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The Buchanan side of his family arrived in the United States from Scotland. His paternal grandfather was a general with the Maryland Militia during the Revolutionary War while his maternal grandfather Thomas McKean was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Captain Franklin Buchanan, USN (circa 1855–1861)
Theodore Roosevelt – U.S. president, represented Upper East Side in New York State Assembly at beginning of his political career. Elihu Root – former Secretary of State [191] Christopher Ross – sculptor, designer and collector; Steve Ross – CEO of Time Warner [180] James Rorimer – museum director [192] Aby Rosen – real estate ...
Duke was born in New York City. [2] His father was Angier Buchanan Duke (1884–1923) and his mother was Cordelia Drexel Biddle, later Cordelia Biddle Robertson. Angier Buchanan Duke was an heir to the American Tobacco Company fortune while Cordelia Drexel Biddle was a member of the Biddle family who were prominent in business, political and cultural affairs in Philadelphia.
Constructed between 1909 and 1912 as a private residence for businessman James Buchanan Duke and his family, the building has housed the New York University (NYU)'s Institute of Fine Arts since 1959. The house has a limestone facade and was designed to look like a two-story structure from the street.
The Samuel Osgood House, also known as the Walter Franklin House, was the first official residence of the President of the United States.It housed George Washington, his family, and household staff, from April 23, 1789, to February 23, 1790, during New York City's two-year term as the national capital.
The Church of the Holy Communion and Buildings are historic Episcopal church buildings at 656–662 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) at West 20th Street in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. The church is a New York City landmark, designated in 1966, [2] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It ...
The Duke Ellington House is a historic residence at 935 St. Nicholas Avenue, in Manhattan, New York City.Apartment 4A in this apartment house was the home of Duke Ellington (1899–1974), the noted African American composer and jazz pianist, from 1939 through 1961. [3]
Dickinson is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 1,031 at the 2020 census. [3] The town was named after Philemon Dickinson, a brigadier general of the New Jersey militia during the American Revolutionary War. Dickinson is on the western border of Franklin County, southwest of Malone and east of Potsdam.