Staats House (Stockport, New York)
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The Staats House is a historic building located along the
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near
Stockport Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...
, Columbia County,
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, United States. The first house at this site was burned and rebuilt on the original foundation . The house was constructed by
Abraham Staats Major Abraham Staats or Abram Staes (Amsterdam January 19, 1620 (baptized)– New York ca. 1694) was one of the first settlers of the New Netherland colonies and is the founder of the Staats family in New Amsterdam and the early American colonies ...
circa 1652–1665 with stone walls which are three feet thick. Native American Indians burned the house and killed the original tenant and abducted his wife, but the structure was rebuilt. The house was built on the site where
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purportedly landed in 1609.


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List of the oldest buildings in New York This article attempts to list the oldest buildings in the state of New York (state), New York, including the oldest houses and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based on architectural studies and historical records; o ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Staats House Houses in New York (state) Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state)