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What was here before?
After passing through a succession of owners during Dutch and British occupation, this property was part of a larger estate purchased in 1714 by the Hooper family. The estate remained in the family for several generations until Matthew Hooper sold it in 1786 to wealthy lawyer John George Leake as a country retreat. The estate and farm, known as the Hermitage, encompassed around 80 acres, and spanned from the Hudson to Bloomingdale Road (now Broadway). A Georgian style mansion was located close to this playground site.
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