Yorktown To Hold Hearing On Landmarking Underhill Farm

YORKTOWN, NY — A public hearing will be held in the town of Yorktown to consider making the Underhill Farm property a designated landmark.

The public hearing will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 at Town Hall.

Yorktown’s Heritage Preservation Commission submitted the Underhill Farm Landmark Application to the Town Board on Oct. 19 requesting that the property located at 370 Underhill Ave. be considered for landmark status.

In the application, the commission said Underhill Farm, which was once known as Floral Villa, Beaver Farm, Beaver Conference Center and the Soundview Preparatory School, has been a property of utmost historical significance to the Yorktown community.

The property meets federal, state and local historic significance criteria as an intact example of a federal-style farmhouse transformed into a large Italianatee-style residence showing the evolution of changes in architectural tastes in the second half of the 19th century and because of Abraham and Edward B. Underhill’s contributions to the settlement, agricultural and economic development of Yorktown.

Yorktown Town Hall is at 363 Underhill Ave. in Yorktown Heights.