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- From: KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL
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- Subject: Re: WYCKOFF House in Brooklyn, NY
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:58:51 GMT
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- Sorry to send this to the list, but I couldn't get to Frieda any other way.
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- Frieda Davison <FDAVISON%SFSUVAX1.BITNET@VM1.NoDak.EDU> wrote:
- >> In article <2B646417@ssd0.laafb.af.mil> KitchenRN@SSD0.LAAFB.AF.MIL writes:
- >> >Does anybody know anything about the WYCKOFF house in Brooklyn, New York?
- >It
- >> >is said to be the oldest building still standing in New York City, and was
- >> >made a city monument or park. This was the family homestead of my
- >WYCKOFFs > >from the middle 1600s.
- >>
- >
- >A recent architectural guide for NYC gives the following information:
- >
- >In Southeastern Brooklyn in the town of Flatlands/Niew Amersfoort:
- > Pieter Claesson Wyckoff House, 5902 Clarendon Rd. at intersection of
- >Ralph and Ditmas Aves, SW corner. circa 1641. Restoration architects of
- >Oppenheimer, Brady and Vogelstein. Hard to find in this confused stretch
- >street intersections. Does NOT provide any other historical information.
- >
-
- Thanks, Frieda. This is the one I was looking for. 1641, huh? Sound
- interesting. Does anybody know if this is a good neighborhood? Is it safe
- to visit?
-
- Rick Kitchen
- kitchenrn@ssd0.laafb.af.mil
-