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Castle Clinton (also known as Fort Clinton and Castle Garden) is a restored circular sandstone fort within Battery Park at the southern end of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built from 1808 to 1811, it was the first American immigration station , predating Ellis Island .
Fort Totten Officers' Club, also known as the Castle, is a historic clubhouse located at Fort Totten in Bayside, Queens, New York. The officers' club was built in the 1870s and expanded to its present size in 1887. It is a large Late Gothic Revival style building.
In pre-colonial times, the area was home to the Shawnee people. [7]On March 4, 1681, King Charles II signed the Charter of Pennsylvania. The charter granted William Penn lands between the 39th and 42nd degrees of north latitude and from the Delaware River westward for five degrees of longitude, roughly the territory between Lord Baltimore's Province of Maryland and the Duke of York's Province ...
The Ramble is one of three main woodlands in Central Park, [1] [2] [3]: 44–45 the others being North Woods and Hallett Nature Sanctuary. [3]: 2–3 The Ramble covers 36 to 38 acres (14.6 to 15.4 ha), and contains a series of winding paths, as well as outcrops, rustic structures, and several bridges.
Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. It contains exhibit rooms, an observation deck , and since 1919 has housed Central Park’s official weather station. Belvedere Castle was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould in 1867. [ 1 ]
The New York Historical (originally the New-York Historical Society) is an American history museum and library on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. 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 National Natural Landmarks in New York include 29 of the more than 600 National Natural Landmarks (NNLs) in the United States. Twenty-seven landmarks are contained entirely within New York; the two exceptions are the Palisades of the Hudson which extends along the Hudson River into New Jersey , and the Chazy Fossil Reef which spans several ...
Castle Williams was designed and erected between 1807 and 1811 under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel) Jonathan Williams, Chief Engineer of the Corps of Engineers and first Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Williams was also a relative of Benjamin Franklin. [2]