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was created to promote interest in Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, his descendants, and in the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum located in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, New York. The Association also assembles, publishes, and distributes materials and information relating to them.
The Wyckoff House was built about 1652 and occupied by Pieter and Grietje Wyckoff about 1655. It remained the home of Wyckoff descendants for about 250 years. The Wyckoff House was named the first Landmark in New York City, and is the oldest house in New York State It is also a National Historic Landmark.
In 1982, it was restored as a Living Museum to honor the Dutch presence in America. |
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