Boston Post Road Historic DistrictBoston Post Road Historic District

Three mansions and associated grounds with pre-contact archaeological significance; 5 contributing properties include the 23-acre Jay Estate, childhood home of Founding Father John Jay, Lounsberry, Rye Golf Club home of Whitby Castle, the private Jay Cemetery, final resting place of John Jay and his descendants, and Marshlands Conservancy, a nature preserve running from Boston Post Road down to the Long Island Sound, an area essentially unchanged for 200 years Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitby-castle-rye.jpg)