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Jan Martense Schenck House
Jan Martense Schenck House

Schenck homestead

Facade of white, two-story, wood-frame house with three dormer windows, shutters on first floor, and colonnade entrance with bushes in front and trees on both sides. Caption: "The Schenck homestead, built about 176. ... on original site, which became Canarsie Park. ... by historically-minded civic groups and, in 1930 ... visitors still it a subject of daily interest. Note: house originally located in Flatlands, and later moved to the Brooklyn Museum.

IMAGE DATE1930
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