Van Cortlandt House
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The Van Cortlandt House, also known as the Van Cortlandt Mansion, is the oldest known surviving house in the Bronx in New York City. It is located in the southwestern portion of Van Cortlandt Park. Th
The mansion in 2008
Entrance gate south of the house
View of the house from the southwest
View of the house in the winter
Bartow–Pell Mansion
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The Bartow–Pell Mansion is a historic house museum at Shore Road in the northern section of Pelham Bay Park, within the New York City borough of the Bronx. The two-story building, designed in the mid-
Van Cortlandt House
…is the oldest known surviving house in what is now the Bronx, as well as one of three surviving 18th-century buildings in the borough. Along with the Bartow–Pell Mansion, it is one of two remaining manor houses in the Bronx. Frederick began developing the Van Cortlandt House on the property in 1748. According to the Van…
Bartow pell mansion
The main staircase in the mansion
The mansion's terraced garden was added in the 1910s.
The orangery at the south end of the house