Cornell Farmhouse
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The Cornell Farmhouse was built in 1750 with Dutch
Architecture of the Netherlands
Dutch architecture has played an important role in the international discourse on architecture in three eras. The first of these was during the 17th century, when the Dutch empire was at the height of its power. The second was in the first half of the 20th century, during development of modernism...

 and English architectural features. The Farmhouse is in the Glen Oaks
Glen Oaks, Queens
Glen Oaks is a neighborhood in the easternmost portion of the New York City Borough of Queens. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 13.-Location:...

 section the New York City
New York City
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 borough of Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....

. It is also known as the Creedmoor Farmhouse Complex, and as the Adriance Farmhouse. The Farmhouse is part of the Queens County Farm Museum
Queens County Farm Museum
The Queens County Farm Museum is located on of the New York City neighborhood of Glen Oaks, Queens; the address is 73-50 Little Neck Parkway,...

 and is owned and operated by the New York City Department of Parks.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1979.
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