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Van Slyke Castle), originally known as Foxcroft, is a ruined early 20th century mansion in the state forest that was built to resemble a castle. [2] [3] The home was built by stockbroker William Porter in the 1900s. He named the property Foxcroft, as it was built on Fox Hill.
Ots-Toch was born in or about 1600 near Canajoharie, New York, though according to some assessments of her life story, she was born considerably earlier. [citation needed] She married Dutch settler Cornelise Antonnisen Van Slyke and founded the Van Slyke family in New Netherland.
Ramapo Lake is a 120-acre man-made lake in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in Northern New Jersey. [1]Ramapo Lake originally consisting of a 25-acre pond named Rotten Poel (Rats Pond) by the Dutch.
A shepherd sits on the old castle-wall, conversing with a youth seated on the ground, near a dog and three sheep. On a bastion, on the other side, are three sheep; in a breach of the bastion stands a man. On a pool are three swans. The figures and cattle are by A. van de Velde. A thunderstorm has just passed over.
Van Slyke or Van Slycke is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "of/from Slyke". The Dictionary of American Family Names published by Oxford University Press documents the two most likely meanings of the word "Slyke" here: [1] from Middle Dutch slijcke "mire", "marshy place" (modern Dutch slijk)
A ruined castle stands on a high rocky hill to the right. In the left foreground a stream, on whose rocky banks grow firs, forms a waterfall and flows along the foot of the hill. A great fir stands on a bank ; some felled trees lie near. To the right are two houses amid trees at the foot of the castle-hill. In the left distance is a mountain.
It was built by cosmetics magnate Carl Weeks and his wife, Edith Van Slyke Weeks, between 1923 and 1928. Salisbury House was modeled after the King's House in Salisbury, England, [3] contains 42 rooms and measures just over 22,000 square feet (2,000 m 2). The property is owned and operated by the Salisbury House Foundation and is open to the ...
The ancient fortress is located just west of Van and east of Lake Van in the Van Province of Turkey. Silva Tipple New Lake led an American expedition to the ruins in 1938-40. [ 1 ] Most of the finds and field records from this were lost in the sinking of the S.S. Athenia in 1940.