A few years after the Civil War ended, New York State funded a program of road building in Westchester County and this was one of the products of that period. Named for the county, it was begun in 1868 and finished circa 1872. Traveling from near the Byram River in Port Chester (originally known as Saw Pit), it occupies a part of the original route of North Street leading to Broadway in White Plains.
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AuthorMy name is Cliff Blau. I was born and raised in White Plains, NY, and in 2015 became interested in learning more about the history of this fair city. The pathway I took into White Plains history was to discover the reason for the names of each of the streets. See https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1WvlOinVQnWh4KGDmEN7YPFfg4II for an annotated map of White Plains. Archives
March 2024
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