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[25] [20] At the time, the Gracies' city residence was a house that they rented from New York City mayor Richard Varick. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Gracie built a new country estate on the Walton site in 1799, [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] though there is disagreement over whether Gracie destroyed or reused the remains of Belview Mansion.
Pages in category "1776 establishments in New York (state)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of Historic Sites on the Revolutionary War Heritage Trail in the American state of New York.The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the office of Heritage, New York, [1] the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, and a local not-for-profit organization, Brooklyn Heritage, Inc ...
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History (2005) online; Hood. Clifton. In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis (2016). Cover 1760–1970. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City.
A sketch of the Richmond Hill mansion published in 1847. Richmond Hill was a colonial estate on Manhattan Island, that was built on a 26-acre (110,000 m 2) parcel of the "King's Farm" obtained on a 99-year lease in 1767 from Trinity Church by Major Abraham Mortier, paymaster of the British army in the colony.
As the newly renamed City of New York and surrounding areas developed, there was a growing independent feeling among some, but the area was divided in its loyalties. The site of modern New York City was the theater of the New York Campaign, a series of major battles in the early American Revolutionary War. After that, the city was under British ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [ 1 ]