and associated buildings:
*The Peter Augustus Jay House (1838),now being restored by the not-for-profit organization, The Jay Heritage Center, is one of two Greek Revival residences. Seems to have been built based on architectural pattern books by Minard Lafever and Chester Hills., p. 13.
**1907 Van Norden Carriage House
**Stables
**Tennis House
**Estate Cottage A
**Summer House
**Estate Cottage B (demolished)
**Bowling Alley (demolished)
**4 outbuildings (demolished)
**Gazebo (demolished)
*Lounsberry (1831), also known as Parsons House, is second Greek Revival residence in district
**Gardener's Cottage
**Carriage House and Stable
**Outbuilding with 5 bays
**Poultry and Wood House
**Greenhouse
*Whitby (1854), Gothic residence, which is now the City of Rye Golf Club. This was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis
**Caretaker's house
**pool house and golf cart garage (non-contributing)
**Starter's House (non-contributing)
**Maintenance Building (non-contributing)

Also included are:
*Jay Family Cemetery (3 acres)
*Marshlands Conservancy (137 acres)

References

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ny/ny0800/ny0865/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Parsons-Lounsbury%20House,%20Boston%20Post%20Road,%20Rye,%20Westchester%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:17:./temp/~pp_VAPH:: Parsons-Lounsbury House, Boston Post Road (5 photos)] , at Historic American Buildings Survey
* [http://jaycemetery.us Jay Family Cemetery]