Built of fieldstone by enslaved labor, the Van Cortlandt house stands on property that was once a plantation where a thriving wheat growing and processing business ran. Frederick Van Cortlandt, son of the original plantation owner, started building the house for his family in 1748, but on his death it was passed to and completed

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