Garrison Landing Historic District
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Garrison Landing Historic District
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East (front) elevation of Garrison Art Center and other mid-19th-century commercial buildings, 2008
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| Location | Garrison, NY |
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| Nearest city | Peekskill |
| Coordinates | 41°22′57″N 73°56′49″W / 41.38250°N 73.94694°WCoordinates: 41°22′57″N 73°56′49″W / 41.38250°N 73.94694°W |
| Area | 5.3 acres (2.1 ha) |
| Built | 19th century |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| MPS | Hudson Highlands MRA |
| NRHP reference # | 82001243 |
| Added to NRHP | November 23, 1982 |
The Garrison Landing Historic District, also known as Garrison's Landing, is a small commercial and residential area located between what is now the Metro-North Hudson Line and the Hudson River in Garrison, New York, United States. Its buildings were mostly erected in the 1850s, around the time the Hudson River Railroad, later the New York Central, laid the tracks. Much of the construction was spearheaded by the president of a local ferry company to provide rental housing for local workers. His descendants lived in the area until the late 20th century and led efforts to preserve it, founding and helping to run two organizations for that purpose.
Its architecture remained well-preserved enough that in the late 1960s the producers of the film version of Hello, Dolly filmed scenes here set in 1890 Yonkers, and made some improvements to the district that still exist. In 1982 the 5.3-acre (2.1 ha) historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Hudson Highlands Multiple Resource Area. Until 2008 it was also home to Guinan's, an Irish pub well-known outside the area, and the subject of a book by journalist Gwendolyn Bounds.
The district's boundaries are the river on the west, the railroad tracks on the east, Dock Road on the north and the end of Depot Square, just north of the current train station, on the south. That area includes 17 buildings and structures, most of them contributing properties to the district's historic character, on Depot Square and Dock Road plus the open areas extending to the river behind them.
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