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The Lansing Manor House 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 is located in North Blenheim, Schoharie County, New York, adjacent to the Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center and Mine Kill State Park. 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, outhouse, ice house, milk house, barn and silos, a possible guest / tenant house, and several other outbuildings.〔 ''See also:'' 〕 The manor house was restored by the New York Power Authority in 1977, and is filled with authentic furnishings from the first half of the 19th century.〔( Power Authority "Returns" Historic Lansing Manor, June 8, 2002, Press Release )〕 The property, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district, 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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lansing Manor House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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