Dyckman House

About

The Dyckman House, now the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, is a Dutch Colonial-style farmhouse at Broadway and 204th Street in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Operated as a historic house museum, the house was the third built by William Dyckman, c. 1783–1785, and was originally part of over 250 acres (100 ha) of farmland owned by the family. It is the oldest remaining farmhouse on Manhattan island, a vestige of New York City's rural past. The house is a New York City designated landmark and a National Historic Landmark.

William Dyckman's family were among the first settlers of what is now Inwood, and Dyckman initially built two houses in the area. After the second house was destroyed in the American Revolutionary War, the third house was constructed. The house stayed in the family for several generations until 1868, and ownership was transferred several times in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By the 1910s, the house was in disrepair and in danger of being demolished. The Dyckman family transferred ownership of the house to the government of New York City in 1916. Since then, the house has operated as a museum.