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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.
The history of the Cornelius Van Wyck estate predates the construction of the Van Wyck house. Cornelius Van Wyck's father, Johannes Van Wyck, purchased 125 acres of land from Richard and Sarah Cornell. [4] This property was inherited by Cornelius when his father died in 1734. [4] The house was originally constructed in 1735 by Cornelius Van ...
East wing of the house Inside the house. During the American Revolutionary War, the property was the home of Isaac Van Wyck.However, because of its strategic location with regard to the Hudson River and major roads, the Old Albany Post Road (later US 9) running north–south and the road running east–west (later NY 52 and Interstate 84), it was requisitioned by the Continental Army.
Cornelius Van Rensselaer (1801–1871) ⚭ 1826: Catharine Westerlo Bleecker (granddaughter of S.V.R. II) Visscher Van Rensselaer ⚭ 1866: Mary Augusta Miller Cornelia Livingston Van Rensselaer (1879–1956) ⚭ Theodore Strong (1863–1928) (grandson of Theodore Strong) Robert Van Rensselaer (1740–1802) ⚭ 1765: Cornelia Rutsen (1746/47 ...
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 Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead in Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York City, is a National Historic Landmark.It is believed to have been built before 1766. During the American Revolution it housed Hessian soldiers, two of whom, Captain Toepfer of the Ditfourth regiment and Lieut. M. Bach of the Hessen-Hanau Artillerie, scratched their names and units into windowpanes.
The Delamater-Bevin Mansion, also known as The Bevin House, is a historic 22-room Victorian mansion on the north shore of Long Island within the Incorporated Village of Asharoken, New York. The estate is on the Eatons Neck landmass on the edge of Duck Island Harbor, an inlet of Northport Bay, off of Long Island Sound .