| New York (Westchester County), Armonk — Smith’s Tavern |
| | Revolutionary War
militia headquarters 1779.
First town post office and
North Castle town meeting
place, 1798 – 1850. — Map (db m24582) |
| New York (Westchester County), Bedford Hills — For God and Country |
| | World War II
Emil Bosse
• William R. Cameron
• Joseph P. Cotton, Jr.
• Edward F. Drake
• Salvatore Foglia
• Abram Garvis
• William F. Hull, 2nd
• Thomas V. Pickhardt
• Everett F. Rogers
• Donald E. Smith
• Frank P. Orso
[Small plaque at top]
Cpl. Ralph E. Mayers III Killed In Action South Vietnam March 9th 1969 — Map (db m24566) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — Historic New York Bedford House — On Route 22 near Katonah |
| |
John Jay (1745 – 1829), statesman, jurist, first Chief Justice of the United States, and Governor of New York State for six years, built Bedford House in 1800. It remained his home for the last twenty-nine years of his life.
Jay represented New York in the Continental Congresses and helped to draft the first State Constitution. He was one of the Commissioners who arranged the Treaty of Paris of 1783, ending the American Revolution; and he negotiated with Great Britain the famed . . . — Map (db m24691) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — Honor Roll |
| | World War I Candie Angelo M. Jones Frederick B. Kelly James J. Russell J. Stanley World War II Bernardo Pompei M. Booth Jasper W. Buonassissi Michael Diamanti Albert G. Ferguson Charles E. Jr. Fowler Robert L. 3rd Knudsen Ellwood B. Lorzer Douglas D. Miller John J. Jr. Olmstead Barnes Rosen Walter B. Stapleton James P. Towey Joseph M. Katonah Post 1575 May 30, 1949 — Map (db m24667) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — John Jay Homestead — State Historic Site |
| | The United States’ first Chief Justice, Jay, retired here after drafting New York’s first constitution and serving as President of the Continental Congress and Minister to Spain.
* Revolutionary War Heritage Trail Sites
The Revolutionary War Heritage Trail links historic sites that tell the story of New York’s decisive role in America’s fight for independence. — Map (db m24699) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — Katonah Civil War Memorial |
| | [ East plaque ]
In Memoriam Capt. James Mckeel Capt. John W. Sweetman And Members of Co. A 4th N.Y. Vol. Heavy Art’y Who Enlisted From Katonah, NY to Serve During The Civil War of 1861 – 1865 James C. Bogan Franklin Dingee Oscar L. Dearborn Leonidas E. Gallahue Edgar Hitt Rufus Hitt Patrick Hughes B.F. Lockwood J.T. Lockwood James H. Lyon Robert A. Reynolds Leonard H. Secor Clark See Harrison Totten Stark V. Totten Albert Tucker ----- erected by Private J.T. Lockwood Of Co. . . . — Map (db m24572) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 7 — The Barn Complex — John Jay Homestead |
| | Barns are essential to a working farm. The main barn dates to the early 19th century. It was originally used for housing livestock, threshing grain, and storing hay. Sheds were added later to both sides of the barn and used to store tools, farm equipment, and feed. They also housed animals.
A three-stall, draft horse barn built between 1870 and 1885 is visible through the bull’s paddock behind the main barn.
The smaller stone cow barn to the right of the main barn may have been . . . — Map (db m24707) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 13 — The Beech Allee (Avenue) and Stone Fences — John Jay Homestead |
| | When Jay assembled his 750 acres by 1800, much of the land had already been cleared indiscriminately by tenant farmers. Stone, however, was abundant and it was put to good use. Jay spent 15 years encircling his property with stone fences and an additional decade dividing it into lots still visible in the newly reforested landscape.
This magnificent allee of European and copper beech trees was planted in the second half of the 19th century by John jay II. To the right of the allee, along . . . — Map (db m24714) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 4 — The Brick Lot — John Jay Homestead |
| | When John Jay began planning his Westchester farm in the 1790s, he was fortunate to find a source of clay on his property which he used to make the brick for constructing a home and various farm buildings. Archeological testing has identified the manufacturing site where the bricks were formed, dried, stacked, and baked in kilns. During testing, the site of a temporary camp for Native Americans, which existed well before the arrival of European settlers, was located.
