Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead

Infobox_nrhp | name =Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead
nrhp_type =nhl
locmapin = New York

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caption =
location = 1669 East 22nd Street, Brooklyn, NY
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 36 | lat_seconds = 39.2 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 57 | long_seconds = 7.1 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1766
architect= Unknown
architecture= Dutch Colonial
designated= December 8, 1976 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1462&ResourceType=Building
title=Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead|date=2007-09-19|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 24, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74001253cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead, located at 1669 E. 22th St., in Brooklyn, New York, is a National Historic Landmark. It is believed to have been built before 1766. During the American Revolution, it housed Hessian soldiers.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74001253.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead] |192 KB|author=Carolyn Pitts|date= August 1976 |publisher=National Park Service]

According to an embroidered needlepoint artwork currently on display in the main home building, it was owned and occupied by the Wyckoff Family from 1776 to 1835. The Bennett family owned and occupied it from 1835 to 1983, and the Mont family has owned and occupied it since 1983.

For many years, this remained the last privately owned Dutch Colonial house in New York City. It is currently being purchased by the City of New York from Annette and Stuart Mont who will remain. The homestead will be called the Wyckoff Bennett Mont House park. [ [http://www.zwire.com/site/tab3.cfm?newsid=18871031&BRD=2384&PAG=461&dept_id=552849&rfi=6 "NYC Parks Department looks to go ‘Dutch’ - City makes bid to acquire pre-Revolutionary homestead"] ]

ee also

*Oldest buildings in America

References

External links

* [http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Town/dutch/wyckoffben.html Brooklyn Geneological Information page on Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead]