Landmark Preservation

(Click here for text of the town board resolutions establishing landmark preservation.)

The following sites within the Town of Yorktown have been designated as Historic Landmarks:

 Old Croton Dam

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robert f. giordano ASSOCIATES, Inc.
  1. Old Croton Dam, National Register of Historic Places designation on June 19, 1973. ("Lewis C. Rubenstein to Yorktown Town Planning Dept., TLS," July 24, 1973, National Register Supervisor, Division for Historic Preservation)
  2. First Presbyterian Church, Crompond Road, Town of Yorktown designation on March 2, 1976, of section 4.21, parcel 66, with Town Board Resolution #145. (New York State Register also)
  3. Community Church, Baptist Church Road, Town of Yorktown designation on March 2, 1976, of section 11.2, parcel 4, with Town Board resolution #145.
  4. Davenport House, Croton Heights Road, Town of Yorktown designation on March 2, 1976, of section 15.2, parcel 10, lots 114, 116. (Westchester County & New York State Register designations also)
  5. The Forge, Croton Heights Road, Town of Yorktown designation on March 2, 1976, of section 15.3, parcel 10, lot 36, with Town Board resolution #145.
  6. Lane’s Tavern, Underhill Road, Town of Yorktown designation on November 16, 1976, of section 12.9, parcel 15, lot 1, with Town Board resolution #636.
  7. Railroad Station, Railroad Park-Commerce Street, Town of Yorktown designation on November 16, 1976, of section 10G, lot 133. (National Register of Historic Places designation on March 19, 1981)
  8. Congregational Parsonage, Granite Springs Road, Town of Yorktown designation on November 16, 1976, of section 5.13, parcel 72, lot 1, with Town Board resolution #636.
  9. Boehme Martens House [Hyatt House], Old Route 6, Town of Yorktown designation on November 16, 1976, of Section 2.1, Parcel 9, Lot 8.2, with Town Board Resolution #636.
  10. Hallock Farmhouse, Hanover Street, Town of Yorktown designation on December 21, 1976, of section 15.20, parcel 3, with Town Board resolution #695.
  11. Chadeayne Homestead, Pines Bridge Road, Town of Yorktown designation on December 21, 1976, of section 18.04, parcel 35, lot 4, with Town Board resolution #695.
  12. Friends Meeting House, Quaker Church Road, Amawalk, Westchester County Inventory of Historic Places designation during August 1988. (North County News, Vol. 10 No. 51, August 10 - August 16, 1988, "Friends Meeting House judged historic," by Karen Strutin, p. 18)

Source (unless noted): Yorktown Landmark Preservation Committee

Click here to view the Town of Yorktown Landmark Preservation Code (PDF file).