Are Philipse Manor Hall and Philipsburg Manor the same building?
Nope! Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site is located in downtown Yonkers, and Philipsburg Manor is about 15 miles north of us in the Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown area of New York. As you may have guessed, however, both sites were once owned by the Philipse Family, one of the richest families of colonial New York. They owned all the land between the two sites, and much more besides. Their family’s fortunes ended around the time of the American Revolution when they sided with the Loyalist cause. Philipse Manor Hall was known as the Lower Mills (a grist mill, converted from an earlier saw mill, stood fairly close to the building), and Philipsburg Manor was known as the Upper Mills. The property was reduced after the American Revolution to just 320 acres, and was subsequently downsized as the city expanded. As time passed, and urban Yonkers grew up around Philipse Manor Hall, the building took on several different purposes, including acting as City Hall. Today, Philipse Manor Hall is operat
