Lorenzo State Historic Site is a mansion built by Colonel
John Lincklaen,
founder of the
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
of
Cazenovia,
New York.
[ an]
''Accompanying 1 photo, exterior, from July, 1970''
/ref> Colonel Linklaen was the agent of the Holland Land Company
The Holland Land Company was an unincorporated syndicate of thirteen Dutch investors from Amsterdam who in 1792 and 1793 purchased the western two-thirds of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase, an area that afterward was known as the Holland Purchas ...
upon whose recommendation the Company purchased the tract of land where the village grew. The painted brick mansion, begun in 1807 and completed in 1809, overlooks Cazenovia Lake. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in July 1970.
See also
* List of New York State Historic Sites
References
External links
Lorenzo State Historic Site
at NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Friends of Lorenzo
at Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1809
New York (state) historic sites
Museums in Madison County, New York
Historic house museums in New York (state)
Houses in Madison County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Cazenovia, New York
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