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Cornelius Steenwyck [2] (born Cornelis Jacobsz Steenwijck; March 16, 1626 – November 21, 1684) served two terms as Mayor of New York City, the first from 1668 to 1672 (or 1670, [3]) and the second from 1682 to 1684 (or 1683 [3]).
The Main Street Historic District in Stone Ridge, New York, United States, is located along US 209/NY 213 in that hamlet, part of the Town of Marbletown in Ulster County.It is a strip from the southern end of the unincorporated community to a short distance north of the intersection at Cooper Street, where the 209/213 concurrency ends.
Friendfield Plantation is a 3,305-acre plantation near Georgetown, South Carolina composed of parts of six former historic plantations and Friendship House, built in 1931-36. [1] [2]: 6–9 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Contributing elements of the listing include 23 buildings, 15 other structures, and 14 sites.
The West Hill Historic District is a prestigious residential subdivision of the town of West Hartford, Connecticut.Originally the site of the estate of Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, son of transportation magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, it was developed as a planned subdivision of upper-class residences in the 1920s.
Wolfert Gerritse Van Couwenhoven (1 May 1579 – 1662), [1] also known as Wolphert Gerretse van Kouwenhoven and Wolphert Gerretsen, was an original patentee, director of bouweries (farms), and founder of the New Netherland colony.
The waterfront mansion was a foreclosure that the bank repossessed last August, according to Zillow.It was listed for $3.49 million, so Jordan must have some negotiating skills.
Grey Gardens is a 14-room [1] house at 3 West End Road and Lily Pond Lane in the Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York.It was the residence of the Beale family from 1924 to 1979, including mother and daughter Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale from 1952 to 1977.
In 1925 the Major's wife, Maude Sergeant (whose family line traces back to the Kent, England, origins of East Hampton) [3] bought the house. In 1926 the Bouviers joined the Maidstone Club. The Major was to [clarification needed] formally buy the house from his wife in 1935 after inheriting money from his uncle Michel Charles "M. C." Bouvier.