- Wyckoff House
Infobox_nrhp | name =Wyckoff House
nrhp_type = nhl
locmapin = New York
caption =
location = 5816 Clarendon Road, Brooklyn, NY
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 38 | lat_seconds = 40.1 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 55 | long_seconds = 15.8 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1652
architect=
architecture= Colonial
designated=December 24 ,1967 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=743&ResourceType=Building
title=Wyckoff House|date=2007-09-19|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =December 24 ,1967 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=67000013The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claeson Wyckoff House is located at 5816 Clarendon Road in the
Flatbush area of Brooklyn. Estimated to have been built in 1652, it is the oldest surviving example of a Dutchsaltbox frame house in America, and was probably the first structure built by Europeans on Long Island.It is on land that
Wouter van Twiller purchased from the localLenape people in approximately 1636. (Europe ans often referred to the native inhabitants simply by theLenape language place name for the larger area: "Canarsie", in this case)It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1967.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/67000013.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Wyckoff House] |317 KB|author=Patricia Heintzelman|date=1975-10-11|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/67000013.pdf "Accompanying six photos, exterior, from 1967"] |2.55 MB]It is owned by New York City but is operated by a
nonprofit .References
External links
* [http://www.wyckoffassociation.org/index.html The Wyckoff House & Association website]
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