Van Cortlandt House Museum
| Van Cortlandt House Museum | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
| National Historic Landmark | |||
 The house in 2008 |
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| location | New York City , New York , United States | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 53 '24 " N , 73 ° 53' 47" W | ||
| surface | 192 acres (77.7 ha ) | ||
| Built | 1748 | ||
| architect | Frederick Van Cortlandt | ||
| Architectural style | Georgian architecture | ||
| NRHP number | 67000010 | ||
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| The NRHP added | December 24, 1967 | ||
| Declared as an NHL | December 24, 1976 | ||
The Van Cortlandt House Museum (also Frederick Van Cortlandt House or simply Van Cortlandt House ) is the oldest building in the Bronx borough in New York City . It is located in the southwestern part of the approximately 450 hectare Van Cortlandt Park in the Riverdale district and can be reached via Broadway ( US Route 9 ). It is on the National Register of Historic Places (# 67000010) and a National Historic Landmark .
history
The house was built by Frederick Van Cortlandt (1699–1749) for his family in 1748. Van Courtland died before completion, and the property passed to his son James Van Cortlandt (1727–1787).
The Van Courtlandt family of merchants, prominent in New York City, built a grain plantation and mill on the property. During the Revolutionary War it was used by Rochambeau , Lafayette and George Washington and served at times as the headquarters of the Continental Army . The Van Courtlandt family lived there for 140 years until the property was sold to the New York City Council in 1889 and converted into a public park. Van Courtlandt House was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 24, 1967 and a National Historic Landmark on December 24, 1976 . The house has been a museum since 1897 (the oldest museum in New York City and the fourth oldest in the United States).
architecture
The Georgian L-shaped house has two and a half floors and a hipped roof . It was built with field stones . It is considered to be one of the finest examples of high Georgian stone architecture in the United States. The house stands on 192 acres (78 hectares).
Trivia
The building was depicted as a house in Belfast in the second season episode "Battle of the Century" of the television series Boardwalk Empire .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lloyd Ultan: Van Courtlandt Park. In: Kenneth T. Jackson et al.: The Encyclopedia of New York City . 2nd Edition. Yale University Press, New Haven 2010, ISBN 978-0-300-18257-6 , (accessed online from de Gruyter ).
- ^ Van Cortlandt, Frederick, House in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 2, 2020.
- ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York. National Park Service , accessed February 2, 2020.
- ^ The Van Cortlandt House Museum. (No longer available online.) City of New York Parks Department, archived from the original March 22, 2009 ; Retrieved January 19, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Patricia Heintzelman: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Frederick Van Cortlandt House. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation , May 1975, accessed January 12, 2011 .
- ^ Finding fertile ground for film. In: riverdalepress.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
