| New York (Dutchess County), Beekman — 1754 Homesite |
| | 1754 Homesite
Of Col. James Vanderburgh 5 th Regiment D. C. Militia Friend and Host of Gen. George Washington, Visitor Here During the Revolution
— Map (db m24881) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Beekman — Burying Ground |
| | Burying Ground
Vanderburgh Family
Col. James Vanderburgh
5th Regiment D. C. Militia
In Revolutionary War
Born 1729. Died 1794.
— Map (db m24879) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Beekman — The Mill House |
| | Along the Old Upper Road
The Mill House
The Mill House built in 1749 by Robert Livingston, leased to Bartholomew Noxon in 1753 to Isaac Dennis in 1781,
later owned by FDR Jr. — Map (db m24883) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Beekman — The Old Upper Road |
| | Along the Old Upper Road
The Old Upper Road
In Washington’s diary it is documented the number of times he traveled this route & his visits to Col. Vanderburgh’s home on the Upper Road , which also served as a munitions depot. After the defeat of Burgoyne’s army, the defeated officers and their families were taken over Bull’s bridge on the Upper Road passing Col. Vanderburgh’s house to Fishkill Landing. — Map (db m24882) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Holmes — Holmes Methodist Church |
| | Founded 1766
Holmes Methodist Church
Originally, Reynoldsville
Methodist Church
Dedicated September 15, 1853 — Map (db m15826) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Akin Hall |
| | Akin Hall
Built and Dedicated in 1881
By A. J. Akin. Used by Christ Church Since 1895. Moved to
Former Site of Mizzentop Hotel by Lowell Thomas 1936.
Akin Hall Association 1986 — Map (db m25020) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Cole’s Mill |
| | Founded 1842 by Emery Cole Ruins 870 ft. west Produced flour, feed & grain Wagonmaking shop added run by son, Albert S. Cole — Map (db m24976) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Dutchess County |
| |
Created in 1683 and named
for the Dutchess of York.
The “T” in original name
is still used. — Map (db m24520) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Fredericksburg 1778 |
| | From September 20 to November 28, 1778 George Washington, his generals and army of 13,000 were located in or around Fredericksburg, with the John Kane house serving as headquarters. From here emanated George Washington’s strategy of “observing and containing” the British in New York City.
Fredericksburg was then a sparsely settled farming area containing the present communities of Pawling, Patterson, Holmes, Carmel and Kent. It was chosen for its strategic location on an . . . — Map (db m24555) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Grange Hall |
| |
Pawling Grange founded 1897. Hall built by Grange members in 1946 as meeting place and community center. Sold to Town of Pawling in 1962. — Map (db m24658) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — In memory of General George Washington |
| | In memory of General George Washington Commander in Chief of Continental Army Fredericksburg Sept. 19 – Nov. 27, 1778 Made possible through the efforts of Senator Vincent L. Leibell
The Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Pawling
Dedicated May 2005 — Map (db m24556) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — John Kane House |
| | General Washington’s hdqtrs at Fredericksburg (Pawling) Sept. – Nov. 1778 – Kane was a prosperous landowner, early supervisor and a Tory. — Map (db m24522) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Living Memorial |
| | These trees were planted as a Living Memorial to
Thomas E. Dewey
Governor of the State of New York
1943 – 1955
and his wife
Frances Hutt Dewey
Faithful member of the congregation
of Christ Church on Quaker Hill
and made possible by donations from
parishoners of the church
and members of the community
1972 — Map (db m25018) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Memorial Trees |
| |
Dedicated May 4, 1945 to honor Town of Pawling men who gave their lives in the service of their country during World War II.
