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32-460: Philipsburg Manor House is a historic house in the Upper Mills section of the former sprawling Colonial-era estate known as Philipsburg Manor . Together with a water mill and trading site the house is operated as a non-profit museum by Historic Hudson Valley. It is located on US 9 in the village of Sleepy Hollow, New York . Although an English-deeded tract, it is listed by some sources with

64-473: A collection of 17th- and 18th-century period furnishings, a working water-powered grist mill and millpond, an 18th-century barn, a slave garden, and a reconstructed tenant farm house. Costumed interpreters re-enact life in pre- Revolutionary times, doing chores, milking the cows, and grinding grain in the grist mill. In 2016, historic restoration work sponsored by the New York State Council on

96-612: A national scale. Community, arts and entertainment accomplishments represented include two utopian communes , the Adirondack Park and four of its Great Camps , and five other retreat sites. No fewer than nine artist homes or studios are landmarked, as well as nine homes of writers and composers. There are four club buildings, of which two are historical societies, and eight entertainment venues or sites associated with entertainers. Sixteen others are unique sites that are difficult to classify. Notable architects whose work

128-543: A provisioning depot for the family Atlantic sea trade and as headquarters for a worldwide shipping operation. For more than thirty years, Frederick and his wife Margaret , and later his son Adolph shipped hundreds of African men, women, and children as slaves across the Atlantic. By the mid 18th century, the Philipse family had one of the largest slave-holdings in the colonial North. The family seat of Philipsburg Manor

160-725: Is associated with the American Civil War , while all the rest of these forts and other military places are associated with the French and Indian War and/or the American Revolutionary War . There are nine NHL ships, including a warship and a tugboat that served in World War II , one warship that saw combat in the Vietnam War , three sailing boats, two fireboats and a lightvessel . Salient in

192-619: Is home to 114 NHLs. The earliest was designated on October 9, 1960; the latest was designated on November 2, 2016. Many of the NHLs in NYC are also landmarked individually or as part of districts by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission . See List of New York City Designated Landmarks . National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in

224-662: Is represented in the NHLs of the state include: Alexander Jackson Davis (7 sites), Andrew Jackson Downing (2), William West Durant (2), Leopold Eidlitz (2), Cass Gilbert (2), Henry J. Hardenbergh (2), Raymond Hood (3), Philip Hooker (2), Minard Lafever (7), John McComb Jr. (3), Frederick Law Olmsted (3), Isaac G. Perry (2), George B. Post (3), James Renwick Jr. (4), Henry Hobson Richardson (2), Louis Sullivan (2), Richard Upjohn (6), Calvert Vaux (6), and Frederick Clarke Withers (2). The firm McKim, Mead, and White participated in design of at least six buildings later declared to be NHLs. It

256-753: Is unnecessary. A list of these National Park Service areas that conserve historic sites in New York State is also provided. Finally, three former NHLs in the state are also listed. New York State NHLs include ten prehistoric or other archeological sites , 12 historical Dutch farmhouses, manors, and historic districts, and 21 architecturally and/or historically important churches or houses of worship. Fully 26 NHLs are primarily military, including 13 fort sites (five standing forts, three fortified houses, and five ruins), five other battlegrounds, seven military headquarters, training facilities, arsenals and armories, and one military shipwreck site. One of these NHLs

288-655: The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow , now a National Historic Landmark. The Lower Mills saw a gristmill and Philipse Manor Hall built on the north bank of the Neperhan. The Philipses' aim was to make the manor a center for agriculture, which was achieved. In the 18th century, tenant farmers moved in from Great Britain , the Netherlands , France , Germany , and elsewhere within North America . By

320-767: The Philipsburg Manor House in Sleepy Hollow , Philipse Manor Hall (the family seat) in Yonkers , and the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow , all of which are National Historic Landmarks . The land that would become Philipsburg Manor was first bought from Adriaen van der Donck , who had been granted a Dutch patroonship in New Netherland before the English takeover in 1664. Frederick Philipse I , Thomas Delavall, and Thomas Lewis purchased

