Purchase, New York

{{Short description|Hamlet in Harrison, New York, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}}

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'''Purchase''' is a hamlet in the town of Harrison in Westchester County, New York, United States. One myth explains that its name is derived from Harrison's purchase, where John Harrison was to be granted as much land as he could ride in one day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harrison-ny.gov/historian/pages/the-beginning-of-harrison-purchase |title=The Beginning of Harrison Purchase |access-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref> Purchase is home to State University of New York at Purchase and Manhattanville College and is one of the richest communities on the east coast.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warren|first=Katie |title=I visited one of America's richest zip codes, a neighborhood known for its country clubs and sprawling mansions, where the average income is $857,300. Here's what it looks like.|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/harrison-purchase-new-york-americas-rich-zip-codes-photos-2019-4#:~:text=The%20wealthy%20community%20of%20Purchase,about%20%24420%2C000%2C%20according%20to%20Bloomberg. |date=April 19, 2019 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History== 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. They called it "Harrison's Purchase", or simply "The Purchase", and it is still known today as Purchase, NY. A Quaker meeting house was erected there in 1727.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scharf |first=John Thomas |url=https://books.google.ca/books?redir_esc=y&id=qj0WAAAAYAAJ&q=whitewood#v=snippet&q=whitewood&f=false |title=History of Westchester County: New York, Including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which Have Been Annexed to New York City |date=1886 |publisher=L. E. Preston & Company |pages=3, 29 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1967, 200 residents stated support for a plan to incorporate Purchase, so corporations could not build in the community.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/1967/04/04/archives/200-residents-back-plan-to-incorporate-village-of-purchase.html 200 Residents Back Plan to Incorporate Village of Purchase]". ''The New York Times''. April 4, 1967. Retrieved on February 2, 2011.</ref> In response, officials from the Town of Harrison put forward plans to try to become a city in an attempt to stop Purchase from seceding from the Town of Harrison.<ref>Folsom, Merrill. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1967/05/20/archives/harrison-moving-to-become-a-city-town-acts-to-thwart-effort-by.html HARRISON MOVING TO BECOME A CITY; Town Acts to Thwart Effort by Purchase to Secede and Form Own Village]". ''The New York Times''. May 20, 1967. Page 37. Retrieved on February 2, 2011.</ref>

There are many historic sites located in Purchase. The grounds that SUNY Purchase now{{when?|date=March 2026}} occupies was once Strathglass Farms, a dairy farm. The Quaker Friends Meeting house was founded in the 18th century. The original building fell victim to fire years ago,{{when?|date=March 2026}} and the present one is an accurate reconstruction. Before the headquarters of Pepsi was built, the Blind Brook Polo Club was located on that site. Amelia Earhart flew her plane from the polo grounds. Many colonial-era homes and unspoiled natural woodlands have decreased in the last 30 years{{when?|date=March 2026}} due to residential development. The Old Oaks Country Club, originally named "Hill Crest", is a splendid mansion house built in the late 1880s by millionaire Trenor Luther Park and his wife Julia Catlin Park. Trenor Luther was a Harvard Graduate, who studied law, and a silk merchant. 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. Purchase is also known for being one of the richest areas in the country.

The Reid Hall, Manhattanville College was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>

==Economy and business== [[File:PepsiCoHQPurchaseNY.jpg|thumb|PepsiCo headquarters]] Mastercard's headquarters, Mastercard International Global Headquarters;<ref>"[http://www.mastercard.com/us/company/en/newsroom/contact_mc.html Contact Us]". Mastercard. Retrieved on February 2, 2011. "MasterCard Advisors 2000 Purchase Street Purchase, NY 10577".</ref><ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US3632402&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Harrison town, New York]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 18, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=86000US10577&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on 10577 5-Digit ZCTA, 105 3-Digit ZCTA]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on June 8, 2010.</ref> PepsiCo;<ref>"[http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/December-2010/Our-10-Most-Beautiful-Buildings/ Our 10 Most Beautiful Buildings]". ''Westchester Magazine''. November 17, 2010. Retrieved on February 1, 2011.</ref> and Central National-Gottesman are headquartered in Purchase. Pernod Ricard has offices in Purchase.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pernod-ricard-usa.com/AboutUS.aspx?SectionID=32|title=Pernod Ricard USA – Locations|access-date=June 19, 2013|archive-date=July 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703001357/http://pernod-ricard-usa.com/AboutUS.aspx?SectionID=32|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lenovo maintained its U.S. headquarters in Purchase until 2006, when it announced its relocation to Morrisville, North Carolina.<ref name=Hogan1>Hogan, Patrick. "Lenovo shifting U.S. headquarters to Morrisville, but will cut 300–350 Triangle jobs." ''Triangle Business Journal''. Thursday March 16, 2006. Updated Friday March 17, 2006. [http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2006/03/13/daily27.html p.1]. Retrieved on October 12, 2012.</ref>

