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The Van Cortlandt House was built by Frederick Van Cortlandt (1699–1749) in 1748 , a mansion for the Van Cortlandt family built in Yonkers , of fieldstone, in Georgian Style . He died before its completion and willed it to his son, James Van Cortlandt (1727–1787). The Van Cortlandts, a merchantile family prominent in New York affairs, established a grain plantation and Grist Mill on the property. The house was used during the Revolutionary War by Rochambeau , Lafayette , and Washington . After 140 years of occupancy by the Van Cortlandt family and their slaves, in 1889 the property was sold to the City Of New York and made a public parkland. The house has been operated as a public museum since 1897. EXTERNAL LINKS
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