The 20-year-old Colonial-style three-bedroom isn’t her own home, but it does sit just a few minutes from her family’s weekend place in the pastoral heart of New York’s Westchester County.

Today, the Lott House is one of the oldest Dutch colonial homes in all of New York City. Soon, the Lott House will be open to the public as a fully operational cultural venue. Chrysalis Archeology is ...

Colonies can die out ... and donations to cover the cost of keeping it clean. As in the rest of New York City, crime dropped ...

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and it became one of the original 13 colonies. New York achieved statehood in 1788, with the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, and New York City served as the new nation’s first capital.