Marker donated Am. Legion Aux. — Map (db m24653) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Methodist Church |
| | First church built in 1809 South Road; second church in 1854 on Main Street. This church erected in 1864. Additions in 1928 and 1960. — Map (db m24888) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Mizzen Top Hotel |
| | Was located on this site from 1880 – 1933. The building was three stories high, faced the west with two hundred feet frontage. It was opened during the summer seasons and accommodated 250 guests. Porches bordered three sides. The spacious grounds provided lawn tennis, golf links and a bowling alley. In the early days a livery stable supplied saddle horses and a four-in-hand coach. — Map (db m25016) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Murrow Park |
| | Originally the Burr Farm, Murrow Park was purchased by the Pawling Lions Club from Mr. & Mrs. Howard Burr and Miss Altana Burr. The Lions Club purchased the property for recreation and enjoyment by the residents of Pawling in 1965. — Map (db m24977) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Oblong Meeting House |
| | Oblong Meeting House
Of the Society of Friends
Erected in 1742 south of this road
Present building erected in 1764
First effective action against slavery
taken here in 1767
Occupied as hospital January 1779
By Revolutionary soldiers
Many of whom are buried south of the road
Meeting divided 1828
Meetings ceased in this house 1885
Anno Domeni 1904 — Map (db m25026) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Pawling School 1907 |
| | Dr. Frederick L. Gamage founded the school to prepare boys for college The name was changed to Trinity – Pawling in 1947 — Map (db m24656) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Pawling Veterans Memorial |
| | Dedicated to The Memory of Those Who Paid for Our Freedom With Their Lives
World War II 1941 – 1945
Ira Baker • George N. Burr • John Stark Colman • Harold Davis • Walter C. Fischer • John Holladay • Leon O’Dell • Edward J. Perrin • Stanley Robinson • Benjamin Utter
Korea 1950 – 1953
George F. Ballard • John E. Heinchon
Vietnam 1961 – 1973
George F. McDavitt
Hasler – Kamp Post #215, Pawling, NY — Map (db m24654) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Pawling World War I and Civil War Memorial |
| | [ West Side ]
Roll of Honor
To Honor the Pawling Men Who Served in the World War This Tablet is Erected By The Inhabitants of the Town 1917 – 1919
Akin, Albert John • Alfredson, David • Anderson, Edward P. • Ash, Ralph W. • Ashman, Frederick • Banks, Arthur • Bennett, Timothy E. • Bierce, Frank W. • Blauvelt, William W. • Boo, Axel • Branch, John Akin • Burger, Earl C. • Burgess, Archibald L • Burhance, George • Burhance, John J. • * Burns, Francis . . . — Map (db m24655) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — Purgatory Hill |
| | Purgatory Hill
Named by the Continental Army encamped here fall of 1778. Site of great barbecue celebrating anniversary of Burgoyne’s defeat – Saratoga — Map (db m24979) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — The First Oblong Friends Meeting House |
| | The First Oblong Friends Meeting House was erected on this site in 1742. It was used as a place of worship until 1764. West of the site was the Friends burial ground. During the fall and winter of 1778 the present meeting house was a hospital for Revolutionary War soldiers. Directly east are the graves of the soldiers who died during those months.
Erected by Duchess of York Chapter
Daughters of the American Colonists
New York State Society
August 1965 — Map (db m25028) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — The Great Barbecue |
| | A section of the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War was stationed on the western slopes of Quaker Hill from September 16, to November 28, 1778.
The Great Barbecue
Occurred on the hillside across this road. October 17, 1778
It commemorated the first anniversary of the surrender of the British under Gen. Burgoyne to the Americans at Saratoga, New York.
General George Washington
Led the parade from his headquarters at the John Kane house. Among the officers present . . . — Map (db m24521) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — The Great Barbecue |
| | A section of the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War was stationed on the western slopes of Quaker Hill from September 16, to November 28, 1778.
The Great Barbecue Barbecue
Occurred on the hillside across this road.
October 17, 1778
It commemorated the first anniversary of the surrender of the British under Gen. Burgoyne to the Americans at Saratoga, New York.
General George Washington
Led the parade from his headquarters at the John Kane house. Among the officers . . . — Map (db m24551) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Pawling — The Oblong |
| | This marker denotes the western boundary of Connecticut under an agreement reached in 1683 between Governor Thomas Dongan of New York and Governor Robert Treat of Connecticut.
Later the Treaty of Dover signed on May 14, 1731 moved the western border of Connecticut about two miles farther east to the present border between the two states, thus creating the area since known as “The Oblong” sixty miles long and approximately two miles wide extending from the southern border of Massachusetts to Long Island Sound. — Map (db m24980) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Poughkeepsie — River That Flows Both Ways |
| | The river before you is in no hurry to reach the Atlantic Ocean. The Native Americans knew that. They called it Muhheakantuck—“river that flows both ways.”
The Hudson’s current changes direction four times every day as ocean tides pulse upriver to the Troy dam. Drop a stick in at Troy. Drifting back and forth, it will take several months to reach the ocean.
An estuary is a place where salt and fresh water mingle. Seawater entering the Hudson meets fresh water . . . — Map (db m2488) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Stormville — Fishkill in the American Revolution |
| | Fishkill was a center of civil and military operations during the American Revolution. New York State’s first governing body met in the village’s churches during 1776-77 and drew up the first state constitution.
South of Fishkill, centered in the Van Wyck homestead was the largest American army supply depot in the north. Relatively safe from British attack, the Fishkill supply depot included dozens of buildings, shops and warehouses. Its strategic location at the hub of transportation made . . . — Map (db m1144) |
| New York (Dutchess County), Union Vale — Potters Corners Burying Ground |
| | Potters Corners Burying Ground
Early stone marked 1785
Site of Trinity Methodist Church
Until 1860’s
Union Vale Historical Society — Map (db m24880) |
| New York (Dutchess County), West Pawling — Pawling Beekman Turnpike |
| | Inc 1824. 4 mile toll road between Nathan Millers and Joseph Arnolds commerce opened to pok. Abandoned 1906 — Map (db m24887) |
| New York (Dutchess County), West Pawling — The West Mountain Mission |
| | The West Mountain Mission
1892 – 1950 est. by A. C. Burdick for educational, charitable & religious needs. Neighborhood house built 1905. Harry Lynke, architect, Franklyn Mulkins builder. — Map (db m24886) |
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