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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1754/00/00 John Jay Home Boyhood home (razed)
1815/00/00 John Jay Home John Jay inherits house (razed)
1829/05/17 John Jay Died Died (buried in the Jay Cemetery)
1838/00/00 Peter Augustus Jay home is built.
1892/00/00 Josephine Perry Morgan Home Junius Spencer Morgan II and wife, Josephine Adams Perry take up residence in Rye at the Jay Estate, staying until 1897.
1892/00/00 Junius Spencer Morgan II Home Junius Spencer Morgan II and wife, Josephine Adams Perry take up residence in Rye at the Jay Estate, staying until 1897.
1907/00/00 Van Norden Carriage House built

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Particulars for Jay Heritage Center:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Historic Use Camp
Historic Use Cemetery
Area of Significance Conservation
Architectural Style Gothic Revival
Architectural Style Greek Revival
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Cultural Affiliation Late Archaic North American
Cultural Affiliation Late Woodland 300 AD - AD 1100
Cultural Affiliation Middle Woodland 200 BC - AD 300
Level of Significance National
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Prehistoric
Owner Private
Historic Use Road-related
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 29th October 1982

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Boston Post Road Historic District
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by Boston Post Rd. and Milton Harbor
Registry Number: 82001275
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, Local
Architect: Multiple
Architectural Style: Classical revival, Greek revival, Gothic
Area in Acres: 300
Contributing Buildings: 21
Non-Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Sites: 16
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, Additional documentation
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National; Local
Area of Significance: Prehistoric, Architecture, Conservation
Applicable Criteria: Person, Architecture-Engineering, Event
Cultural Affiliation: Late Archaic, Middle Woodland, Late Woodland
Period of Significance: 1000-2999 BC, 1850-1874, 1499-1000 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1825-1849, 3000-4999 BC
Significant Year: 1838, 1854
Associated People: Jay, John
Historic Function: Transportation, Funerary, Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Camp, Single dwelling, Cemetery, Road-related
Current Function: Landscape, Recreation and Culture, Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Conservation area Sport facility Single dwelling

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