National Register of Historic Places listings in Peekskill, New York

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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places entries in Peekskill, New York. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Westchester County, New York for all other listings in the county.

This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Peekskill, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".[1]


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 15, 2024.[2]


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Current listings[edit]

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Beecher-McFadden Estate
Beecher-McFadden Estate
Beecher-McFadden Estate
November 2, 1987
(#87001894)
E. Main St.
41°17′54″N 73°53′44″W / 41.298333°N 73.895556°W / 41.298333; -73.895556 (Beecher-McFadden Estate)
Peekskill
2 Drum Hill High School
Drum Hill High School
Drum Hill High School
December 31, 1979
(#79003797)
Ringgold St.
41°17′17″N 73°55′25″W / 41.288056°N 73.923611°W / 41.288056; -73.923611 (Drum Hill High School)
Peekskill
3 Gustav and Marion Fleischmann House July 30, 2021
(#100006769)
1425 Riverview Ave.
41°17′13″N 73°54′44″W / 41.2869°N 73.9121°W / 41.2869; -73.9121 (Gustav and Marion Fleischmann House)
Peekskill
4 Ford Administration Building
Ford Administration Building
Ford Administration Building
April 12, 2006
(#06000258)
1031 Elm St.
41°17′17″N 73°55′01″W / 41.288056°N 73.916944°W / 41.288056; -73.916944 (Ford Administration Building)
Peekskill Now the Peekskill City School District Administration Building
5 Nelson Avenue-Fort Hill Historic District
Nelson Avenue-Fort Hill Historic District
Nelson Avenue-Fort Hill Historic District
May 4, 2006
(#06000335)
Roughly along Nelson Ave., John St., Diven St., Constant St., Orchard St., Pauling St., and Decatur Ave.
41°17′48″N 73°55′19″W / 41.296667°N 73.921944°W / 41.296667; -73.921944 (Nelson Avenue-Fort Hill Historic District)
Peekskill 19th-century residential area with many late Victorian houses
6 Thomas Nelson House
Thomas Nelson House
Thomas Nelson House
August 8, 2001
(#01000846)
1231 Seymour Ln.
41°17′48″N 73°54′49″W / 41.296667°N 73.913611°W / 41.296667; -73.913611 (Thomas Nelson House)
Peekskill
7 Peekskill Downtown Historic District
Peekskill Downtown Historic District
Peekskill Downtown Historic District
May 6, 2005
(#04000095)
Main, Division, South, Park, Bank, Brown, First and Esther Sts., Central and Union Aves.
41°17′26″N 73°55′12″W / 41.290556°N 73.92°W / 41.290556; -73.92 (Peekskill Downtown Historic District)
Peekskill Core of 19th-century Peekskill with landmark Moorish Revival tower at Division and Park streets.
8 Peekskill Freight Depot
Peekskill Freight Depot
Peekskill Freight Depot
October 27, 2004
(#04001207)
41 S. Water St.
41°17′23″N 73°55′48″W / 41.289722°N 73.93°W / 41.289722; -73.93 (Peekskill Freight Depot)
Peekskill Abraham Lincoln stopped here on the way to his inauguration and gave a 138-word speech attended by 1,000 people, approximately a third of the population of Peekskill at the time.[5] It was his only appearance ever in Westchester County. Current building is only intact freight depot along former Hudson River Railroad.
9 Peekskill Presbyterian Church
Peekskill Presbyterian Church
Peekskill Presbyterian Church
December 4, 2002
(#02001400)
705 South St.
41°17′19″N 73°55′27″W / 41.288611°N 73.924167°W / 41.288611; -73.924167 (Peekskill Presbyterian Church)
Peekskill 1846 church has had same bell since congregation was founded in 1790s.
10 St. Peter's Episcopal Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
July 5, 2003
(#03000598)
137 N. Division St.
41°17′33″N 73°55′10″W / 41.2925°N 73.919444°W / 41.2925; -73.919444 (St. Peter's Episcopal Church)
Peekskill 1892 neo-Gothic church by Richard M. Upjohn
11 Standard House
Standard House
Standard House
September 22, 2000
(#00001158)
50 Hudson Ave.
41°17′09″N 73°55′49″W / 41.285833°N 73.930278°W / 41.285833; -73.930278 (Standard House)
Peekskill 1855 Italianate commercial building, recently restored, is one of only two hotels remaining from industrial era. Now home to its economic-development department
12 US Post Office-Peekskill
US Post Office-Peekskill
US Post Office-Peekskill
May 11, 1989
(#88002401)
738 South St.
41°17′22″N 73°55′24″W / 41.289444°N 73.923333°W / 41.289444; -73.923333 (US Post Office-Peekskill)
Peekskill Palladian windows not often found on pre-New Deal Colonial Revival post offices
13 Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House
Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House
Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House
April 2, 1981
(#81000417)
Oregon Rd.
41°18′44″N 73°54′22″W / 41.312222°N 73.906111°W / 41.312222; -73.906111 (Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House)
Peekskill
14 Villa Loretto
Villa Loretto
Villa Loretto
April 27, 1989
(#88000148)
Crompond Rd.
41°17′25″N 73°54′13″W / 41.290278°N 73.903611°W / 41.290278; -73.903611 (Villa Loretto)
Peekskill

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  5. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/11/archives/westchester-weekly-lincolns-peekskill-address-yes-there-was-one.html