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The Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, NY
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The State and National Registers of Historic Places are the official lists of buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites significant in the history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture of New York and the nation. The same eligibility criteria are used for both the State and National Registers. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the New York State Historic Preservation Act of 1980 established the National and State Registers programs. In New York, the Commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, who is also the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), administers these programs. Source: NYS
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New York City
- Fort Clinton
- Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton is a circular sandstone fort, now a national monument in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City.
- Construction began in 1808 and was completed in 1811.
The fort, known as West Battery (sometimes South-west Battery), was
designed by architects John McComb Jr. and Jonathan Williams. It was
built on a small artificial island just off shore. West Battery was
intended to complement the three-tiered Castle Williams (still extant)
on Governors Island, which was East Battery, to defend New York City
from British forces in the tensions that marked the run-up to the War
of 1812, but never saw action in that or any war. Subsequent landfill
expanded Battery Park, and incorporated the fort into the mainland of
Manhattan Island. As with all historic areas administered by the
National Park Service, Castle Clinton National Monument was listed on
the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
From Wikipedia - Fort Clinton, just south of McGown's Pass, is similarly unmarked, though not for lack of trying. In the 1910s, a small mortar was unearthed at the fort's site and placed in a monument, complete with plaque. From Forgotten NY
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