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Nest of tables ("quartetto", early 1800s) Nest of tables (also known as nested tables, nesting tables) is a set of few tables with progressively smaller heights and frames, so that they can be stacked when not in use. [1] A smaller table slides inside the frame of a larger one until it engages the edge of the back frame. [2] Typically a set ...
In 1793 they obtained a loan of £3,000 from the New York State Legislature. In 1793 the firm advertised a reward of $50 for identification of any nearby source of sand suitable for use as raw material in glass making. Also, "Clay for making crucibles and sand for making glass were brought to Albany from Amboy and Port Elizabeth, New Jersey."
This list is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places in Suffolk County, New York. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025.
Unkechaug Indian Nation recognized by State of New York 1777. Located 1 mile south at Forge River and Poospatuck Creek William G. Pomeroy Foundation: 6: ROE TAVERN 1936: New York State Route 25A: East Setauket, New York: Stood here 1703–1936. Washington spent the night here April 22, 1790. Austin Roe, Inn Keeper, was one of Washington's spies.
There are 277 NHLs in New York state, which is more than 10 percent of all the NHLs nationwide, and the most of any state. [2] The National Park Service also has listed 20 National Monuments, National Historic Sites, National Memorials, and other sites as being historic landmarks of national importance, [ 3 ] of which 7 are also designated NHLs.
This list of museums on Long Island is a list of museums in Nassau County, New York and Suffolk County, New York. (Museums in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, which are also physically located on Long Island, are found in List of museums in New York City). Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also ...
The Vanderbilt Museum is located in Centerport on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Named for William Vanderbilt II (1878–1944), it is located on his former 43-acre (17 ha) estate, Eagle's Nest .
Westbrook was designed in 1886 for William Bayard Cutting (1850–1912) by the architect Charles C. Haight in the Tudor Revival style.Cutting had bought the estate for building his house on from George L. Lorillard in 1884.