Historic Sites
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Albany County Historical Association & Ten Broeck Mansion Albany, New York
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The 209-year-old Ten Broeck Mansion is the headquarters of the Albany County Historical... |
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Avon Inn Avon, New York
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This stately, 19th-century Greek Revival mansion, listed on the National Register of... |
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Bannerman Castle Trust Fishkill, New York
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David Bannerman purchased the island from the Taft family in 1900 as a safe storage site... |
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Bayside Historical Society Fort Totten, New York
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The birth of the Bayside Historical Society was the culmination of several committees... |
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Bridge Hampton Historical Society Bridgehampton, New York
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The Corwith house was built c. 1840 by William Corwith (1791-1872). At least part of the... |
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Bronck Museum Coxsackie, New York
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The home that Bronck built in 1663 is the oldest home in upstate New York. The complex... |
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Bronx County Historical Society Bronx, New York
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The society is not only dedicated to preserving Bronx history. It also offers a variety... |
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Brooklyn Historical Society Brooklyn, New York
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The mission of the Brooklyn Historical Society is to connect the past to the present and... |
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Brunswick Historical Society Cropseyville, New York
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The Brunswick Historical Society began in the early 1970's, when a handful of community... |
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Caramoor Center For Music And The Arts Katonah, New York
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The Rosen House, built around a central courtyard, is the former summer home of Caramoor'... |
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Clinton Historical Society & Museum Clinton, New York
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The Clinton Historical Society was located over the Kirkland Town Library in rented... |
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Clinton House State Historic Site Poughkeepsie, New York
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The Clinton House served as a meeting place for local goverment officials when... |
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Columbia County Historical Society & Museum Kinderhook, New York
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The Columbia County Historical Society is the custodian of four historic buildings, more... |
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Conference House Staten Island, New York
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A captain in the Royal Navy, Billopp built this House around 1680 as the center of his 1,... |
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Delaware & Hudson Canal Museum High Falls, New York
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Nearly 4,000 artifacts maps, models, paintings, and documents relating to the canal... |
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Dutchess County Historical Society Poughkeepsie, New York
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For over 93 years of Dutchess County’s 324 years, Dutchess County Historical... |
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East Hampton Historical Society & Museums East Hampton, New York
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The East Hampton Historical Society is the parent organization for a complex of five... |
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Empire State Railway Museum Phoenicia, New York
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Visitors can tour the inside of a Delaware and Hudson Railway baggage car, or view the... |
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Essex Inn, The Essex, New York
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It has operated almost continuously since the early lake port days, making it one of the... |
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Fort Ticonderoga Ticonderoga, New York
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Exhibits at the fort depict the natural and strategic geography of the historic landscape... |
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Fraunces Tavern Museum New York, New York
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Fraunces Tavern Museum is a survivor of the early days of New York City. It was built in... |
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Historic Cherry Hill Albany, New York
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In April of 1963 when Emily Rankin, the last surviving family member, passed away, the... |
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Historic Saranac Lake Saranac Lake, New York
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Founded in 1980, Historic Saranac Lake (HSL) is a nonprofit, historic preservation,... |
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Historical Society Of Rockland County New City, New York
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Comprised of four structures, a 7,200-square-foot museum of Rockland history and three... |
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Historical Society Of The Courts Of New York White Plains, New York
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The society presents program on a wide variety of topics about New York's legal history... |
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Holland Land Office Museum Batvia, New York
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Before the territory could be opened up for settlement, it was necessary to obtain land... |
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Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Albany, New York
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Revolutionary War stories, famous residences, scenic parks and gardens, and landscape... |
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Huntington Historical Society Huntington, New York
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The Huntington Historical Society began as an exclusively female organization in the... |
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Hyde Park Station Hyde Park, New York
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The last regularly-scheduled New York Central passenger train stopped in 1958.... |
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Irvington Historical Society & Center Irvington, New York
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One of the exhibits at the history center is “Those Who Served,” which... |
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Jay Heritage Center Rye, New York
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Located on 23 acres in Westchester County, the Jay Heritage Center celebrates the boyhood... |
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John Jay Homestead State Historic Site Katonah, New York
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John Jay co-authored the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War, and the... |
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Johnson Hall State Historic Site Johnstown, New York
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Johnson Hall State Historic Site was the 1763 Georgian home and business headquarters for... |
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Lorenzo State Historic Site Cazenovia, New York
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The c.1814 Rippleton Schoolhouse operated as the District No. Seven school in the town of... |
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Lyndhurst Tarrytown, New York
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Overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown NY is Lyndhurst, one of America's finest Gothic... |
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Manitoga & The Russel Wright Design Center Garrison, New York
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In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, the signature on a set of dinnerware or piece of furniture... |
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Old Fort House Museum Fort Edward, New York
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The house museum, originally the 1772 home of Patrick Smyth, has been open to the public... |
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Old Stone House Brooklyn, New York
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During the Battle of Brooklyn in August 1776, a regiment of about 400 volunteers from... |
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Playland Amusement Park Rye, New York
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Playland is Metro New York's great family amusement park and entertainment center. ... |
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Queens Historical Society & Kingsland Homestead Flushing, New York
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Kingsland Homestead was built circa 1785 for Charles Doughty, the son of Benjamin Doughty... |
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Seguine Mansion Staten Island, New York
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By 1786, James Seguine had purchased a large parcel of land overlooking Prince’s... |
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Skene Manor Whitehall, New York
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In 1874 New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Potter built the three-story Victorian gothic... |
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Skenesborough Museum Whitehall, New York
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The Skenesborough Museum concentrates on the history of the area, along with a focus the... |
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Staatsburgh State Historic Site Staatsburg, New York
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Staatsburgh, is a New York State Historic Site located within the boundaries of Mills-... |
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Steel Plant Museum & Lackawanna Library Lackawanna, New York
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The museum also contains old city directories, microfilm of Lackawanna’s local... |
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Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre New York, New York
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The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre was imported to the U.S. in 1876 as Sweden’s... |
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Thomas Cole National Historic Site Catskill, New York
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Nurtured by the Catskill Mountain region, artist Thomas Cole found a home at Cedar Grove.... |
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Three Village Historical Society Setauket, New York
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The Three Village Historical hung its sign outside the Society Headquarters at 93 North... |
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Van Schaick Mansion Cohoes, New York
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The home, once used as military headquarters, contains exhibits on 18th century life and... |
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Weeksville Heritage Center Brooklyn, New York
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The landmark Hunterfly Road Houses are the last surviving residence of 19th century... |
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Wilderstein Historic Site Rhinebeck, New York
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The history of Wilderstein begins in 1852 with Thomas Holy Suckley's purchase of the... |
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Women's Rights National Historical Park Seneca Falls, New York
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Seneca Falls hosted the First Women's Rights Convention, and today you can learn about... |
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
