10-614: Dyckman may refer to: Dyckman House , the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan Dyckman Street , a street in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City Emory F. Dyckman (1877–1930), American lawyer and politician States Dyckman , a wealthy British Loyalist in the American Revolution See also [ edit ] Dykeman (disambiguation) Dykman ,
20-504: A small building to the south, may predate the house itself. The back of the house holds a short hedge that resemble a maze. The house stayed in the family for several generations until they sold it in 1868, after which it served as a rental property for several decades. By the beginning of the 20th century, the house was in disrepair and in danger of being demolished, and in 1915, the Dyckman family bought it back. In 1915–16, two sisters of
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40-502: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dyckman House The Dyckman House , now the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum , is the oldest remaining farmhouse on Manhattan island, a vestige of New York City 's rural past. The Dutch Colonial-style farmhouse was built by William Dyckman , c.1785, and was originally part of over 250 acres (100 ha) of farmland owned by
50-543: Is embodied in the Benjamin N. Duke House at 1009 Fifth Avenue, one of a row of four houses built in 1899-1901 for the speculative builders William and Thomas Hall. Number 1009 was purchased by the tobacco magnate Benjamin Newton Duke . Similar rowhouses by Welch, Smith & Provot are 28 through 38 West 86th Street (1906–1908) and 5 and 7 East 75th Street (1901). Welch was the consulting architect in restorations made to
60-555: Is not only the oldest remaining in Manhattan , but the only one in the Dutch Colonial style, and the only 18th-century farmhouse in the borough as well – has been a New York City Landmark and a National Historic Landmark since 1967. In 2003, the house underwent a major restoration, after which it re-opened to the public in the fall of 2005. Notes Alexander McMillan Welch Alexander McMillan Welch (1869–1943)
70-470: The Dyckman family, Mary Alice Dyckman Dean ( Mrs Bashford Dean ) and Fannie Fredericka Dyckman Welch, began a restoration of the farmhouse under the supervision of architect Alexander M. Welch , Fannie's husband. In 1916, they transferred ownership of the house to the City of New York, which opened it as a museum of Dutch and Colonial life, featuring the original Dyckman family furnishings. The farmhouse – which
80-521: The family. It is now located in a small park at the corner of Broadway and 204th Street in Inwood, Manhattan . Dyckman was the grandson of Jan Dyckman, who came to the area from Westphalia in 1661. William Dyckman, who inherited the family estate, built the current house to replace the family house located on the Harlem River near the present West 210th Street , which he had built in 1748, and which
90-700: Was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition, who led the New York City firm of Welch, Smith & Provot , in partnership with Bowen B. Smith and George Provot. Welch, a descendant of Philip Welch, who emigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1654, graduated from Columbia University and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Under the influence of his brother-in-law, Bashford Dean , Welch collected some antique swords. The firm's trademark style of discreet brick and limestone townhouses in neo-Georgian style
100-574: Was destroyed in the American Revolutionary War . The current two-story house is constructed of fieldstone , brick and white clapboard , and features a gambrel roof and spring eaves . The porches are typical of the Dutch Colonial style, but were added in 1825. The house's interior has parlors and an indoor winter kitchen in the basement, thus serving as heating for the first floor. The rooms have floors of varying-width chestnut wood. The house's outdoor smokehouse -summer kitchen, in
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