Women’s History of Yonkers Walking Tour at Philipse Manor Hall
Join in for the debut of our Women’s History of Yonkers Walking Tour on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.. This urban hike takes a circular route of approximately 2 miles and departs from and returns to Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site (located at 29 Warburton Ave., Yonkers).
In honor of Mother’s Day weekend, we present a brand-new walking tour of downtown Yonkers focused on women’s history from its earliest days to the present. We’ll explore matrilineal Indigenous societies, enslavement, and Dutch women’s rights, women during the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and into the 20th century when women’s influence in public life and politics grew. See historic buildings, monuments, and the Yonkers waterfront on this engaging history hike.
The hike includes some inclines on paved walkways and lasts approximately 2 hours. Participants are encouraged to dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes and sunscreen or a hat. Tour departs promptly at 10:30 a.m., museum opens at 10:00 a.m. Museum accessible via Hudson line train, car, or bus. You can find directions, transportation, and parking information here.
Tickets are $10/person, pay at the door. Tickets include museum admission. Pre-registration is recommended, but not required. To register, call 914-965-4027 or email philipsemanorhall@parks.ny.gov. If heavy rain, storms, or road closures occur, this walk will be cancelled.
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, located at 29 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, NY, 10701, is open for tours Wednesdays through Sundays, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dating back to the 1680s, Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site sits near the confluence of the Nepperhan (Saw Mill) and Hudson Rivers, the site of a Munsee Lunaape village. Used by four generations of the Philipse family and worked by the people they enslaved as well as European tenant farmers, the Philipse Manor was once over 200,000 acres and helped make the Philipse family the richest in New York. Loyalists during the American Revolution, they fled to England and the Hall was owned by several individuals before becoming the Yonkers Village Hall and later Yonkers City Hall. When a new City Hall was built in the early 20th century, the house was preserved through the generosity of Eva Smith Cochran and donated to New York State to serve as a historic site. Today, Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site provides visitors with a balanced approach to interpreting the lives of Indigenous, European, and African people to understand the complex relationships that took place at the Manor from the earliest days of the Dutch Colony of New Netherland to the American Revolution and beyond. Learn more at Philipse Manor Hall’s Virtual Wing at www.philipsemanorhall.com.