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==Arts and culture== [[File:Suffern REA Station.jpg|thumb|Suffern Piermont Branch Station]] [[Image:Washington Avenue Soldiers' Monument.jpg|thumb|upright|Soldier's Monument at Washington and Lafayette avenues]] [[File:Lafayette Theater Suffern NY.JPG|thumb|Lafayette Theater exterior]] [[File:Suffern, NY, post office.jpg|thumb|[[United States Post Office (Suffern, New York)|Post office]]]] ===Historical markers=== * Rochambeau Encampment, Lafayette and Washington avenues * [[Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle|Soldier's Monument]], also known as Washington Ave. Monument, Washington and Lafayette avenues ([[National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockland County, New York|NRHP]]) * Suffern's Depot, 1 Erie Plaza * Suffern Grammar School, 41 Wayne Avenue * Suffern's Sacred Heart Parish, 129 Lafayette Avenue * Suffern's Tavern site, Washington and Lafayette avenues – Suffern's tavern sheltered many Continental Army officers, including Gen. Washington and Aaron Burr, commander of the troops guarding the Ramapo Pass. Torn down about 1856. ===Landmarks and places of interest=== * Brooklands Park – Lake Road – Site of Brooklands, home of [[Daniel Carter Beard]], a founder of Boy Scouts of America.<ref name="Cacioppo">{{cite news |last1=Cacioppo |first1=Nancy |title=Boy Scout founder's estate become Brooklands Park |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121050770/boy-scout-founders-estate-become-brookl |work=The Journal News |date=November 3, 2002 |location=White Plains}}</ref> * Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area – Suffern is a designated gateway to the HRVNHA. * [[Lafayette Theatre (Suffern)|Lafayette Theatre]] – 97 Lafayette Avenue. Rockland's only surviving movie palace, opened in 1924, and having a renovated 1931 Wurlitzer pipe organ installed by the [[American Theatre Organ Society]] in 1992. * Suffern Free Library – 210 Lafayette Avenue. The Ramapo Room contains historical books, clippings and photographs of western Ramapo. * Suffern Railroad Museum – 1 Erie Plaza * Suffern Village Museum – 61 Washington Avenue – Exhibits relating to the history of Suffern and the Ramapo area. Includes displays relating to American Indians, original Avon products, nearby iron mines, and Dan Beard, one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America. Traveling Trunk program is available for classroom use. * [[U.S. Post Office (Suffern, New York)|U.S. Post Office]] – Built during the [[New Deal]], is located on Chestnut Street between [[New York State Route 59|NY 59]] and [[U.S. Route 202 in New York|US 202]], on the northern edge of the village's downtown business district. (NRHP) * [[Washington Avenue Soldier's Monument and Triangle]] – Washington Avenue (NRHP) * [[Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route]] Wayside Panel near gazebo
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