Van Cortlandt House Museum - Van Cortlandt Family Residence

The Van Cortlandt House in Van Cortlandt Park is the oldest surviving house in the Bronx, built in 1748 by members of the Van Cortlandt family. The house operates as a museum interpreting colonial-era life and the Van Cortlandts' role in local and provincial New York history. The site is documented in municipal and historical records as an extant example of an 18th-century New York country house.