Joost Van Nuyse House
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Joost Van Nuyse House, also known as the Ditmas Coe House, is a historic home located in
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. The original section was built in 1744 and enlarged between 1793 and 1806. It was moved to its present site in 1925. It is a -story frame house with a steeply pitched flared roof. ''See also:'' It was listed on the
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in 2006. A report in 2020 added that this structure, now a private residence, is an "example of the Dutch Colonial farmhouse, and it is sometimes called the Ditmas Coe House or the Van Nuyse-Coe house, named after both the man suspected to have built the dwelling, Joost Van Nuyse, and Ditmas Coe, who rented the home in 1852".


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