Sherwood House, Yonkers

Name: Sherwood House
Address: Yonkers, United States

#38 among attractions in Yonkers

Museum, History museum

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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. The house was extensively remodeled in 1955. Also on the property is a 1+1⁄2-story, frame caretaker's cottage and a barn. Both were built about 1840. ()

Built: 1740 (284 years ago)Coordinates: 40°57'7"N, 73°51'19"W

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Northeast YonkersYonkers United States

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Sherwood House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ridge Hill Mall, Legoland Discovery Center Westchester, Church of St. Joseph, Reformed Church of Bronxville.

0.8 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Ridge Hill Mall, Yonkers
22 min walk • Ridge Hill, formerly known as Westchester's Ridge Hill is a mixed-use lifestyle center located between Interstate 87 and the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers, New York. With its grand opening in 2011, Ridge Hill features a variety of retail stores, restaurants, condominiums, and offices.
1 miN
Game and entertainment center, Entertainment, Theme park
Legoland Discovery Center Westchester, Yonkers
26 min walk • Legoland Discovery Center Westchester is an indoor family entertainment center located at Westchester's Ridge Hill in Yonkers, New York in Westchester County. The attraction includes Lego rides, a play area, a 4D cinema and a gift shop. Legoland Discovery Center Westchester is owned and operated by leisure group Merlin Entertainments.
1.5 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of St. Joseph, Yonkers
38 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.
1.6 miSE
Church
Reformed Church of Bronxville, Yonkers
42 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.
1.2 miSE
Neighbourhood, Neoclassical architecture, Tudor Revival architecture
Lawrence Park Historic District, Yonkers
30 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.
1.2 miSE
Neighbourhood
Cedar Knolls, Yonkers
30 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.
1.1 miS
Neighbourhood
Dunwoodie, Yonkers
28 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.
0.7 miNW
Neighbourhood
Runyon Heights, Yonkers
18 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.
1.2 miE
Neighbourhood
Armour Villa, Yonkers
32 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.
1.2 miN
Neighbourhood
Winchester Villages, Yonkers
32 min walk • Winchester Villages is a gated community in the northeastern segment of the city of Yonkers in Westchester County, New York. It was built by the Ginsburg Development Company and completed in 1997. It consists of 188 semi-attached homes.
1.1 miW
Neighbourhood
Whitney Young, Yonkers
29 min walk • Whitney Young is a neighborhood in the Southwestern City of Yonkers, New York. It was settled as a town by the English under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland.