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The house sits on the former farm of patriot Robert Boyd, Jr. (1734 — 1804). In June 1775, Boyd built a water-powered forge on the south side of the nearby Vale of Avoca . He was a Scottish immigrant to New Windsor [ 4 ] before the Revolutionary War , and with his father, Robert Boyd, Sr. (1703 — 1786), continued their trade as blacksmiths ...
Old Westbury Gardens is the former estate of businessman John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958), an heir to the Phipps family fortune, in Nassau County, New York. Located at 71 Old Westbury Road in Old Westbury, the property was converted into a museum home in 1959. It is open for tours from April through October.
The Ingoldsby land was part of the early patent held by Capt. John Evans. For a time Edmonston's log cabin was the only house between New Windsor and what would later become Washingtonville. [1] The family lived in the log cabin until 1755 when the first 2-story stone house was built, followed soon after with a 2-story stone addition.
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Frogmore House and its estate were bought by George III for his wife Queen Charlotte in 1792, although the land had formed part of the Windsor royal hunting ground since the reign of Henry VIII. [1] Charlotte engaged James Wyatt to redesign the house and sought the advice of her Vice-Chamberlain, William Price, regarding the redevelopment of ...
Windsor Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Windsor in Broome County, New York. The district includes 70 contributing buildings, two contributing sites (village cemetery and village green), and one contributing structure . The district includes the core of the business district and many older residential streets.
The builder of the house, Colonel John Haskell, served as a steward for Brigadier Robert Hunter, colonial governor of New York and New Jersey from 1710 — 1720. After Hunter's appointment, Haskell continued in service to William Burnet. In 1719, he was awarded a tract of nearly 2,000 acres in New Windsor.
In 1985, the Star Expansion Company donated two tracts of land for the center's 25th anniversary: 2,300 acres (930 ha; 3.6 sq mi) on nearby Schunnemunk Mountain, which is the backdrop for many of the center's monumental sculptures; and a 100-acre (40 ha; 0.16 sq mi) piece of farmland next to the center, which has been used to house new ...