Thousands of bricks, . . . — Map (db m24704) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 12 — The Carriage Drive and Roadways — John Jay Homestead |
| | The original carriage drive entered the estate from the Post Road one mile north of the current Homestead driveway. In the mid-19th century, an allee (avenue) of European and copper beech trees was planted along the drive below the house. These grand trees still stand at the bottom of the hill along a restored section of the drive. Enjoy a walk down the sloping lane to experience this part of the property.
The Homestead’s current entrance road was built in the 1960’s by New York State . . . — Map (db m24713) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 5 — The Farm Manager’s Cottage — John Jay Homestead |
| | The brick cottage was built ca. 1800 for Jay’s first farm manager, Major Samuel Lyon. Lyon oversaw such daily activities on the farm as: ditching and draining land; building and maintaining fences; plowing, planting, and harvesting fields; and tending the orchards.
Like others in his economic position, John Jay employed tenant farmers who carried out the work under the manager’s supervision. In return for their services, Jay provided them with cottages and small gardens, and he subsidized . . . — Map (db m24705) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 3 — The Glasshouse Complex and Herb Garden — John Jay Homestead |
| | The design of the herb garden located here among the ruins of the old glasshouse yard is based on typical 18th- and 19th-century American and English gardens. Please enter and explore. An herb garden brochure is available in a box by the potting shed door.
Two glasshouse foundations form the north and east borders of the garden plan. From their construction early in the 19th century, these heated glasshouses were used year-round to grow vegetables, fruit, and flowers from seeds, cuttings, . . . — Map (db m24702) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 2 — The Homestead Farm — John Jay Homestead |
| | This property has seen many changes. Over 2,200 years ago, Native Americans lived and hunted here. As the family’s tenanted farm in the 1700s, it produced wheat, rye, corn, and other grains. After Jay’s retirement and the development of the farm in the early 1800s, fruit orchards and mills were added. Jay’s descendants further diversified the farm by producing dairy products, flowers, and vegetables for the New York City markets only 50 miles away. In the 20th century, chicken farming was . . . — Map (db m24701) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — The John Jay Potting Sheds — John Jay Homestead |
| | After the American Civil War, the nation experienced tremendous economic growth in agriculture and industry. In the 1870s, the refrigerator car was introduced, and farmers expanded their market opportunities. Farming became big business. Between 1865 and 1890, retail trade in flowers, or floriculture, began to expand. After 1890, the industry boomed, and by 1929, New York State led the nation in flower and plant production. Located 50 miles north of New York City and near rail lines, the Jay . . . — Map (db m24703) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 10 — The North Lawn — John Jay Homestead |
| | From the top of this hill, the highest point on the property, much of the original Jay estate could be seen. During the early 1900s, the jays built a grass tennis court here. The court was later used for croquet. Across the fields to the south of the main house on another promontory once stood the 1852 home of John Jay’s grandson, John Jay II.
In 1925, Eleanor Jay Iselin, the great-great-granddaughter of John Jay built a children’s playhouse for her son Arthur Iselin, Jr. Today, a . . . — Map (db m24710) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 6 — The Organization of the Farm — John Jay Homestead |
| | John Jay began planning his farm soon after he amassed the 750 acres by inheritance and purchase in the 1780s.
In 1832, William Jay made several improvements to the Jay farm. He enlarged the cow barn, renovated the main barn, had an old barn removed, and began construction on a new one. Many changes to the farm during this period were the result of William’s experimentation with silage (winter animal feed), drainage, horticulture, and raising livestock.
In 1862, John Jay’s grandson . . . — Map (db m24706) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 9 — The Schoolhouse and Homestead Lawn — John Jay Homestead |
| | From this vantage point, the sloping back lawn of the main house is visible. At the top of the hill and to your left, is a stone schoolhouse built between 1826 and 1828 by John Jay and his son William for William’s young children. In this back lawn area, to the right of the schoolhouse is the family’s pet cemetery.
Other early structures located closer to the house and to the right of this sign included a woodshed, several wells, and privies. Still visible are the foundations of two icehouses. — Map (db m24709) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 8 — The Stable Courtyard — John Jay Homestead |
| | The coachman’s house on your right and carriage barn on your left were built between 1801 and 1802. gated stone fences connected the two buildings and created a courtyard where the coaches and horses could be cared for and prepared for use.
The second floor of the coachman’s house initially had both a hay loft and living quarters for the coachman. The lower level had stalls for Jay’s carriage and riding horses and ponies.
