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Philipsburg Manor

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On the bank of the Pocantico River sits this 18th-century farm and provisioning plant owned by Frederick Philipse III, whose Dutch family owned most of the land in the region. Guides in period costume conduct tours of the Dutch stone house filled with 17th- and 18th-century antiques. The museum focuses, however, on the lives and stories of the 23 enslaved Africans who lived here and on slavery in the colonial north. Check out the water-powered gristmill, 18th-century barn, slave garden, and reconstructed tenant house.

  • Cost: $12
  • Open: Mar., weekends 10-4; Apr.-Oct., Wed.-Mon. 10-5; Nov.-Dec., Wed.-Mon. 10-4
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