Van Cortlandt House - Great American Treasures
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Built of fieldstone by enslaved labor, the Van Cortlandt house stands on property that was once a plantation where a thriving wheat growing and processing business ran. Frederick Van Cortlandt, son of the original plantation owner, started building the house for his family in 1748, but on his death it was passed to and completed
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Van Cortlandt House Museum – Visiting a Museum: The Unique, Unusual, Obscure and Historical
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Van Cortlandt House Museum : Venue Directory : The Garden Conservancy
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Van Cortlandt House - Great American Treasures
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Lehman College Art Gallery: Architecture/Van Cortlandt Mansion Museum
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METROPOLITAN BAEDEKER; The Bucolic Pleasures Of Van Cortlandt Park - The New York Times
Van Cortlandt House - Wikipedia
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Van Cortlandt House Museum – Visiting a Museum: The Unique, Unusual, Obscure and Historical
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Americana: Farmhouses and Manors of Long Island: Marshall, Kyle: 9780764357862: : Books
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