The carriage barn accommodated the Jay’s coaches, carriage . . . — Map (db m24708) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 14 — The Sundial and Fountain Gardens — John Jay Homestead |
| | The gardens at the Homestead pay homage to John Jay’s love of nature and to the pleasure that the Jay family found on the grounds surrounding their home.
This garden combines designs found in family gardens from the early 19th through the 2oth centuries.
The Bedford Garden Club and staff from the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation began developing this garden in 1969. The garden, completed in 1983, is a community project, maintained by the Bedford Garden Club. . . . — Map (db m24715) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 11 — The Terrace Garden — John Jay Homestead |
| | In numerous Jay family photographs, the terrace appears as an active lawn and garden area for family gatherings. The terrace garden was designed in 1924 in conjunction with the addition of the west wing of the house.
The Rusticus Garden Club began to take care of the terrace garden as a community volunteer project in 1969. After the original plans were found in the Homestead archives in 1992, the club undertook the garden’s restoration and continues to maintain it through volunteer efforts and fund-raising activities. — Map (db m24711) |
| New York (Westchester County), Katonah — 1 — Welcome to John Jay Homestead — State Historic Site |
| | In 1801, after a distinguished career in public service, John Jay retired to Bedford where until his death in 1829, he enjoyed spending time with his family and improving his farm. Four succeeding generations of the Jay family resided here until 1953, creating a comfortable home and profitable farm. A one-mile, self-guided walking tour of the property begins here. It takes about one hour to cover its circular route. Follow the path indicated on the map to your right to learn about the Jay’s farm, its buildings, and history. — Map (db m24700) |
| New York (Westchester County), Mount Kisco — Christopher Columbus — 1492 – 1992 |
| | We, the Italian American Club of Northern Westchester, Inc. and contributing organizations, families, and individuals present this monument to the People of Mount Kisco, in observance of the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of the New World. The monument has been erected to symbolize that as Americans, we are an immigrant society.
Sponsors
Antonio & Francesca Bueti & Family • C & T Construction Corp. • Circolo Daniel Vinci • Richard A. Flynn, County Legislator • Foro Dante, . . . — Map (db m24505) |
| New York (Westchester County), Mount Kisco — Mount Kisco Veterans Memorial |
| | Korean War Plaque [ far left panel ]
1950 – 1953 The Village of Mount Kisco Honors The Men and Women Of This Community Who Served In The United States Armed Forces During The Korean War
World War I Plaque [ left side ]
1917 – 1918 The Village of Mount Kisco Honors the Men From This Locality Who Served In the Armed Forces of the United States During The World War
William Henry Adams • Frank Allmond • Reese Denny Alsop • Catello Amato • Rocco . . . — Map (db m25440) |
| New York (Westchester County), Mount Kisco — The Old North Castle Church |
| | On this site St. Georges Church (“the Old North Castle Church”) was erected in 1761 by the generosity of St. George Talbot, Esq. of New York City and by the missionary zeal of the Rev. James Wetmore of Grace Church, Rye. Charles Haight, Esq, donated the land. This Church stood until 1819 and was used during the Revolution as a hospital by the American forces after the Battle of White Plains, October 28, 1776, and as a British base for Colonel Tarleton's attack on Pound Ridge and . . . — Map (db m24471) |
| New York (Westchester County), Mount Kisco — United Methodist Church of Mount Kisco |
| |
This property has been placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — Map (db m25616) |
| New York (Westchester County), North Castle — Joseph T. Miller |
| | Joseph T. Miller 1903 – 1975 Town Clerk of North Castle 1940 – 1975 This park is set aside in his memory in tribute to his many years of devoted loving service to the citizens of this town — Map (db m24458) |
| New York (Westchester County), North Castle — Mile Square |
| |
North Castle’s Earliest Residential Subdivision. Laid out by St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 1850 — Map (db m24467) |
| New York (Westchester County), North Castle — North Castle Veterans Memorial |
| | . . . — Map (db m24468) |
| New York (Westchester County), North Castle — North Castle World War I Memorial |
| | In Honor of the Men of the Township of North Castle Who Answered Their Country’s Call In the Great World War 1917 – 1919
