Van Cortlandt House Museum
- Van Cortlandt House Museum
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name = Van Cortlandt House
nrhp_type = nhl
caption = The mansion
location = Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx, New York City, NY
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 53
lat_seconds = 24
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73
long_minutes = 53
long_seconds = 47
long_direction = W
area =
built = 1748
architect = Frederick Van Cortlandt
architecture = Georgian
designated= December 24, 1976[cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=740&ResourceType=Building]
title=Van Cortlandt House|date=2007-09-22|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] ]
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 67000010
mpsub =
governing_body = New York City Department of Parks and RecreationThe Van Cortlandt House Museum, also known as Frederick Van Cortlandt House or Van Cortlandt House, is the oldest building in The Bronx, New York City.
The house was built by Frederick Van Cortlandt (1699–1749) in 1748 as a mansion for the Van Cortlandt family built in Yonkers, of fieldstone, in Georgian style. He died before its completion and willed it to his son, James Van Cortlandt (1727–1787).
The Van Cortlandts, a merchantile family prominent in New York affairs, established a grain plantation and grist mill on the property. The house was used during the Revolutionary War by Rochambeau, Lafayette, and Washington.
After 140 years of occupancy by the Van Cortlandt family and their slaves, in 1889 the property was sold to the City of New York and made a public parkland. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1967 and became a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[National Park Service, [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/NY01.pdf National Historic Landmark Survey, New York] , retrieved June 3, 2007.] The house has been operated as a public museum since 1897.]References
External links
*http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_van_cortlandt_park/vt_van_cort_01.html
*http://www.vancortlandthouse.org/
* [http://www.americanrevolution.org/ind3.html Death in the Bronx The Stockbridge Indian Massacre August 31, 1778]
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