Bronck House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Pieter Bronck House
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption =
nearest_city= Coxsackie, NY
area =
built =1663
architect= Multiple
architecture= Colonial, Other
designated = December 24, 1967 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=742&ResourceType=Building
title=Bronck House|date=2007-09-14|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 = Private
refnum=67000012

Bronck House, also known as Pieter Bronck House, is a Dutch homestead house in Coxsackie in Greene County, New York that was constructed in 1663 and added to later.cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/explorers/sitee21.htm |title=Pieter Bronck House|publisher=National Parks Service] It is the oldest structure in upstate New York,cite web|url=http://www.gchistory.org/barns.php |title=Bronck Museum and Barns|publisher=Greene County Historical Society] and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/67000012.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Bronck House] |1.09 MB |date=September 9, 1976 |first=James |last=Dillion|publisher=National Park Service]

A stone house was built first, by Pieter Bronck, of the family for whom the Bronx was named, who bought the property from native Americans. That was expanded soon after, and, in 1738 a larger brick house that was connected by a doorway was built by his grandson. The house is reputed to be the location where the Coxsackie Declaration of Independence was signed, more than a year before the Continental Congress signing in 1776.cite web|url=http://cityguide.pojonews.com/fe/Heritage/stories/he_revolutionary_war.asp
title=Bronck House|publisher= cityguidepojonews.com ]

The house remained in the family until 1938. It is now owned and operated as a museum by the Greene County Historical Society.cite web|url=http://www.gchistory.org/barns.php |title=Bronck Museum and Barns|publisher=Greene County Historical Society]

It is located on Pieter Bronck Road off US 9W, in Coxsackie, west of the Hudson River, south of Albany.

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External links

* [http://www.gchistory.org/barns.php Official Site]
* [http://www.heritageny.gov/revwar/sites.cfm?id=1&PageNum_getALLsites=1&topic=RW Revolutionary War Heritage Trail: Bronck Museum]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhphoto&fileName=ny/ny0200/ny0226/photos/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Peter%20Bronck%20House,%20West%20Coxsackie,%20Greene%20County,%20NY&displayType=1&itemLink=D?hh:2:./temp/~pp_IlSx:: Pieter Bronck House (8 photos)] , at Historic American Buildings Survey.