Van Cortlandt House Museum

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Van Cortlandt Park

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Time Out says

Thu May 6 2010

Built by a rich merchant-farmer family in 1748, this fieldstone mansion housed both British and American armies during the Revolutionary War and gave George Washington a place to rest his head. This place has the distinction of being the city’s first historic house museum, opened in 1896, and offers both self-guided and volunteer docent-led tours of the collection of colonial furniture and decorative objects.

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Venue location

Address:
Van Cortlandt House Museum Broadway
Van Cortlandt Park
Bronx

Cross Street:
at 246th St
Website:
vancortlandthouse.org
Transport:
Subway: 1 to 242nd St–Van Cortlandt Pk
Map
1. Van Cortlandt House Museum
  - Broadway
    Van Cortlandt Park
    Bronx
  - vancortlandthouse.org
  - 40.891302,-73.897567

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