Lester Abrams • Frank R. Adams • Sidney Barnshaw • Arthur F. Bartlett • George P. Bennett • Leon H. Bennett • Frank Bradbury, Jr. • Clarence Brown • Ernest Brown • Nelson Brown • Joseph Carenski • Charles H. Caston • Charles G. Clark • Leonard A. Collins • T. Lester Cox • Antonio Curcuroto • Carmelo DeAgostino • Joseph De Marto • Samuel Donnelly • Chester . . . — Map (db m24470) |
| New York (Westchester County), North Castle — North Castle World War II Monument |
| | Dedicated to the Heroic Men and Women Of North White Plains in the Town of North Castle, New York Who Served Their Country in World War II And in Loving Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Abele, Jacob • Ackerly, Charles Jr. • Ackerman, Theodore • Ackerman, Walter • Allevi, Cesari • Allevi, Roger • Anderson, Wesley • Barden, James Eugene • Bates, Arthur • Bates, Donald • Bates, Harold • Bates, Herbert • Battistelli, Joseph • Battistelli, Mc Kinley • * Beaton, Edward • Beck, . . . — Map (db m24457) |
| New York (Westchester County), North Castle — This Flame of Freedom |
| | This Flame of Freedom Donated To the Town of North Castle by North Castle Post 1097 American Legion In Memory of Those Who Perished In the Service of Their Country In All the Wars Erected by Town of North Castle And Dedicated on the 30th Day of May 1969 — Map (db m24469) |
| New York (Westchester County), North Salem — North Salem World War I Memorial |
| | Erected by the Citizens of
The Town of North Salem
dedicated to those who served their country in 1914 The World War 1918
John F. O’Ryan Major General 27 Division • H. Francis Jaekel Major 106 U.S. Infantry • Louis Fancher Capt. M.B. Gen. Staff • Floyd Y. Keeler Capt. M.B. Gen. Staff • Donald T. MacPhail Capt. Medical Corps • William S. Welch 1st Lieut. Air Service • George L. Hanshaw Ensign U.S. Navy
Sergeants
Henry Camilli • Romaine L. Lenz • George A. Smith
Corporals . . . — Map (db m24509) |
| New York (Westchester County), North Salem — North Salem World War II Memorial |
| | 1941 Town of North Salem, N.Y. 1945
In Honor of Our Citizens Who Served
In the Armed Forces Of
The United States
During World War II
Abate, Ugo • Alexander, Charles J. • Andrews, William • Biel, Leonard • Bocchino, James • Brearton, James L. • Brearton, William E. • Broadhurst, Kenneth • Bulkley, Andrew D. • Burns, Ruby P. • Burns, William E. • Butler, Charles • Butler, George B. • Campbell, Douglas H. • Castagner, Victor F. • Chorsky, Howard A. • Cleary, Robert • Cochran, . . . — Map (db m24683) |
| New York (Westchester County), Peekskill — America’s Most Famous Cannon |
| | [ East face ]
The American Revolution
1775 • • • 1783
“America’s Most Famous Cannon”
Sept. 21, 1780 • John Jacob Peterson of African descent • and Moses Sherwood of Van Cortlandt 3rd West, Militia took it to Croton Pt. and fired on the • Vulture • causing it to abandon Major Andre the British spy who was captured trying to escape through American territory. • 1952 • Presented to Peekskill Museum by Paul I. Bleakley •
[ North face ]
Patriot Moses Sherwood . . . — Map (db m23356) |
| New York (Westchester County), Peekskill — Camp Smith |
| | New York National Guard training camp established 1882. Contains 1900 acres. Named for Alfred E. Smith, Governor of New York. — Map (db m20722) |
| New York (Westchester County), Peekskill — Camp Smith (at Camp entrance) |
| | New York National Guard training camp established 1882. Contains 1900 acres. Named for Alfred E. Smith, Governor of New York. — Map (db m26143) |
| New York (Westchester County), Peekskill — Peekskill F.D.N.Y. Memorial |
| | [ West face ]
Dedicated to the Memory of the Men of F.D.N.Y. Engine 54 Ladder 4 Battalion 9
Battalion Chief Edward Geraghty – Battalion 9
Captain David Wooley – Ladder 4
Lieutenant Daniel O’Callaghan – Ladder 4
Firefighter Michael Brennan – Ladder 4
Firefighter Paul Gill – Engine 54
Firefighter Jose Guadalupe – Engine 54
Firefighter Michael Haub – Ladder 4
Firefighter Joseph Angilini, Jr. – Ladder 4
Firefighter Carl . . . — Map (db m22622) |
| New York (Westchester County), Peekskill — Teachers Park |
| | Presented to the people of Peekskill and dedicated to the teachers in the public, private and church schools by Chester A. Smith and Edith M. Smith in appreciation of their father, Louis H. Smith for thirty-five years a teacher in the public schools of Westchester and Putnam Counties and of their mother Abbie E. Smith, for thirty- five years a teacher in the church school of the First Methodist Church of Peekskill. 1 9 4 1 — Map (db m22632) |
| New York (Westchester County), Sleepy Hollow — Dutch Reformed (Sleepy Hollow) Church |
| | Dutch Reformed (Sleepy Hollow) Church has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1963 — Map (db m8706) |
| New York (Westchester County), Sleepy Hollow — Old Dutch Church |
| | Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow ----- Church of the Manor of Philipsburgh Erected by Frederick Philipse 1697 Alterations were made in 1837 – Restorations were made in 1897 — Map (db m8707) |
