The Lansing Manor House is a historic home located in North Blenheim,

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, 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,

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, ice house, milk house, barn and

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s, a possible guest / tenant house, and several other outbuildings. ''See also:'' The manor house was restored by the

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in 1977, and is filled with authentic furnishings from the first half of the 19th century. The property, which is listed in the

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as a national

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, is operated by the Power Authority in cooperation with the Schoharie County Historical Society.

Gallery

Image:Lansing Manor House Oct 08.jpg, Lansing Manor House, October 2008 Image:Lansing Manor House Sep 2010.jpg, Lansing Manor House, September 2010

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External links

Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center, Lansing Manor, Mine Kill State ParkI Go U Go Visitors Review
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