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  2. Van Cortlandt Manor - Wikipedia

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    Van Cortlandt Manor is a 17th-century house and property built by the Van Cortlandt family located near the confluence of the Croton and Hudson Rivers in the village of Croton-on-Hudson in Westchester County, New York, United States. The colonial era stone and brick manor house is now a museum and is a National Historic Landmark.

  3. Cortlandt Manor, New York - Wikipedia

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    The name "Cortlandt Manor" derives from the history of Westchester County. Until the Revolutionary War, Westchester County was split into six manors, one of which was van Cortlandt Manor of the van Cortlandt family. Until 1991, this area shared a mailing address and ZIP Code (10566) with the city of Peekskill. Although it now has its own ZIP ...

  4. Van Cortlandt House - Wikipedia

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    The Van Cortlandt House is located at the southwestern corner of Van Cortlandt Park, [3] near the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. [4] It is surrounded by the park's Parade Ground to the north, the Memorial Grove to the west, a swimming pool and the Van Cortlandt Stadium to the south, and a burial ground and Van Cortlandt Lake to the east. [3]

  5. Van Cortlandt Upper Manor House - Wikipedia

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    The original structure is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay brick house, altered by the Van Cortlandt family in the 1830s. It has a gable roof covered in slate. A large 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story frame wing covered in stucco was built in the 1920s. It was built or remodeled in 1773 by Pierre Van Cortlandt.

  6. Van Cortlandt family - Wikipedia

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    Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, New York derives its name from the family, as well as Manhattan's Cortlandt Street and Cortlandt Alley. The town of Cortlandt to the north, in Westchester County, New York carries the family name as well. The Van Cortlandt House Museum was initially the residence of Frederick Van Cortlandt.

  7. Aaron Copland House - Wikipedia

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    Located on Washington Street in Cortlandt Manor, New York, United States, and built in the 1940s, the house and its garage were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, and five years later, in 2008, they were designated a National Historic Landmark, [3] the only one in the country connected to a figure from the world of ...

  8. 15 Spookiest Towns in America to Visit for Halloween - AOL

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    Head to the town for a reading of "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," visit the author's grave at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and then stay for the Great Jack-'O-Lantern Blaze at historic Van Cortlandt Manor ...

  9. History of Westchester County - Wikipedia

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    Van Cortlandt Manor The first European explorers to visit the Westchester area were Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 and Henry Hudson in 1609. European settlers were initially sponsored by the Dutch West India Company in the 1620s and 1630s, while English settlers arrived from New England in the 1640s.