352-735: The Spuyten Duyvil Creek to the south, the Croton River to the north, the Hudson River to the west, and the Bronx River to the east. Philipse was granted a royal charter in 1693, creating the Manor of Philipsburg and making him first lord of the manor . Along with the three other main manors of the colony— Rensselaerswyck , Cortlandt , and Livingston —Philipsburg created one of the richest and most powerful families in

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384-609: The Statue of Liberty National Monument were both deemed NHL-eligible by the advisory board but were not designated. It was not until 1977 that a policy was promulgated that would allow for designation of a National Historic Landmark "whose primary significance is not related to its park's purpose". The Jacob Riis House in Queens was de-designated in 1973. The National Park Service identifies 18 historic sites within national park units in New York State, and lists these together with

416-532: The patroonships of New Netherland since it incorporated part of that previously owned by Dutch Jonkheer Adriaen van der Donck . The manor dates from 1693, when wealthy Province of New York merchant Frederick Philipse was granted a charter for 52,000 acres (21,000 ha) along the Hudson River by the British Crown. He built a facility at the confluence of the Pocantico and Hudson Rivers as

448-619: The (about 750 acres (300 ha)) Upper Mills, was purchased by Gerard Beekman ; the lower, including Manor Hall, went to Cornelius Low. That parcel was passed to numerous owners until 1951, when it was acquired by Sleepy Hollow Restorations (now Historic Hudson Valley ). Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. funded the restoration of about 20 acres (8.1 ha), which became today's Philipsburg Manor historic site. Philipse Manor Hall served as Yonkers City Hall from 1872 until 1908. Both homes became National Historic Landmarks on November 5, 1961 and are now house museums . In 2004, it

480-594: The Arts was completed on the grist mill to rebuild the entire wooden waterwheel and flume. Philipsburg Manor After his death, the manor was split between his son and grandson, both of whom continued its development. Among the family's numerous enterprises, the Philipses engaged in the slave trade , using their own slaves to construct most of the buildings on the Philipsburg property. The tenant farmers on

512-403: The NHLs in the state, and there are also two National Historic Sites that are "affiliated areas," receiving National Park Service support but not directly administered by it. Seven of the 20 were declared National Historic Landmarks, in several instances before receiving the higher protection designation, and retain their NHL standing. Four of these are listed above and three are included within

544-626: The National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960. There are 20 of these in New York State. The legislation establishing the National Historic Landmark program does not prevent these from being designated, but in practice these are not often named NHLs per se , due to administrative costs of their nomination and to

576-1264: The U.S. state of New York . The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program operates under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, structures, objects, sites and districts of resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. There are 276 NHLs in New York state, which is more than 10 percent of all the NHLs nationwide, and the most of any state. The National Park Service also has listed 20 National Monuments, National Historic Sites, National Memorials, and other sites as being historic landmarks of national importance, of which 7 are also designated NHLs. All of these historic landmarks are covered in this list. There are 139 NHLs in upstate New York , 13 on Long Island , and 116 within New York City (NYC). Three counties have ten or more NHLs: New York County ( Manhattan ) has 86; Westchester County , just north of NYC, has 18; and Erie County in western New York has 10. Twelve other counties have five to nine NHLs, eight have three or four, 27 counties have one or two, and

608-659: The beginning of the American Revolution in 1776, the population was about 1,000, up from 200 at the time of Frederick I's death. Several years into the Revolution Frederick Philipse III, a Loyalist , was attainted for treason along with his family. The manor was confiscated in 1779 and used as collateral to raise funds for the Colonial cause. After the war it was sold at public auction, split between 287 buyers. The largest tract,

640-540: The colony. When Philipse died in 1702, the manor was divided between his son, Adolphus Philipse , and grandson, Frederick Philipse II . Adolphus received the Upper Mills property, which extended from Dobbs Ferry to the Croton River. Frederick II was given the Lower Mills, which included the family seat, Philipse Manor Hall , at the confluence of the then Neperhan River (today's Saw Mill) and Hudson Rivers;

