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  2. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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    Gilded Age mansions were lavish houses built between 1870 and the early 20th century by some of the richest people in the United States. These estates were raised by the nation's industrial, financial and commercial elite, who amassed great fortunes in era of expansion of the tobacco, railroad, steel, and oil industries coinciding with a lack ...

  3. List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City - Wikipedia

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    New York City Designated Historic Sites. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission was created following the preservation fight and subsequent demolition of Pennsylvania Station. New York City's right to limit owners' ability to convert landmarked buildings was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978.

  4. List of the oldest buildings in New York - Wikipedia

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    Oldest surviving structure in New York, oldest in Brooklyn, oldest on Long Island . Zachariah Hawkins House. Stony Brook. 1660 c. Klinkenberg (h) Bouwerji. Klinkenberg 2022, by owner. Coxsackie. 1663 c. One of oldest surviving Dutch homes north of greater New York City area.

  5. The Four Hundred (Gilded Age) - Wikipedia

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    The Four Hundred was a list of New York society during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs. Astor", for many years. After her death, her role in society was filled by three women: Mamie Fish, Theresa Fair Oelrichs, and Alva Belmont, [2] known as the "triumvirate" of American society.

  6. List of National Historic Landmarks in New York - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of National Historic Landmarks and comparable other historic sites designated by the U.S. government in the U.S. state of New York. The United States National Historic Landmark (NHL) program operates under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, structures, objects, sites and districts of resources ...

  7. Morris–Jumel Mansion - Wikipedia

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    The Morris–Jumel Mansion (also known as the Morris House, Mount Morris, Jumel Mansion, and Morris–Jumel Mansion Museum) is an 18th-century historic house museum in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City. It is the oldest extant house in Manhattan, having been built in 1765 by British military officer Roger ...

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