History

The history of the Dyckman Farmhouse includes a fascinating transformation from Farm to
City. The Dyckman Farmhouse has been located on the same site since it was built c. 1784.
The family lived in the farmhouse until the 1850's and owned the house until the 1870's. In
1915, tw oDyckman sisters bought the farmhouse in order to ensure its preservation. They,
along with their husbands, restored the site and presented it to the city in 1916. It has been
opened to the public since that time.

While there are so many fascinating stories to tell, we have focused our work on two important
periods - Farm and City. The farm period details the period around 1815-1820 when the site
had truly recovered from the Revolutionary War and Jacobus Dyckman lived in the farmhouse
with his family, free black workers and one enslaved male.

During the city period, 1915-1916, the neighborhood was transforming and the Dyckman
sisters responded by saving the farmhouse and creating the museum.

To learn more details, please click either FARM or CITY on the left.

We are always seeking to expand the scholarship on the farmhouse and the life of the family
as well as the early history of the museum. If you have your own stories about the family or
about visiting the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum feel free to share with us by sending us an
email at info@dyckmanfarmhouse.org

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum tells the story of rural Northern Manhattan,
a landscape and a lifestyle that disappeared in the transformation from farming
community to urban neighborhood. Through the story of the Dyckman family and farm
the museum explores life in early 19th century rural Manhattan and the preservation
of that memory in the early 20th century.

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
4881 Broadway at 204th Street
New York, New York 10034
212.304.9422
212.304.0635 fax
info@dyckmanfarmhouse.org

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