672-586: The first tracts in 1672 in current-day northern Yonkers . Philipse made several additional purchases between 1680 and 1686 from the Wiechquaeskeck and Sinsink Indian tribes, expanding the property both north and south; he also bought a small plot of land from the Tappans west of the Hudson River . The manor comprised about 52,000 acres (21,000 ha) of land. Philipse also bought out his partners' stakes during this time. The estate's boundaries were

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704-507: The list are 24 mansions, and four sites primarily significant for their architectural landscaping. Many properties, numbering in the thousands, are contributing or non-contributing structures in the state's nine National Historic Landmark Districts . Intellectual accomplishments of New Yorkers are associated with 22 sites, including nine university buildings, ten other NHLs associated with inventions, inventors or scientists, and four engineering landmarks, including two bridges that were once

736-458: The longest of their types. Commercial accomplishments include 11 historic skyscrapers, five of which were once the tallest in the world, seven stock exchanges and other buildings important in commercial history , two bank buildings, five industrial facilities, and three water-based civil engineering works. Two are architectural oddities. Political and social accomplishments are represented by four former mental care institutions (a legacy of

768-790: The low preservation value of designating them. For the first 16 years of the National Historic Landmarks program, the National Park Service did not consider any sites already within the National Park system for NHL designation, and in fact if an NHL-designated site came into the NPS system it was de-designated. In New York State, the William Floyd House within the Fire Island National Seashore and Ellis Island within

800-433: The manor represented a diverse population of Europeans. The manor's property was confiscated during the American Revolution when Loyalist Frederick Philipse III , its third and final lord, was attainted for treason by New York's revolutionary government in 1779. The estate's land was used as collateral to raise money to fund the rebellion and later sold at auction. Some of the original structures still stand, including

832-613: The remaining twelve of the state's 62 counties have none. The first New York NHLs were eight designated on October 9, 1960; the latest was designated on January 13, 2021. The NHLs and other landmarks outside NYC are listed below; the NHLs in NYC are in this companion article . Seven NHL sites are among the 20 National Park System historic areas in New York state. The other 13 National Park Service areas are also historic landmark sites of national importance, but are already protected by Federal ownership and administration, so NHL designation

864-455: The state's leading role in mental health care), 14 sites associated with suffragettes or other women leaders, five Underground Railroad or other sites associated with abolitionists , six sites associated with African-American leaders, three sites associated with labor rights, and four sites associated with other social activism. In addition, there are 21 homes of other national leaders, and six government buildings that are significant on

896-537: The two parcels were reunited on his uncle's death. Frederick II's son, Frederick III , became the third lord of the manor in 1751. The Philipses used slaves to build various structures at the Upper and Lower Mills. The Upper Mills saw the building of two gristmills on the Pocantico River as well as a stone manor house, wharf, cooperage, and bake house. Most of the structures were completed by 1697, including

928-551: The war, most notably by British General Sir Henry Clinton during military activities in 1779. It was there that he wrote what is now known as the Philipsburg Proclamation , which declared all Patriot -owned slaves to be free, and that blacks taken prisoner while serving in Patriot forces would be sold into slavery. Named a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the farm features a stone manor house filled with

960-580: Was Philipse Manor Hall in Yonkers The manor was tenanted by farmers of various European backgrounds, and operated by enslaved Africans. (In 1750, twenty-three enslaved men, women, and children lived and worked at the manor.) At the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War , the Philipses supported the British, and their landholdings were seized and auctioned off. The manor house was used during

992-689: Was added to the African American Heritage Trail of Westchester County , a group of 14 sites which include the Rye African-American Cemetery , Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site and the Jay Estate . List of National Historic Landmarks in New York This is a list of National Historic Landmarks and comparable other historic sites designated by the U.S. government in

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1024-601: Was also that firm's work, Pennsylvania Station , whose pending demolition in 1963 launched a historic preservation movement in New York City and led to creation of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965. Download coordinates as: The State of New York , exclusive of NYC, is home to 155 of these landmarks, which are tabulated here. Twenty-three of these are also State Historic Sites (SHS), and fourteen are National Park System areas; these designations are indicated in italics. New York City alone

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