Historic District - New York City

The best preserved, and considered by many the most beautiful example of Dutch Colonial architecture in Brooklyn, this dwelling is believed to have been built by Henry and Abraham Wyckoff, descendants of Pieter Wyckoff who came to this country in 1637. The house was standing in 1766, judging from an inscription found cut in a beam in the old barn. During the American Revolutionary War, Hessian officers were quartered in the house, and two of these soldiers’ scratched their names and ranks on windowpanes which have been preserved. In 1835 the house was purchased by Cornelius W. Bennett and members of the Bennett family continue to live here.

Wyckoff – Bennett Homestead

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1977

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on E. 22nd Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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