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About Fort Crailo

The Crailo State Historic Site (also known as Fort Crailo and Yankee Doodle House) is a historic fortified brick manor house in Rensselaer, New York, which was built in 1707. The word Crailo is derived from kraaien bos (Dutch for "crow's woods") and refers to Kiliaen van Rensselaer's estate in Huizen, Holland, which is also named "Crailo". Fort Crailo is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Photos of Fort Crailo

  1. Fort Crailo, Rensselaer01RensselaerUpstateNYer · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Archaeological dig display02Archaeological dig displayHenry Bellagnome from Troy, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. Fort Crailo03Fort CrailoDaniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. Making Dutch colonial dinner at Fort Crailo04Making Dutch colonial dinner at Fort CrailoHenry Bellagnome from Troy, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. Dutch colonial items05Dutch colonial itemsHenry Bellagnome from Troy, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. Why they call it Fort Crailo06Why they call it Fort CrailoHenry Bellagnome from Troy, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Fort Crailo; the closest, Destroyer Escort Historical Museum, is about a mile away.