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The Stadt Huys site consisted of land on three blocks, defined by Pearl Street, Broad Street and South William Street, and extended to the east across Coenties Alley when it was Dutch New Amsterdam. In 1642, the Dutch West India Company built a typical 17th-century Dutch–style building, used as a city tavern (basically a communal meetingplace ...
The Union Mill Complex, (also Bischoff's Chocolate Factory), is located at the junction of Milton Avenue and Prospect Street in Ballston Spa, New York, United States. It is a complex of three late 19th-century brick buildings on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) lot , and the ruins of a dam.
Because of the history of Dutch colonization, Dutch culture, politics, law, architecture, and language played a formative role in the shaping of New York City culture. The Dutch were the majority in New York City until the early 1700s, and the Dutch language was commonly spoken until the mid to late-1700s. [2]
The Vander Ende–Onderdonk House, also known as the Van Nanda House, is a historic house at 1820 Flushing Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, New York City. [2] It is the oldest Dutch Colonial stone house in New York City. The house is owned by the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society. Much of the house now functions as a museum of earlier eras of ...
East wing of the house Inside the house. During the American Revolutionary War, the property was the home of Isaac Van Wyck.However, because of its strategic location with regard to the Hudson River and major roads, the Old Albany Post Road (later US 9) running north–south and the road running east–west (later NY 52 and Interstate 84), it was requisitioned by the Continental Army.
The Jan Martense Schenck house was built by Dutch settler Jan Martense Schenck (1631-1687), within what is now the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn, New York City. Believed to be one of New York City's oldest houses, the structure was later moved to the Brooklyn Museum , where it is used as a public exhibit.
Historic Huguenot Street is located in New Paltz, New York, approximately 90 miles (140 km) north of New York City.The seven stone houses and several accompanying structures in the 10-acre National Landmark Historic District were likely built in the early 18th century by Huguenot settlers fleeing discrimination and religious persecution in France and what's now southern Belgium.
Dutchtown (Dutch: Duitsestad) ... New York, United States. [1] References This page was last edited on 15 November 2023, at 22:05 (UTC). Text is available ...