| New York (Westchester County), Sleepy Hollow — Philipsburg Manor |
| | Philips Manor was an 18th-century milling, farming and trading complex owned by the Loyalist Philipse family, tenanted by farmers, and operated by enslaved men, women and children. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — Map (db m8729) |
| New York (Westchester County), Sleepy Hollow — The Headless Horseman Bridge |
| | Described by Irving in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow formerly spanned this stream at this spot. — Map (db m8616) |
| New York (Westchester County), Sleepy Hollow — The Old Dutch Church |
| | The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, built 1697 by Frederick Philipse, First Lord of the Manor, in use since except in Revolution. — Map (db m8618) |
| New York (Westchester County), Tarrytown — Action in Tarrytown |
| | This tablet erected by the Sons of the Revolution and citizens of this vicinity on July 15, 1899 Commemorates the Action at Tarrytown which occurred near this spot on July 15, 1781 and also the heroism of Colonel Sheldon and Captain Hurlbut of the Second Regiment of Dragoons, Captain – Lieutenant Miles of the artillery, and Lieutenant Shaylor of the Fourth Connecticut Regiment, who received the particular thanks of General Washington in the Public Orders of the Army, for their . . . — Map (db m8612) |
| New York (Westchester County), Tarrytown — André Captors Monument |
| | On this spot the 23rd day of September 1780 the spy Major John André Adjutant General of the British Army was captured by John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart, all natives of this county. History has told the rest.
The people of Westchester County have erected this monument as well to commemorate a great event as to testify their high estimation of that integrity and patriotism which, rejecting every temptation rescued the United States from most imminent peril by baffling the . . . — Map (db m8608) |
| New York (Westchester County), Tarrytown — Andre Captured |
| | Here in 1780 three honest militiamen arrested Major John Andre Adjt-Gen. British Army, disguised, preventing disaster to the American cause. — Map (db m8610) |
| New York (Westchester County), Tarrytown — Christ Church |
| | Erected in 1837. For many years Washington Irving was vestryman and warden. Ivy is from cuttings from vine on his home Sunnyside. — Map (db m8709) |
| New York (Westchester County), Tarrytown — Second Reformed Church |
| | Erected in 1837 as South Church of Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow became a separate congregation 1851 — Map (db m8708) |
| New York (Westchester County), Valhalla — Reuben Wright’s Mill |
| | Town of North Castle Reuben Wright’s Mill Headquarters of Gen. George Washington and other American Generals during the Revolutionary War 1776 – 80 1976 — Map (db m24459) |
| New York (Westchester County), Valhalla — Reuben Wright’s Mills |
| | Near this site stood Reuben Wright’s Mills, Headquarters of General Washington from July 20th to 25th 1778, also occupied by other Revolutionary Generals. The mills were in Old Kensico Village now inundated by the waters of Kensico Lake. These millstones were placed by the White Plains Chapter D.A.R. Oct. 28th 1932 on the 156th anniversary of the Battle of White Plains 1776. — Map (db m24460) |
| New York (Westchester County), West Harrison — VFW Post 5463 Veterans Memorial |
| | Dedicated by Post No. 5463 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States in honor of those who gave their lives in the defense of their country Silver Lake Park 1952 — Map (db m24792) |
| New York (Westchester County), West Harrison — West Harrison Honor Roll — Defenders of Our Freedom |
| | Gave Their Lives
Altamuro, Patsy World War II • Beckman, Harriet World War II • Coombs, Peter World War I • Demarisco, Michael, Jr. Vietnam • Doerr, Harold J. World War II • Eggenberger, Henry Korea • Foster, Bertram World War II • Gentile, Thomas World War II • Grillo, Joseph R. World War II • Mcgowan, George World War II • Powell, Thomas J. World War II
Original Honorees
Abrantes, Manuel • Ackerley, Earl • Adams, Antone • Aldrich, Robert E. • Amodeo, Gaetano T. • Anderson, John • . . . — Map (db m24723) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — Battle of White Plains |
| | October 28th, 1776 The Continental Army Under the Command of General George Washington Defended the Heights Checking the British Advance Across Westchester
Erected by the City of White Plains to commemorate the 225th Anniversary of the Battle
Back of Marker:
White Plains
At the time of the Battle of Long Island and Capture of the city of New York by the British, the New York Provincial Congress moved to safety in White Plains.
