Purchase is a hamlet in the town and village of Harrison, in Westchester County, New York, United States.
[2] In 1695, John Harrison, a Quaker from Flushing, Queens, "purchased of the Indians a tract of land about nine miles in length and nearly three in width...
The Indians reserved 'such whitewood trees as shall be found suitable to make canoes of..." Large numbers of Friends came to settle there.
The original building fell victim to fire years ago and the present one is an accurate reconstruction.
Many colonial era homes and unspoiled natural woodlands have decreased in the last 30 years due to residential development.
His father, Trenor William Park, funded the Panama Railway, ran for Vice President of the United States in 1864 and was involved with the California Gold Mines.
[16] The hamlet "was used to film a sizeable chunk of the second season" of The Sinner in summer 2018; one featured location is the Cobble Stone Restaurant.
During the 1980s, the city hosted the festival Pepsico Summerfare, known for their opera productions which included Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde (1981–84), David Eaton's The Cry of Clytaemnestra (1982), and Peter Sellars's Little Mahagonny/Cantata 60: Conversations with Fear and Hope After Death (1985), Peter Sellars's productions of Mozart's Così fan tutte (1986), Don Giovanni (1987) and Le nozze di Figaro (1988).