The average household income in Purchase was estimated to be approximately $352,000 in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Purchase, New York 10577 Demographics – Household Income Statistics|url=http://www.clrsearch.com/Purchase-Demographics/NY/10577/Household-Income|publisher=CLRsearch|access-date=September 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023044321/http://www.clrsearch.com/Purchase-Demographics/NY/10577/Household-Income|archive-date=October 23, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018, ''Bloomberg'' ranked 10577 the fifth wealthiest ZIP Code in the United States.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-10/to-visit-america-s-richest-zip-code-first-you-ll-need-a-boat | title=This is America's Richest Zip Code | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=April 10, 2018 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecinemaholic.com/the-sinner-filming-locations-guide/ |title='The Sinner': Filming Locations Guide |date=February 6, 2020 |work=Cinemaholic |access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1161075/The-Sinner-season-2-filming-location-Where-is-The-Sinner-filmed-set-Keller-New-York |title=The Sinner season 2 location: Where is The Sinner filmed? Where's it set? |date=August 2, 2019 |website=Express UK}}</ref>

In 2025, the median household income was reported as $976,200,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Flynn |first=Liz |date=2025-03-16 |title=The 30 Richest Neighborhoods in the Northeast U.S. |url=https://moneyinc.com/the-30-richest-neighborhoods-in-the-northeast-u-s/ |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=Money Inc |language=en-US}}</ref> and the average home price as over $1.5 million.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Welber |first=Bobby WelberBobby |date=2025-07-31 |title=New York Home To Top 2 Richest Towns In America |url=https://wyrk.com/ixp/854/p/hudson-valley-home-to-the-top-2-richest-towns-in-america/ |access-date=2026-03-01 |website=106.5 WYRK |language=en}}</ref>

==Education== ===Public schools=== Purchase School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://purchase.harrisoncsd.org/home |title=Purchase School - Homepage |access-date=2010-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318063317/http://purchase.harrisoncsd.org/home |archive-date=March 18, 2010 }}</ref> is the local K–5 elementary school, which is part of the Harrison Central School District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrisoncsd.org/ |title=Home |publisher=Harrisoncsd.org |access-date=2013-07-13}}</ref> Harrison High School is the local high school, which offers the IB Diploma Programme, and which is the only high school operated by the Harrison Central School District. Harrison High School also serves the entire area of the Town of Harrison, including the Village of Harrison, which is economically diverse. In 2010, Superintendent of the Harrison Central School District, Louis N. Wool was named Superintendent of the Year in New York State.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patch.com/new-york/harrison/superintendent-wool-wins-superintendent-of-the-year |access-date=2014-11-19|title=Wool Wins Superintendent of the Year |date=December 17, 2009 }}</ref>

===Private schools=== Keio Academy of New York, a Japanese international boarding school, is in Purchase.

===Colleges and universities=== Purchase is home to the State University of New York at Purchase and Manhattanville University, as well as the Westchester Campus of Fordham University, a private Jesuit research university. Keio University also operates a high school named Keio Academy of New York.

==Media and culture== Purchase is known for the Purchase Community House (PCH), home of the Purchase Day Camp (PDC). It also runs after-school activities during the rest of the year. On the PCH property, there are four pools and numerous playing fields. The Purchase Free Library is also located on the PCH property.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.purchasehouse.com/|title=Purchase Community House|website=www.purchasehouse.com}}</ref>

The Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens at the PepsiCo headquarters and the Neuberger Museum of Art at Purchase College are two significant art collections found in the community.

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). Now, SUNY produces two operas each year.<ref>{{Cite Grove |author= |title=Purchase}} {{full citation needed|date=July 2020}}</ref>

The first annual meeting of the North American Vexillological Association was hosted in Purchase.<ref>https://www.nava.org/nava-01</ref>

==Notable people== {{More citations needed section|date=September 2011}} *Hassan Abbas, scholar and academic *Skylar Brandt, ballet dancer *Kenneth Cole, designer *Eddy Curry,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/cs-080106eddycurrychicago,1,4640807.story?coll=cs-bulls-headlines |title=Chicago Sports News, Schedules & Scores - chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicagosports.chicagotribune.com |access-date=2013-07-13}}</ref> former NBA player *James Badge Dale, actor *Joe Girardi, former MLB player and manager *Sunny Hostin, lawyer and TV host *Alfred A. Knopf Sr., book publisher *Mitski, musician who graduated from Purchase College (class of 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mitski Miyawaki ‘13 |url=https://www.purchase.edu/live/news/807-mitski-miyawaki-13 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.purchase.edu |language=en}}</ref> *Indra Nooyi, business executive *Alan Rosen (born 1969), restaurant and bakery owner, and author *Scott Shannon, radio disc jockey *Regina Spektor, who graduated from Purchase College (class of 2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purchase.edu/live/profiles/5150-regina-spektor-01 |title= Regina Spektor ’01 |author= |date=n.d. |website=Purchase College |publisher=Purchase College |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref> *Sy Sternberg, business executive *Herman Tarnower, cardiologist, author, and murder victim *Tom Llamas, NBC news anchor

== See also == {{Portal|New York (state)}}

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Category:Harrison, New York Category:Hamlets in Westchester County, New York Category:Hamlets in New York (state)