Plashbourne Estate, Yonkers

Name: Plashbourne Estate
Address: Yonkers, United States

#70 among attractions in Yonkers

Tudor Revival architecture

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Plashbourne Estate is a historic estate located in the Lawrence Park West section of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. It was designed in 1911 by the architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings and built for artist Violet Oakley in the Tudor Revival style. It is a 2+1⁄2-story stone building with an irregular compound plan and cross-gabled roofline. After 1915, it became the home of Anna Lawrence Bisland, third daughter of William Van Duzer Lawrence, who resided there until her death. Grayson L. Kirk resided at Plashbourne Estate from 1973 until his death. ()

Built: 1911 (113 years ago)Coordinates: 40°56'20"N, 73°50'52"W

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Lawrence ParkYonkers United States

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Plashbourne Estate – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cross County Shopping Center, Tuckahoe, Church of St. Joseph, Saint Joseph's Seminary.

0.9 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Cross County Shopping Center, Yonkers
22 min walk • Cross County Center, also known as Cross County Shopping Center, an open-air shopping mall located at the junction of the NYS Thruway and Cross County Parkway, in the Kimball neighborhood of Yonkers, New York, United States. The mall hosts over 100 stores and restaurants, including anchor store Macy's, and is managed by Marx Realty.
1.3 miNE
Area
Tuckahoe, Yonkers
34 min walk • Tuckahoe is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. One-and-a-half miles long and three-fourths of a mile wide, with the Bronx River serving as its western boundary, the Village of Tuckahoe is approximately sixteen miles north of midtown Manhattan in Southern Westchester County.
0.7 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of St. Joseph, Yonkers
19 min walk • The Church of St. Joseph is a Roman Catholic church located in the Village of Bronxville in Westchester County, New York. Officially founded as a parish of the Archdiocese of New York in 1922, the Church of St. Joseph consists of the parish church, adjacent parochial St. Joseph School, rectory, and parish center.
1 miSW
Universities and schools
Saint Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers
26 min walk • St. Joseph's Seminary and College, sometimes referred to as Dunwoodie after the Yonkers, New York neighborhood it is located in, is the major seminary of the Archdiocese of New York. Its primary mission is to form men for the priesthood in the Catholic Church.
0.8 miE
Church
Reformed Church of Bronxville, Yonkers
22 min walk • The Reformed Church of Bronxville is a parish church of the Reformed Church in America, and previously the Dutch Reformed Church, located in Bronxville, New York.
1 miNW
Museum, History museum
Sherwood House, Yonkers
25 min walk • Sherwood House is a historic home located at Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1740 and is a 3-story frame structure on an exposed basement built into a hillside. Additions and modifications took place about 1810, 1850, and 1880. It features a 2-story porch spanning the entire facade and 2 dutch doors.
0.5 miE
Neighbourhood, Neoclassical architecture, Tudor Revival architecture
Lawrence Park Historic District, Yonkers
13 min walk • Lawrence Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Bronxville, Westchester County, New York. The district contains 94 contributing buildings, the majority of which are architecturally or historically significant.
0.5 miE
Neighbourhood
Cedar Knolls, Yonkers
13 min walk • Cedar Knolls is an affluent district of the City of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York. It shares the zip code and postal address of the neighboring village of Bronxville.
0.8 miW
Neighbourhood
Dunwoodie, Yonkers
20 min walk • Dunwoodie is a neighborhood in Yonkers, New York, noted for being the home of St. Joseph's Seminary on Valentine Hill. Dunwoodie is located north of the Seminary, while Dunwoodie Heights includes the seminary and what is south of it.
1.5 miNW
Neighbourhood
Runyon Heights, Yonkers
40 min walk • Runyon Heights, also known as the area of Nepperhan, is a historically African American middle-class neighborhood in northwestern Yonkers, New York, US.
1.1 miNE
Neighbourhood
Armour Villa, Yonkers
29 min walk • Armour Villa is a neighborhood in Northeast Yonkers, New York, that shares a postal zip code with the town of Bronxville, New York. It lies west of the Bronx River Parkway, between Tuckahoe Road and Pondfield Road West. Although part of the City of Yonkers, Armour Villa is just over the border from the Village of Bronxville.

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Which popular attractions are close to Plashbourne Estate?

Nearby attractions include Sarah Lawrence College, Yonkers (9 min walk), Lawrence Park Historic District, Yonkers (13 min walk), Cedar Knolls, Yonkers (13 min walk), Church of St. Joseph, Yonkers (19 min walk).

How to get to Plashbourne Estate by public transport?

The nearest stations to Plashbourne Estate:

Train

Bronxville (18 min walk)
Fleetwood (24 min walk)