Lansing Manor House

The Lansing Manor House was built in 1819 by John Lansing, Jr. for his daughter and son-in-law, Jacob Livingston Sutherland. John Lansing, Jr. represented New York as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and the state's Ratification Convention in 1788.

Lansing Manor House
Lansing Manor Barn, October 2008
Nearest cityBlenheim, New York
Coordinates42°27′4″N 74°27′54″W
Area300 acres (120 ha)
Built1819
NRHP reference No.73001268[1]
Added to NRHPMay 25, 1973

The manor is located in North Blenheim, Schoharie County, New York, adjacent to the Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center and Mine Kill State Park.

The manor house is a two-story, 46-feet square house with a hipped roof. It has brick lined, wood frame construction on the first floor and wood frame on the second. It features a five bay, one story porch along the front facade. Also on the property are: a shed and former summer kitchen, a well and its cover, outhouse, ice house, milk house, barn and silos, a possible guest / tenant house, and several other outbuildings.[2]

The manor house was restored by the New York Power Authority in 1977, and is filled with authentic furnishings from the first half of the 19th century.[3] The property, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district, is operated by the Power Authority in cooperation with the Schoharie County Historical Society.

  • Lansing Manor House, October 2008
  • Lansing Manor House, September 2010

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Lenore M. Rennenkampf (March 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lansing Manor House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
  3. "Power Authority "Returns" Historic Lansing Manor, June 8, 2002, Press Release". Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved May 5, 2008.
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