May 25, 2012
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Bronx County Historical Society—Valentine-Varian House
(at East 208th Street and Van Cortlandt Avenue East)
Bronx, NY 10467
Tel: (718) 881-8900
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Sun: 1 pm – 5 pm
The Valentine-Varian House serves as the Museum of Bronx History. This restored 1758 fieldstone house was captured during the Revolutionary War by British Colonel Robert Rogers, who used it as his headquarters for the remainder of the war. It is designed in a symmetrical Georgian vernacular style, with evenly placed windows and identical chimneys at either end.
Inside, the rooms mirror each other across a central hallway. Sections of the house retain the original floorboards, hand-forged nails and homemade mortar used by its builder and first owner, blacksmith Isaac Valentine. In 1792, Valentine sold the house and surrounding 260 acres to butcher and farmer Isaac Varian, whose family kept it for decades.
Seniors (62 and older) pay $20 for membership instead of $35.
- Disability Access: Not accessible to wheelchair users.
- Gift Shops: Books, toys, postcards
- Tours: Group tours (minimum of eight) can be scheduled weekdays 9 am-5 pm: $3 per student or senior; $5 per teacher.
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Ongoing Visitors today can touch the fieldstones Isaac Valentine used to construct the house and walk on the oak and pine floorboards he fashioned. The main level contains three galleries that feature rotating bi-annual exhibitions and a museum gift store.
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