Romer-Van Tassel House
Romer-Van Tassel House | |
| Location | 2121 Saw Mill River Rd., Greenburgh, New York |
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| Coordinates | 41°2′39″N 73°49′40″W / 41.04417°N 73.82778°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1793 |
| Architectural style | Colonial |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001373 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 25, 1994 |
Romer-Van Tassel House is a historic home located at 2121 Saw Mill River Road in Elmsford, Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York. It was built in 1793 on the site of an older Romer family[2] house; that house and the Romer family were associated with the capture of John André in 1780.[3]
In 1793, John Romer married Leah Van Tassel. The Van Tassels were descendants of early Dutch settlers and ardent Patriots whose house was burned by the Hessians during the Revolutionary War. John and his father-in-law built a large new house, which became the shared home of the Romer and Van Tassel families. From 1793 into the early 19th century, the house also served as a community meeting center for Greenburgh, before a dedicated town hall was built.[4]
The house is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular stone dwelling, topped by a gable roof. The coursed stone foundation may be the remains of the previous dwelling and dates to about 1684.[5][6] The house was renovated in the 1920s, and the 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame kitchen wing dates to that time.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ The Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow (PDF). History Research Society of the Tappan Zee. 1926. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 11, 2026.
- ^ "Interview with Romer, John". Westchester County Archives. Retrieved February 22, 2026.
- ^ Williams, Gray (2003). Picturing Our Past: National Register Sites in Westchester County. Westchester County Historical Society. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-915585-14-4.
- ^ Romer, John B. (1917). "Historical sketches of the Romer, Van Tassel and allied families, and tales of the neutral ground" (PDF). The Internet Archive. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
- ^ John A. Bonafide (August 1994). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Romer--Van Tassel House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 5, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)