Rye Town Park-Bathing Complex and Oakland Beach is a historic

park A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...

and public

beach A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shel ...

located on

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at Rye,

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. It is located next to the separately listed Playland Amusement Park. It was designed in 1909 by architects Upjohn & Conable (

Hobart Upjohn Hobart Brown Upjohn (1876–1949) was an American architect, best known for designing a number of ecclesiastical and educational structures in New York and in North Carolina. He also designed a number of significant private homes. His firm produce ...

and George W. Conable) and landscape architects Brinley & Holbrook. There are six historically significant buildings and structures; they are the

Mission Revival The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...

style Bathing Complex. This includes the Bathing Pavilion and two shelters, a restaurant (1910), the Spring House, and the Women's Bath House (1925). ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 2003.

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Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Mission Revival architecture in New York (state) Buildings and structures completed in 1925 Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub

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