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  2. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    Bronck House, Coxsackie, NY, built 1663; Dutch Colonial. Developed from around 1630 with the arrival of Dutch colonists to New Amsterdam and the Hudson River Valley in what is now New York [9] and in Bergen in what is now New Jersey. [10] [11] Initially the settlers built small, one room cottages with stone walls and steep roofs to allow a ...

  3. List of historic houses in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Ampthill 1730, Richmond, Virginia, Built by Henry Cary, Jr. and was later owned by Colonel Archibald Cary. Arlington House (the Custis-Lee Mansion), 1802, Arlington County —- home of Robert E. Lee; Ash Grove, 1790, Fairfax County—home of Thomas Fairfax, and Henry Fairfax; Ash Lawn–Highland, 1799, Albemarle County—home of James Monroe

  4. List of the oldest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    What historians can conclude, however, is that the house was either completely updated or built by Reuben Brown in 1725, since most of the house's present features are typical of houses from 1700 to 1730. Fort Niagara: Youngstown: NY 1726 Fortification Built in 1726 by the French as a "house of peace".

  5. List of the oldest buildings in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    c. 1700: Residence Oldest part built between 1670 and 1700. Sands House: Annapolis, Maryland: c. 1700s: Residence Unconfirmed date of construction. Dendrochronology points to a date as early as 1681, but other sources point toward 1739. Historical marker inscribed with a c. 1700s date. Sotterley Plantation: Hollywood, Maryland: 1702 Museum

  6. List of the oldest buildings in New York - Wikipedia

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    Jarvis-Fleet House: Huntington, Long Island: 1700 Lispenard–Rodman–Davenport House: New Rochelle: 1700 Tobias van Steenburgh House: Kingston: 1700 c. One of the few buildings in Kingston not burned in 1777 by British troops (though most of the burned stone houses were repaired and remain). Treasure House: Richmondtown, Staten Island: 1700 ...

  7. 'The Gilded Age' Features These Real-Life Mansions in New ...

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    The Castle—aka the John Paine Mansion—was deemed the "grandest house" in Troy, New York when it was built in 1896. In its long history, the mansion has served as a private residence, a college ...

  8. List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The house as built was originally a two-and-one half story single room plan house, with a chimney bay on the east end. An addition was later added onto the opposite side of the chimney c. 1725 . Restorations to the house to make it more original took place in 1902 when it was used as a guest house.

  9. List of historic houses in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    John Bertram Mansion, built in 1818–19 – Located in the Salem Common Historic District and is a home for the elderly [7] John Tucker Daland House – 1851–1852; Joseph Fenno House–Woman's Friend Society, 18th Century – Federal architecture; Joseph Story House was built in 1811 for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story