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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 is the number one Landmark
in New York City as well as 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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