Sparkill, New York
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Orangetown, New York
Orangetown is a town in Rockland County, New York, United States located in the southeast part of the county. It is northwest of New York City; north of New Jersey; east of the town of Ramapo; south of the town of Clarkstown; west of the Hudson River. The population was 47,711 at the 2000 census.-...
, Rockland County
Rockland County, New York
Rockland County is a suburban county 15 miles to the northwest of Manhattan and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the southernmost county in New York west of the Hudson River, and the smallest county in New York outside of New York City. The...
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located north of Palisades
Palisades, New York
Palisades, formerly known as Sneden's Landing, is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of Rockleigh and Alpine, New Jersey; east of Tappan; south of Sparkill; and west of the Hudson River....
; east of Tappan
Tappan, New York
Tappan is a hamlet in the Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Old Tappan, New Jersey; east of Nauraushaun and Pearl River; south of Blauvelt and west of Palisades and Sparkill...
; south of Piermont
Piermont, New York
Piermont is a village in Rockland County, New York, United States. Piermont is in the town of Orangetown, located north of the hamlet of Palisades; east of Sparkill and south of Grand View-on-Hudson, on the west bank of the Hudson River. The population was 2,607 at the 2000 census.The village's...
and west of the Hudson River
Hudson River
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. Route 9W passes through it.
Numerous celebrities, such as Al Pacino, Rosie O'Donnell, Larry Mullen Jr., and Hayden Panettiere, have homes in Orangetown, the town in which Sparkill is located. According to trulia.com, currently listed homes in Orangetown reach up to around $10,000,000; as of June 20, 2011, the average listing price for a home in Sparkill is approximately $833,000.
Many residents admire Sparkill for its verdant, small-town, and old-fashioned characteristics, retained even with its conveniently close proximity to New York City. Residents are included in the South Orangetown Central School District public school system.
Historical Markers
- Fremont Monument, Rockland Cemetery - Kings Highway
- Hopson Swan Estate - (NRHP)
- Saint Charles A.M.E. Zion Church - 432 Valentine Avenue
- Stonehurst - 65 Rockland Road
Landmarks and places of Interest
- Hopson-Swan EstateHopson-Swan EstateHopson-Swan Estate is a national historic district and estate located at Sparkill in Rockland County, New York. It encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The district is located within the boundaries of Tallman Mountain State Park and was acquired by the...
- 1850 - John Moore's Mill - Site on Sparkill Creek below Route 9W Viaduct, Sparkill-In early 19th century John Moore, a black American, operated a saw and grist mill and from 1810–15, a caning mill. A person of many skills. he is regarded as having made some of the finest millwheels in Rockland County.
- Rockland Cemetery - 201 Kings Highway - The cemetery was created in 1847, by Eleazar Lord, author, educator and first president of the Erie RailroadErie RailroadThe Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, originally connecting New York City with Lake Erie...
. Buried here are veterans of the American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
and later wars; John Charles FrémontJohn C. FrémontJohn Charles Frémont , was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder...
, the Pathfinder; engineer Henry Honychurch GorringeHenry Honychurch GorringeHenry Honychurch Gorringe was a United States naval officer who attained national acclaim for successfully completing the removal of Cleopatra's needle from Alexandria, Egypt to Central Park, New York City.-Early life:...
, and local physician Dr. George A. Leitner. - Saint Charles A.M.E. Zion Church - 432 Valentine Avenue - Built in 1965.
- Tallman Mountain State ParkTallman Mountain State ParkTallman Mountain State Park is a New York State Park located in the Town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, adjacent to the Hudson River. It is located just south of Piermont and includes part of Piermont Marsh, which is included in the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve...
- Route 9W - The Christ Episcopal Church of Piermont - 416 Valentine Avenue - This stone church was built in 1865. It is Rockland’s first established Episcopal ChurchEpiscopal Church (United States)The Episcopal Church is a mainline Anglican Christian church found mainly in the United States , but also in Honduras, Taiwan, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, the British Virgin Islands and parts of Europe...
. The first service was held in 1847 in a converted warehouse. Christ Church was designed by the Rev. Charles BabcockCharles BabcockCharles Babcock was a United States architect, academic, Episcopal priest and founding member of the American Institute of Architects....
, one of the preeminent architects in America at that time, and a founder of the American Institute of ArchitectsAmerican Institute of ArchitectsThe American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
provided the plans for the church at no charge. The church with its Gothic Revival architecture and Norman-influenced interior, Christ Episcopal Church is quite similar to the many small "chapel-churches" found in the English or Irish countryside. It retains an original chapel altar installed in 1898, and its stone façade is accented by a stained-glass rose window. The window was obtained by the church in 1938 from the Former Wayside ChapelFormer Wayside ChapelFormer Wayside Chapel is a historic chapel at 24 River Road in Grand View-on-Hudson, Rockland County, New York. It was built in 1867-1869 and is a simple, rectangular building measuring . It is built of brownstone laid in uncoursed rows and features a steeply pitched slate covered roof.It was...
in Grand View-on-HudsonGrand View-on-Hudson, New YorkGrand View-on-Hudson is a village in Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Piermont; east of Orangeburg; south of South Nyack and west of the Hudson River. The population, one of the most affluent incorporated communities in the United States, was 284 at the 2000 census. The...
when the chapel was converted to a private residence. - Rockland Country Club
- St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSt. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSt. Thomas Aquinas College is a private four-year liberal arts college in Rockland County, New York that occupies a forty-eight acre campus. Located at 125 Route 340 in Sparkill, New York, the college is named after the medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas...