Historic Sites
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Alice Austen House Museum Staten Island, New York
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In 1877, at the age of 11, Austen received a camera from her uncle. She was immediately... |
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Bartow Pell Mansion Museum Bronx, New York
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In 1836, Pell family descendant Robert Bartow and his wife, Maria Lorillard, purchased... |
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Beattie Powers Place Catskill, New York
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The site, with sweeping views of the Hudson River and the state historic site of Olana,... |
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Boscobel House & Gardens Garrison, New York
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Boscobel is situated on a bluff on the east bank of the Hudson River opposite the United... |
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Bowne House Historical Society Flushing, New York
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It was built by John Bowne, who emigrated from England to Boston in 1649 and settled in... |
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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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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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Bull Stone House Campbell Hall, New York
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Built in 1722, the house was once home to William Bull, a stonemason builder, and his... |
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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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Cedarmere Roslyn Harbor, New York
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The natural surrounding provided the perfect backdrop to William Cullen Bryant's writer's... |
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Clermont State Historic Site Germantown, New York
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Clermont became the home of the historic Livingston family in 1728 when Robert Livingston... |
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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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Constitution Island Highland Falls, New York
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In 1778, less than halfway through the Revolutionary War, the Americans were able to... |
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Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society Port Washington, New York
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The society maintains the Sands-Willets House, part of which dates from the early 1700s,... |
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Crailo State Historic Site Renesselaer, New York
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This museum depicts colonial New Netherland history in the upper Hudson Valley.... |
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Dewint House Tappan, New York
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George Washington was invited to stay at the home by the DeWint family, first during... |
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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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Dyckman Farmhouse Museum New York, New York
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The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is a visual treat for everyone who looks up and sees it... |
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Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Bronx, New York
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Edgar Allan Poe spent his final years in the old village of Fordham, living in this tiny... |
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Edward Hopper House Art Center Nyack, New York
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The house of Edward Hopper’s youth was built in 1858 by the artist's maternal... |
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Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (val Kill Cottage) Hyde Park, New York
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Eleanor Roosevelt chose Val-Kill for her retreat, her office, her home, and her "... |
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Elizabeth Van Tassel House Tarrytown, New York
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There is no way around this, so we may as well be frank: the location of the Van Tassel... |
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Gomez Mill House Marlboro, New York
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In 1714, Luis Moses Gomez, who had fled from the Spanish inquisition, purchased 6,000... |
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Gracie Mansion New York, New York
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Gracie hosted elegant dinner parties at his country estate for visitors including... |
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Granger Homestead Society & Carriage Museum Canandaigua, New York
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Home to four generations of the Granger Family, the Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum... |
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Grant Cottage State Historic Site Gansevoort, New York
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It was in Joseph W. Drexel's Adirondack cottage that General Ulysses S. Grant died of... |
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Hart Cluett House Troy, New York
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The marble-faced structure known as the Hart-Cluett House is one of the finest intact... |
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Hendrick I. Lott House Brooklyn, New York
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The Lott House, as it is presently configured, was constructed in 1800 by Hendrick I.... |
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Historic Huguenot Street New Paltz, New York
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In 1678, a small but brave group of French-speaking Huguenot refugees from what is today... |
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Home Of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site (springwood) Hyde Park, New York
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"All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River"... |
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Hudson River Museum & Glenview Mansion Yonkers, New York
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Contemporary collections spill into the 15,000-square-foot addition. The Andrus... |
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Hurley Heritage Society & Museum Hurley, New York
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Main Street has the oldest concentration of privately owned Stone Houses in the United... |
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Hyde Collection Glens Falls, New York
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The Museum offers a world class collection of objects that span the history of western... |
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John Brown Farm State Historic Site Lake Placid, New York
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Radical abolitionist John Brown and his two sons purchased the 244-acre farm in 1849,... |
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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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King Manor Museum Jamaica, New York
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Today the centerpiece of an 11-acre New York City park in Jamaica, Queens, King Manor... |
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Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site New Windsor, New York
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From October 1782 until the spring of 1783, as 7,000 soldiers and 500 "camp... |
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Kykuit The John D. Rockefeller Estate Tarrytown, New York
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Kykuit is a preeminent Hudson Valley landmark. For architecture, remarkable gardens, art... |
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Lefferts Historic House Brooklyn, New York
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Pieter Lefferts built the house around 1783, four generations after his ancestors arrived... |
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Lewis H. Latimer House Flushing, New York
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The Lewis H. Latimer House is a modest Queen Anne-style, wood-frame suburban residence... |
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Locust Grove, The Samuel Morse Historic Site Poughkeepsie, New York
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The property had acquired the name Locust Grove in 1771, when Henry Livingston Jr.... |
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Louis Armstrong House & Archives Corona, New York
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Louis Armstrong was certainly wealthy enough to live just about anywhere in the world.... |
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Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum Bolton Landing, New York
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The Museum is filled with memorabilia of an international operatic career spanning over... |
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Merchant's House Museum New York, New York
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Complete with the family’s original furnishings and personal possessions, the house... |
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Montgomery Place Red Hook, New York
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Montgomery Place, a serene reflection of nearly 200 years of continuous family... |
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Morris Jumel Mansion New York, New York
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During the decade before the Revolutionary War, the Georgian house, with its monumental... |
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Mount Gulian Historic Site Beacon, New York
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The original house served as the headquarters of Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von... |
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Olana State Historic Site Greenport, New York
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Built high on a hill near Hudson, New York between 1870 and 1891, then as now, Olana... |
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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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Philipsburg Manor Tarrytown, New York
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Cross the bridge over the river into Philipsburg Manor and step back in time. It's 1750,... |
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Pruyn House Latham, New York
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The house was built by Casparus F. Pruyn, the business agent of Stephen Van Rensselaer... |
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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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Rockefeller State Park Preserve & Rockwood Hall Tarrytown, New York
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The most notable feature of the Preserve is the system of carriage roads built by John D... |
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Sagamore Hill National Historic Site Oyster Bay, New York
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Sagamore Hill is a destination for tens of thousands of visitors each year. People who... |
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Schuyler Mansion Albany, New York
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Philip Schuyler and his wife, Catharine Van Rensselaer, descended from affluent and... |
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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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Susan B. Anthony House Rochester, New York
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The Susan B. Anthony House keeps her vision alive and relevant by preserving and sharing... |
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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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Thomas Paine Cottage New Rochelle, New York
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Several rooms are set up to reflect what life was like during the Revolutionary War and... |
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Valentine Varian House Bronx, New York
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Blacksmith Isaac Valentine built this four-level fieldstone farmhouse in 1758 near the... |
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Van Cortlandt House Museum Bronx, New York
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Merchant Jacobus Van Cortlandt began purchasing land in the Bronx in 1694. Gradually, he... |
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Van Cortlandt Manor Croton On Hudson, New York
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At Van Cortlandt Manor, explore the stone manor house and brick ferry house, wander... |
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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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Walt Whitman Birthplace And Interpretive Center West Hills, New York
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The house itself was built by Whitman's father and contains nineteenth century... |
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Washington Irving's Sunnyside Tarrytown, New York
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Washington Irving, author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” lived in the... |
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Waterford Historical Museum & Cultural Center Waterford, New York
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Congressman Hugh White’s 1830 Greek-revival homestead, located near the Champlain... |
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William Miller Home And Farm Whitehall, New York
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After a period of religious doubt and time spent as a lieutenant and captain during the... |
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Wyckoff House Brooklyn, New York
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Its history exemplifies the diversity of Brooklyn’s colonial farms, where Dutch-... |
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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.
