Dyckman House
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{{Short description|Historic house in Manhattan, New York}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Dyckman House
| nrhp_type = nhl
| designated_other2_name = New York City Landmark
| designated_other2_date = July 12, 1967
| designated_other2_abbr = NYCL
| designated_other2_link = New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
| designated_other2_number = 0309
| designated_other2_color = #ffe978
| image = Dyckman House Bwy cloudy jeh crop.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = (2011)
| location = 4881 Broadway, Inwood, Manhattan,
New York City
| nearest_city = New York City
| coordinates = {{coord|40|52|02|N|73|55|23|W|display=inline,title}}
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| map_label = Dyckman House
| built = c.1785{{cite nycland|page=214}}
| architect =
| architecture = Dutch Colonial
| designated_nrhp_type = December 24, 1967{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=744&ResourceType=Building|title=Dyckman House|date=September 11, 2007|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service}}
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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 {{convert|250|acre|ha}} of farmland owned by the family.[http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M026/ "Dyckman House Museum"] on the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation website It is now located in a small park at the corner of Broadway and 204th Street in Inwood, Manhattan.
History and description
Dyckman was the grandson of Jan Dyckman, who came to the area from Westphalia in 1661.Kuhn, Jonathan. "Dyckman House" in {{cite enc-nyc2|page=387}} 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 was destroyed in the American Revolutionary War.
Image:Dyckman House HABS.jpg photo from 1934]]
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.{{cite fednyc|page=304}} The house's outdoor smokehouse-summer kitchen, in 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.Historical plaque located near the house. Accessed: May 30, 2014 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 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 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{{cite aia5|page=575}} – has been a New York City Landmark and a National Historic Landmark since 1967.{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=67000014}} |title="Dyckman House", by Patricia Heintzelman. |format=pdf|postscript=. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=October 14, 1975|publisher=National Park Service}}{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=67000014|photos=y}} |title=Dyckman House—Accompanying Photos, exterior and interior, from 1967 and 1975. |format=pdf|postscript=. National Register of Historic Places Inventory|date=September 1978|publisher=National Park Service}}
In 2003, the house underwent a major restoration, after which it re-opened to the public in the fall of 2005.[https://tclf.org/dyckman-farmhouse Dyckman Farmhouse] on the Cultural Landscape Foundation website
In popular culture
- The Dyckman House was featured in Bob Vila's A&E Network production Guide to Historic Homes of America.{{cite web |url= http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/AE/America.html |title= Bob Vila's Guide to Historic Homes of America. |author=Vila, Bob |publisher= A&E Network |year= 1996 }}
Gallery
File:Dyckman House front porch.jpg|Front porch
File:Dyckman House rear porch.jpg|Rear porch
File:Dyckman House west side from rear.jpg|West end of the house, seen from the rear
See also
References
Notes
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External links
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- [http://www.dyckmanfarmhouse.org/ Dyckman Farmhouse Museum website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120617/http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/historic_houses/hh_dyckman_farmhouse.html "Dyckman Farmhouse"] on the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation website
{{New York City Historic Sites}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}
{{Museums in Manhattan|state=collapsed}}
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Category:1784 establishments in New York (state)
Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in New York City
Category:Historic house museums in New York City
Category:Houses completed in 1784
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
Category:National Historic Landmarks in Manhattan