This is one of some 230 markers erected on the Boston Post Road in 1763
Their locations were fixed by Benjamin Franklin the Deputy Postmaster General who for that purpose drove a chaise with a distance recorder over the route.
Restored to this . . . — — Map (db m34587) HM
Has been designated a National Historic Landmark. This District possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. 1993. National Park Service United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m34540) HM
The Milton Burying Ground is Rye's oldest cemetery. Joseph Lyon (buried here with his wife Sarah) gave this one-acre plot to Rye around 1750. Some older graves were moved here, including that of Nehemiah Webb who died in 1722 at age 28. Many . . . — — Map (db m193143) HM
Milton Road was originally a Native American footpath and one of Rye's first roads. In the 17th century, gristmill roads developed along the Blind Brook. Local farmers brought their grain to be processed into flour. Soon, farmers were shipping . . . — — Map (db m193150) HM
On this site stood the stone residence of Peter Disbrow, designated by the Rye colonists as the "Rye Fort" when it was offered for protection from the Indian attack during "King Philip's War" of 1675.
Around 1728 the present frame (North) . . . — — Map (db m34485) HM
Playland Amusement Park has been designated a
National Historic Landmark. This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — — Map (db m64265) HM
c. 1835,
Religious Society of Friends,
Quaker.
The Founder of Quakerism, George Fox, who landed at Rye in 1678, experienced that God speaks to the condition of each person through an Inner Light. — — Map (db m34520) HM
Built in the 1830s as a one-room schoolhouse, the core of this structure was moved to this site in 1867. Originally used as a Sunday school affiliated with Rye's Christ's Church, it was transformed into a chapel through a series of additions, . . . — — Map (db m193146) HM
The Bird Homestead provides a rare glimpse into 19th century life on a small family farmstead in a thriving maritime village. This outstanding Greek Revival house, circa 1835, has survived intact, along with several farm buildings. Owned by one . . . — — Map (db m193149) HM
Pre-Revolutionary place of interment of one of Rye's early families. This tract of land was purchased by Joseph Purdy from John Budd in 1685. — — Map (db m34583) HM
Timothy Knapp's house, built between 1667 and 1680, is thought to be the oldest house in Westchester County. The house initially had just two rooms: a keeping room with a bedchamber above. Knapp farmed the land and served as the town constable . . . — — Map (db m193144) HM
(Missing) Their locations were fixed by Benjamin Franklin the Deputy Postmaster General who for that purpose drove a chaise with a distance recorder over the route. Restored to this its original position June 1st, 1927, by the Village of Rye. . . . — — Map (db m34584) HM
Their locations were fixed by Benjamin Franklin the Deputy Postmaster General who for that purpose drove a chaise with a distance recorder over the route. Restored to this its original position June 1st, 1927, by the Village of Rye.
'Remove . . . — — Map (db m34588) HM
