Lansing Manor House Explained

Lansing Manor House
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Nearest City:Blenheim, New York
Coordinates:42.4511°N -74.465°W
Built:1819
Added:May 25, 1973
Refnum:73001268
Designated Other1:New York State Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Number:09501.000178
Designated Other1 Abbr:NYSRHP
Designated Other1 Date:June 23, 1980

The Lansing Manor House is a historic home located in North Blenheim, Schoharie County, New York, United States, adjacent to the Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center and Mine Kill State Park. It 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.

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lansing Manor House. March 1973. 2010-02-20 . Lenore M. Rennenkampf. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying three photos.
  2. Web site: Power Authority "Returns" Historic Lansing Manor, June 8, 2002, Press Release . May 5, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090114034351/http://www.nypa.gov/press/2002/020608a.htm . January 14, 2009 . dead .