Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. It was named after Chester, in England. The county seat is White Plains.

Historic and Cultural Attractions

• Emelin Theatre, Mamaroneck, New York
• Ever Rest, historic home of painter Jasper Francis Cropsey, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
• Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York
• Hudson River Museum of Westchester, Yonkers, New York
• Irvington Town Hall Theater, Irvington, New York
• Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville, New York
• Jay Heritage Center, historic homestead of John Jay, Rye, New York
• Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens, PepsiCo, Inc. World Headquarters, Purchase, New York
• Kykuit, historic home of John D. Rockefeller, Sleepy Hollow, New York
• Lyndhurst, historic Gothic Revival home, Tarrytown, New York
• Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, New York
• Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York
• Philipsburg Manor, historic site, Sleepy Hollow, New York
• Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Yonkers, New York
• Playland amusement park. America's only government owned and operated amusement park, Rye, New York
• The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, Purchase, New York
• Sunnyside, historic home of author Washington Irving, Tarrytown, New York
• Thomas Paine National Historical Association, New Rochelle, New York
• Union Church, Pocantico Hills, New York
• Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Mount Kisco, New York
• Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra, White Plains, New York
• Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, New York