Built In
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937 Post Road Scarsdale, New York 10583
Telephone: (914) 723-1744 Fax: (914) 723-2185
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Built In
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937 Post Road Scarsdale, New York 10583 Telephone: (914) 723-1744 Fax: (914) 723-2185 |
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The Cudner-Hyatt Houseis located on Post Road in Scarsdale and is owned by The Scarsdale Historical Society. The Cudner-Hyatt House, which dates from c. 1734, reflects the lives of the two families who
lived in it for 232 years: the Cudners, from pre-Revolutionary War days until 1836, and the
Hyatts, from 1836 to 1972. Inside this traditional two-story clapboard farmhouse, you see the
tools, textiles and furnishings which you would have used had you been born in the mid-19th
century. In the kitchen, there is an 1882 cast-iron wood-burning stove, very like the original,
which is used in our education programs for cooking and baking. The house, which is listed on
the National Register of Historic Places, is situated on the historic White Plains Post Road.
The one-acre property once included more than 200 acres of farmland, orchards and pastures
between the Hutchinson and Bronx Rivers. The restored farmhouse-museum is furnished with
appropriate period pieces which mid-19th-century families of modest means would have used:
kitchen utensils, furniture, parlor organ and stereoptican, bedchamber quilts and bed-warmers,
and clothing, toys and games throughout the house. |
The 1828 Quaker Meeting Houseis located on Post Road and is the second structure on the property owned by The Scarsdale Historical Society. Originally built in Quaker Ridge (eastern Scarsdale), it was moved and reconstructed at its current location in 1976, and opened in 1977. The Quakers, known as The Society of Friends, were the first religious group to organize in Scarsdale. This historic building is typical of the simple-style meeting houses built in the United States during the 19th century. For nearly 25 years, the building has housed our museum, which features changing exhibitions related to the arts and humanities, as well as our administrative offices. For additional information, see: History of the Quaker Meeting House |
