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Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, Ridgewood, NY

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Vander Ende-Onderdonk House

A roughly 1709 Dutch fieldstone house in Ridgewood that now operates as a community museum run by the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society.

1820 Flushing Avenue, Ridgewood, NY 11385 · Ridgewood, NY

About Vander Ende-Onderdonk House

The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House, dating to about 1709, is described as New York City's oldest Dutch fieldstone house. It is an NYC Landmark and serves as a community museum and the base for the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society. Visitors can tour three floors of exhibits about the families who lived there and walk the two-acre grounds with seasonal gardens. The property also includes Arbitration Rock, the historic boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. The site hosts festivals, workshops, lectures, films, and walking tours, and the house is available for private rentals. Museum tours were temporarily suspended for construction, while the back lawn and tent remain open for public programs.

  • #historic house
  • #Dutch colonial
  • #fieldstone
  • #community museum
  • #gardens

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