Exploring Historic Dutch New York: New York City * Hudson Valley * New Jersey * DelawareGajus Scheltema, Heleen Westerhuijs "The Dutch spirit of diversity, tolerance, and entrepreneurship still echoes across our city streets today. This guide will highlight the history of the early settlements of these new world pioneers as well as the incredible impact they had, and still have, on the world's greatest city." — Michael R. Bloomberg, former Mayor, City of New York This comprehensive guide to touring important sites of Dutch history serves as an engrossing cultural and historical reference. A variety of internationally renowned scholars explore Dutch art in the Metropolitan Museum, Dutch cooking, Dutch architecture, Dutch immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, English words of Dutch origin, Dutch furniture and antiques, and much more. Color photographs and maps throughout."An expansive guidebook inspired by the Henry Hudson quadricentennial and accompanied by informative essays." — The New York Times |
Contents
Editors Notes | 10 |
New York City | 24 |
Manhattan and the Bronx | 40 |
Queens and Nassau Counties | 64 |
Brooklyn | 78 |
Staten Island | 101 |
Hudson Valley | 114 |
7 8 East of the Hudson River Traveling North | 120 |
7 6 West of the Hudson River Traveling South | 156 |
New Jersey and Delaware | 172 |
Sussex and Warren Counties | 186 |
Hudson Monmouth | 194 |
Cape May to Burlington | 214 |
List of Sites | 224 |
Illustration Credits | 237 |
| 244 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
18th century Albany American Revolution Amsterdam Avenue MAP Broadway Bronx Brooklyn building called Cemetery Center colonists commemorate Cortlandt County Historical Society culture Delaware River director Dorp Dutch barn Dutch Church Dutch colonial Dutch families Dutch heritage Dutch House Dutch Reformed Church Dutch Republic Dutch settlers Dutch-American E-mail early East English Esopus Eylant farm Ferry Flatbush Avenue Flatlands Hendrick Henry Hudson Historic Richmond Town Holland Homestead Hours Hudson River Hudson Valley Huguenot Huguenot Street Indian Jacob Jersey City Kinderhook Kingston Knickerbocker land later Lefferts located Long Island Main Street Manhattan Manor Mansion MAP 9 Mill named Native Americans Netherland Old Dutch oldest Paltz Park patroonship Pearl Street Petrus Stuyvesant Philipsburg Manor Pieter PKWY plaque Privately Queens Rensselaer ROUTE 9 Saddle River Schenectady Schuyler Sleepy Hollow Somerset Staten Island Stone House Street MAP Sunday tour Vanderbilt village Washington Website Wyckoff York City