The Jay Estate | |
 The Jay Estate in Rye, NY | |
| Location | 210 Boston Post Road, Rye, New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°57′26″N 73°42′22″W / 40.957304°N 73.706084°W |
| Area | 23 acres with 3 owners: NY State Parks, Westchester County Parks and the Jay Heritage Center |
| Built | 1745; 1838; 1907 |
| Built by | Edwin Bishop with influences by Minard Lafever, Asher Benjamin and Chester Hills; Frank A. Rooke |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival; Classical Revival |
| Restored by | Jay Heritage Center |
| Website | www.jayheritagecenter.org |
| Part of | Boston Post Road Historic District (Rye, New York) (ID82001275[1]) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1982[1] |
| Designated NHLDCP | August 30, 1993[2] |
The Jay Estate is a 23-acre park and historic site in Rye, New York, with the 1838 Peter Augustus Jay House at its center.[3] It is the keystone of the Boston Post Road Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District (NHL) created in 1993.[2][4][5][6] The site is the surviving remnant of the 400-acre (1.6 km2) farm where US Founding Father,[7] John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829), grew up.[8] It is also the place where Jay returned to celebrate the end of the American Revolutionary War, after he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris with fellow peacemakers John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.[9] The preserved property is located on the south side of the Boston Post Road (US 1) and has a 3⁄4-mile (1.2 km) view of Milton Harbor.
The Jay Estate is a recognized historical resource.[10][11] It is part of a 10,000+ year old Indigenous peoples archaeological site[12] and overlooks the oldest man-managed meadow on record in New York State. It is a significant African American Heritage Trail site.[13] The Jay Estate is also one of a select few national landmarks devoted to education about the seven[which?] Founding Fathers including Washington's Mount Vernon, Jefferson's Monticello, Hamilton's The Grange, Madison's Montpelier and Jay's retirement home the John Jay Homestead.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Boston Post Road Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 14, 2007. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007.
- ^ Clement, Douglas P. (March 13, 2016). "At the Jay Heritage Center in Rye: Young Americans". The New York Times.
- ^ Kennedy, Karen; O'Brien, Austin (December 12, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Boston Post Road Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places Inventory. National Park Service. and Accompanying 33 photos, exteriors and interiors, from 1979-1983. (7.94 MB)
- ^ Herbert Alan Johnson, John Jay 1745-1829 (The University of the State of New York, The State Education Department, 3d edition, Revised in 1995 to Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of John Jay, Born December 12, 1745, p.57.)
- ^ Clary, Suzanne (November 2017). "What Becomes a Landmark Most". Rye Magazine. No. 61. Weston Magazine Publishers. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- ^ Richard B. Morris, Seven Who Shaped Our Destiny: The Founding Fathers as Revolutionaries (New York: Harper & Row, 1973)
- ^ "Westchester Building, Rye, N.Y.". New York Evening Post. May 13, 1922.
- ^ Hubbard, Elbert, "John Jay," Magazine of American History, New York, January, February, March Issue 1902, p.27.
- ^ RYE CITY LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION TASK FORCE, Marcia Kapilow, Chairman, FREDERICK E. ZEPF, CITY PLANNER. "CITY OF RYE LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM" (PDF). Retrieved November 29, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "CULTURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY LONG ISLAND SOUND - DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island, VOLUME I, Contract #W921WJ-08-R-002, WHG #PAL0002" (PDF). PAL Publications. August 2010. p. 104. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Pfeiffer, John, "Preliminary Archaeological Survey of the Boston Post Road Historic District of Rye, NY," April 21, 1982. p. 2
- ^ "African American Heritage Trail brochure". Westchester County, New York. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
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