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2. Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Jans Martense Schenck house - Wikipedia

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   The Jan Martense Schenck house was built by Dutch settler Jan Martense Schenck (1631-1687), within what is now the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn, New York City. Believed to be one of New York City's oldest houses, the structure was later moved to the Brooklyn Museum, where it is used as a public exhibit. Schenck was born in Amersfoort in the ...

4. Wyckoff House - Wikipedia

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   December 24, 1967 [4] Designated NYCL. October 14, 1965 [2] The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, within Milton Fidler Park. It is situated on land that New Netherland director general Wouter van Twiller purchased from the Lenape ...

5. Vanderbilt houses - Wikipedia

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   Townhouse (1896) at 12 East 77th Street in Manhattan, New York. Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873–1942) Townhouse (1882) [7] part of the Triple Palace at 640 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York. The house was completely renovated in 1914 by Grace Vanderbilt at a cost of $500,000. Demolished c. 1945.

6. Lefferts Historic House - Wikipedia

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   The Lefferts Historic House is located within Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York City. Built circa 1783, it is the former home of enslaved persons and the family of Continental Army Lieutenant Pieter Lefferts. It currently operates as a museum of the Leffertses' family life in Kings County. [1] The museum is part of the Historic House Trust ...

7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooklyn

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   Beth Olam Cemetery. May 16, 2016. (#16000254) 2 Cypress Hills St. 40°41′26″N 73°52′48″W  /  40.69069°N 73.87990°W  / 40.69069; -73.87990  (Beth Olam Cemetery) Cypress Hills. Rural cemetery started in 1851 by three Jewish congregations in the city; contains many examples of architecture and funerary art.