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Nearby Dutch Colonial Landmarks
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| Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, New York, NY |
The Dyckman Farmhouse is the only remaining Dutch Colonial residence on the island of Manhattan. It was built in the 1780s after
the family's earlier house was burned by the British during the Revolutionary War occupation of New York. It remained
owned by the Dyckman family until the1870s, was sold, and was then reaquired by the family in 1916 to save it from destruction.
It has been open to the public as a museum since that time.
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| Lefferts Homestead, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY |
The Lefferts Homestead was built between 1777 and 1783 on a site several blocks from its current location in Prospect Park. It replaced an
earlier home destroyed in the Battle of Brooklyn during the Revolutionary War. Today it is operated as a children's
museum.
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| Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
Built around 1652, the Wyckoff House is believed to be the oldest house in the State of New York. It was built by Pieter Claesen (Wyckoff), who came to
America as an illiterate indentured servant, but went on to become a magistrate and the wealthiest farmer in the Flatlands
section of Brooklyn. The house remained in the same family for 250 years. It was later reaquired by the Wyckoff
Family Association in 1961 and donated to the City of New York.
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| Hendrick I. Lott House, Brooklyn, NY |
When Hendrick I. Lott built this house in 1800, he moved an earlier house built by his grandfather Johannes Lott in 1720 and incorporated it as
a wing of this home. It remained in the same family for nearly 200 more years until recently acquired by the City of
New York. (The house is currently undergoing restoration and is not yet open to the public.)
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