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The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the nation. The New York Historical Museum & Library has been at its present location since 1908. The granite building was designed by York & Sawyer in a classic Roman Eclectic style.
This is a list of New York (state) historic sites. It includes 40 state-designated historic sites and parks managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Twenty-two sites also are National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) of the United States and are described further in List of National Historic ...
Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in New York listed on the National Register of Historic Places: There are over 6,000 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New York State. Some are listed within each one of the 62 counties in New York State.
Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society. 7: Grumman 1930–94 2003: Central Avenue and Grumman Road Bethpage: Site of their first Airfield & Plant #1. Est. Oct. 1936 in Bethpage, N.Y. Birthplace of the famous F4F-3 Wildcat Navy Fighter. Central Park Historical Society. 8: Historical Complex: Merrick Road Massapequa: 1844 Old Grace Church.
This is a list of New York State Historic Markers by county. There are over 2800 historical markers in New York State. The program was started in 1926 to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Revolutionary War and was discontinued in 1966. It was managed under the Department of the Education’s State History Office.
New York State Historical Association: Reported assets of $53.237 million on June 30, 2005, and took in revenues of $6.216 million in FY 2005; American Irish Historical Society: located on Fifth Avenue in New York City, opposite Metropolitan Museum of Art; American Jewish Historical Society: 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY
The State Historic Marker Program was started in 1926 by the New York State Education Department to acknowledge the Sesquicentennial (115 years) of the American Revolution. During the time of the program (1926-1939), over 2,800 small blue cast-iron site markers with yellow lettering were placed all over the state of New York. In 1939, funding ...
Location of New York County in New York. There are 586 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New York County, New York, which consists of Manhattan Island, the Marble Hill neighborhood on the mainland north of the Harlem River Ship Canal, and adjacent smaller islands around it.