Valhalla is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) that is located within the town of Mount Pleasant, New York, in Westchester County. Its population was 3,162 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The name of the community was inspired by a fan of the opera composer Richard Wagner, and the celebrated status of this hamlet comes primarily from its location as the burial places of the remains of numerous well-known people.
Population: 3,162
Latitude: 41° 04' 29.35" N
Longitude: -73° 46' 30.47" W
Willson's Woods Park is a park located in Mount Vernon, New York. The Park is owned by Westchester County and operated by its Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. Acquired in 1924, Willson's Woods is one of the oldest parks in the Count…
Washington Irving High School at 18 North Broadway in Tarrytown, New York was built c. 1897. In the 1920s, the new building was constructed for the school about a half mile south on Broadway, and the old school later become the Frank R. Pierson Scho…
The Whippoorwill Club is a private country club facility near Armonk, New York. In 2010 GOLFWEEK magazine ranked the Whippoorwill golf course as the 73rd best classic course in the United States. The club is not just a golf course and there are a fe…
St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located on Bedford Road in Katonah, New York, United States.
Rockland Country Club is located in Sparkill, New York and features an 18 holes golf course. The club was incorporated in 1906 and commissioned Henry Stark to design a 9 hole course that was ready the following year. Robert White laid out an entirel…
Palisade Preparatory School (Palisade Prep or PPS) is a public middle high school and a former College Board School, comprising grades 7-12, in Yonkers, New York, operated by the Yonkers Public Schools.
Kensico Cemetery was a station on the Harlem Line of the Metro-North Railroad which served the large cemetery of the same name which the line runs through. Located along the platform behind the buildings at Sharon Gardens, the station was similar to…
The Indian Harbor Yacht Club is a U.S. boating organization, based at 710 Steamboat Road in Greenwich, CT, with access to Long Island Sound.
The Glenville Volunteer Fire Company was founded in 1903 to serve and protect the residents and those who worked in Glenville, Connecticut, which is a section of the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. Originally the Fire Station was located at the Vete…
The First Baptist Church of Tarrytown is located on South Broadway (U.S. Route 9) in Tarrytown, New York, United States. It is a stone building in the Victorian Gothic architectural style dating to the 1870s.
The Dale Cemetery located in Ossining, New York is a town-owned cemetery encompassing 47 acres (19 ha) and has been operational since October 1851. In 2013 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Alexander Hamilton Jr./Sr. High School (AHHS) is a public, six-year middle and secondary school in Elmsford, New York, United States. It is the only public junior and senior high school in the Elmsford School District.
US Post Office-Harrison is a historic post office building located at Harrison in Westchester County, New York, United States. It was built in 1938 by the Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Louis A. Simon. It is a one story, …
Stony Hill Cemetery, also known as the Cemetery of the Asbury Colored Peoples Church, is a historic cemetery located at Harrison, Westchester County, New York. It is an example of a rural, 19th century African American burial ground. The cemetery co…
Watch Hill is located on the western edge of the Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness, across the Great South Bay from Patchogue, Long Island. The Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness area contains a variety of barrier islands ecosystems…
The Riverside Avenue Bridge is the only cast-iron bridge in Connecticut and one of a small number still in use in the United States. It carries Riverside Avenue over the New Haven Line railroad tracks in the Riverside section of Greenwich, Connectic…
Bowman Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Greenwich, Connecticut Board of Education.
The New York School for the Deaf is a private school for the Deaf in White Plains, New York, just north of New York City.