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==Arts and culture== ===Historical markers=== * Collyer Farm Pond and New City Park * [[H. R. Stevens House]] * [[Blauvelt House (New City, New York)|Blauvelt House]] * [[Rockland County Courthouse and Dutch Gardens]] * Martinus Hogenkamp Cemetery * One Germonds ===Landmarks and places of interest=== [[File:HR Stevens House, New City, NY.jpg|thumb|H.R. Stevens House]] [[File:HENRY VARNUM POOR HOUSE, NEW CITY, ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY.jpg|thumb|HENRY_VARNUM_POOR_house]] [[File:NewCitylibrary 2008.jpg|thumb|New City Free Library]] * [[Rockland County Courthouse and Dutch Gardens|Dutch Garden]] β Designed by [[Mary Horgan Mowbray-Clarke]], a [[West Nyack, New York|West Nyack]] native, in 1933β34 as memorial to the county's early settlers, it won "Garden of the Year" from ''[[Better Homes and Gardens (magazine)|Better Home and Gardens]]'' magazine in 1935. Master craftsman Biaglo Gugliuzzo of [[Garnerville, New York|Garnerville]] created walks and latticed walls of [[Haverstraw (village), New York|Haverstraw]] brick. Still standing is the Tea House, with carvings of mountains, windmills and other serene symbols representing aspects of Dutch-American history, others of motifs popular in the 1930s β [[Popeye]], the Baker Cocoa and [[Old Dutch Cleanser]] maids. Over the years, it served as a site for weddings and for concerts. Folk singer [[Burl Ives]] once performed there and [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] visited the garden.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Markers on site. It is now a county park with a beautiful display of flowering [[bulb]]s in spring. The life size statue of Thurgood Marshall Human Rights Monument is located at the garden outside the [[Rockland County Courthouse and Dutch Gardens|Rockland County courthouse]]. ([[National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockland County, New York|NRHP]]) * [[H. R. Stevens House]] β 234 Congers Road (NRHP) * [[High Tor State Park|High Tor Mountain]]. The highest peak of the Palisades Range. The Southern base is in New City. The peak is in [[Haverstraw (village), New York|Haverstraw]]. * [[Blauvelt House (New City, New York)|Jacob Blauvelt Farmhouse]], 20 Zukor Road β A farmhouse of Dutch colonial style built 1882. Contains an open fireplace for cooking demonstrations. The {{convert|4|acre|m2|adj=on}} site also has a museum, [[herb garden]] and nature trail. (NRHP) * [[New City Free Library]] β 220 North Main Street * [[Peter DePew House]] β 101 Old Route 304 (NRHP) * [[South Mountain Road]] β A winding, two-lane historic road. * [[Pojn Hill]] - A nickname based on a local legend for Trout Court.<ref>{{Cite web | title=KPI2x | url=https://mark-horner.com/?location=new_city_ny | access-date=2025-05-18 | website=mark-horner.com}}</ref>
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