Wyckoff House

Coordinates: 40°38′40″N 73°55′15″W / 40.64444°N 73.92083°W / 40.64444; -73.92083
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Wyckoff House
Brooklyn, NY
Coordinates40°38′40″N 73°55′15″W / 40.64444°N 73.92083°W / 40.64444; -73.92083
Builtbefore 1641
Architectural styleColonial
Websitehttps://wyckoffmuseum.org/
NRHP reference No.67000013[1]
NYCL No.0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1967[3]
Designated NHLDecember 24, 1967[4]
Designated NYCLOctober 14, 1965[2]

The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The house is within Milton Fidler Park.

It is situated on land that

Dutch frame house in America, and it was one of the first structures built by Europeans on Long Island
. The majority of the current structure was added in the 19th century, with the small kitchen section dating back to the 18th century.

It is owned by New York City but is operated by The Wyckoff House & Association.[7] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967[4][5] and is a New York City designated landmark.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Photos/67000013.pdf
  2. ^ a b "Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 14, 1965. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Wyckoff House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 19, 2007.
  5. ^ a b c Patricia Heintzelman (October 11, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Wyckoff House" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying six photos, exterior, from 1967 (2.55 MB)
  6. ^ Tooker, William Wallace (1911). The Indian Place-names on Long Island and Islands Adjacent: With Their Probable Significations. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  7. ^ "Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum". The Historic House Trust of New York City. April 13, 2014.

External links

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