Thomas Paine Memorial Museum
The Paine Memorial Building and museum is located north of the Paine Monument at the corner of North Avenue and Valley Road in New Rochelle, New York. The construction of this building was begun on May 30, 1925, under the instruction of President William van der Weyde. Thomas A. Edison helped to turn the first shovel of earth for the museum. The building serves as a museum to display both Paine relics as well as others of local historical interest. A large collection of books, pamphlets and pictures is contained in the Paine library including many first editions of Paine's works as well as several original manuscripts. In 1943 a wing was added to the building to house the Hufeland Memorial Library. This collection comprises several thousand items pertaining to the history of Westchester and were assembled by Otto Hufeland of Mount Vernon, New York. To this has been added a large collection of books, manuscripts and pictures pertaining to local and Huguenot history.
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