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The stone house on the left was built by Pieter Bronck in 1663 and is the oldest in Upstate New York. An addition to it was made in 1685. The brick house on the right was built by Leendert Bronck in 1738. Both houses are part of the Bronck Museum in Coxsackie, New York.
The congregation was organized by Dutch settlers in 1642; the current building was built in 1798 by Albany architect Philip Hooker. Albany, New York.
Historic landmark in Kingston, New York.
The fort was originally built as a Reformed Dutch Church in 1772. Schoharie, New York.
Stockade Historic District, Schenectady, New York.
One of--if not the--oldest house in the city, dating to the early 1700s. Stockade Historic District, Schenectady, New York.
Nearly 300-year-old home in the historic Stockade section of Schenectady, New York.
Nearly 300-year-old home in the historic Stockade section of Schenectady, New York.
The stone structure with the steep roof is the Mabee House, one of the oldest houses in upstate New York and the oldest in the Mohawk Valley, having been built c.1705 as part of the Mabee Farm. It was handed down through the Mabee family for almost 300 years before being donated to the Schenectady County Historical Society, which has opened the house to the public. Rotterdam Junction, New York.
Partially obscured by vegetation, this is a Dutch farmhouse built circa 1723 near Albany, New York.
From albany.org: "Built circa 1735, the house was used as military headquarters for a number of English generals during the French and Indian War. During the American Revolution the mansion once again served as military headquarters and was inhabited by Generals Schuyler, Gates, Poor, St. Clair and Colonels Morgan, Gansevoort and Arnold while formulating the plans for the battle of Saratoga." Cohoes, New York.
From albany.org: "Built circa 1735, the house was used as military headquarters for a number of English generals during the French and Indian War. During the American Revolution the mansion once again served as military headquarters and was inhabited by Generals Schuyler, Gates, Poor, St. Clair and Colonels Morgan, Gansevoort and Arnold while formulating the plans for the battle of Saratoga." Cohoes, New York.
Historic Dutch Reformed church built in 1788 as a replacement of a previous church, which was burned in 1780 during the Revolutionary War. Palatine, New York.
Historic home in Canajoharie, New York. The oldest part of the house was built before 1730 by Martin Janse Van Alstyne. During the Revolutionary War it was a favorite meeting place of the American side. Today the house is a museum.
A small family cemetery that is roughly 200 years old. Rotterdam, New York.
Stockade Historic District, Schenectady, New York.
Built in 1707 by Hendrick van Rensselaer and enlarged in 1762. The song "Yankee Doodle" was allegedly written here in 1755 by a British army surgeon to mock Colonial troops who fought alongside the British during the French and Indian War. Fort Crailo was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961. Rensselaer, New York.