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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.[1],[3]
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.[3], 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)
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