Van Wyck Homestead
The Van Wyck Homestead Museum or Van Wyck-Wharton House is an early 18th-century Dutch colonial house in the Town of Fishkill, New York, United States of America. It served as a headquarters to a major military supply depot during the American Revolutionary War and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 13, 1972.
It is located on US 9 just south of Interstate 84. Excavations during the construction of a nearby gas station and the Dutchess Mall in the early 1970s unearthed many artifacts at the site, particularly materiel. Accordingly, the 70 acres (28 ha) to the east and west of the site, including the exit ramps from I-84, were later added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Fishkill Depot Supply Site.
Read more about Van Wyck Homestead: History, Archeological Site
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