Washington Irving Memorial

The Washington Irving Memorial is located at Broadway and West Sunnyside Lane in Irvington, New York. It features a bust of Irving and sculptures of two of his better-known characters by Daniel Chester French, set in a small stone plaza at the street corner designed by Charles A.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Villa Lewaro and Lyndhurst.

Villa Lewaro

Historic house

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Villa Lewaro, also known as the Madam C.J. Walker Estate, is a 34-room 20,000-square-foot mansion located at Fargo Lane and North Broadway in Irvington, New York, 30 miles north of New York City. Villa Lewaro is situated 1,900 feet south of Washington Irving Memorial.

Lyndhurst

Museum

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Lyndhurst, also known as the Jay Gould estate, is a Gothic Revival country house that sits in its own 67-acre park beside the Hudson River in Tarrytown, New York, about a half mile south of the Tappan Zee Bridge on US 9. Lyndhurst is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Washington Irving Memorial.

Irvington station

Railway station

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Irvington station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in Irvington, New York. Irvington station is situated 1 mile southwest of Washington Irving Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irvington and Tarrytown.

Irvington

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Irvington is a village of 6,500 people in Westchester County in the state of New York. It takes its name from the author Washington Irving, who lived nearby.

Tarrytown

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Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the New York metropolitan area. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately 25 miles north of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line.