The Colonial roads intersected in the Town, . . . — Map (db m8298) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — Battle of White Plains |
| | General George Washington Commander In Chief of the Continental Army
Erected by the City of White Plains to commemorate the 225th Anniversary of the Battle
Back of Marker:
The Continental Army
Under the command of General George Washington the Continental Army survived the Battle of Long Island, to carry the War through Manhattan and across Westchester to the stand off at White Plains.
Thwarting the British Plan to capture and to destroy the Army, repeatedly averting military . . . — Map (db m8303) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — Battle of White Plains — American Forces — 1776 |
| | Commanded by General George Washington Numbered about 14,500 Men fit for Duty,
Consisting of Continentals From Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New York, and Militiamen From Several Provinces.
Many of These Units Had Participated in The Battle of Long Island, Harlem Heights, Throg’s Neck, and Pell’s Point.
Erected by the City of White Plains to commemorate the 225th Anniversary of the Battle
Back of Marker:
Battle of White Plains October 28, 1776 The . . . — Map (db m8307) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — Battle of White Plains — British Forces — 1776 |
| | Commanded by General William Howe Numbered about 13,000 Including Several Brigades. The Regiments of Foot Deployed Light Infantry, Chasseurs, and Grenadiers. Artillery Batteried and Light Cavalry Supported Them. The Hessian Battalions Under Heister, Rahl, and Donop Reinforced The British. Their Grenadiers and Jagers Were Essential to the Battle. Back of Marker: Battle of White Plains October 28, 1776 The British Assaulted Chatterton’s Hill With Reinforced 2nd Brigade Numbering about . . . — Map (db m8308) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — Battle of White Plains — Chatterton’s Hill, October 28, 1776 |
| | The American Revolutionary War
1776 2001
Phases of Action
October 28th
Morning
1. Americans Occupy Chatterton’s Hill
2. British Approach from the South
3. American Pickets Retreat
4. Hessians Under Rahl Seize Hill
5. British Bombard Chatterton’s Hill
Midday
6. British and Hessians Cross Bronx River
7. Hessians Outflank Americans
8. British Dragoon Cavalry Attacks
9. Americans Retreat from Chatterton’s Hill
October 29th to 31st
10. Heavy Rain . . . — Map (db m8309) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — Battle Park |
| | During the Battle of White Plains, the Americans under General Washington were forced off Chatterton’s Hill after inflicting heavy casualties on British troops, checking their advance into Westchester.
Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — Map (db m8310) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — Lockheed T-33 |
| | Lockheed T-33
This T-33, known as the “T-Bird,” is on loan from the United States Navy and was once on display at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City. It commemorates Westchester County Airport’s history as home to the 105th Flying Unit of the New York Air National Guard from 1948 to 1984.
Designed by Lockheed in 1948 and produced until 1959, T-Birds were used as jet trainers with cockpit capacities for two people, top speeds of 600 miles per hour and ranges of . . . — Map (db m24437) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — Merritt Hill — Spirit of 1776 |
| | This historic site is Merritt Hill which marks one of the actions in the Battle of White Plains on October 28, 1776.
During the attack on Chatterton Hill, the British marched up the road to Connecticut (Lake street) to attack the left flank of Washington’s defense assembled on Hatfield Hill (opposite Merritt Hill).
General Heath, under General Washington, had placed Colonel Malcolm, his N.Y. Regiment and Lt. Fenno with one field piece to station Merritt Hill in defense of Hatfield Hill. . . . — Map (db m25401) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — The Battle of White Plains — October 28, 1776 |
| | Near this spot, the British under Howe, forded the Bronx River and attacked the right wing of Washington’s Army located above on Chatterton Hill.
Erected by Act of Congress May 18, 1926.
Side of Monument:
This bowlder was taken from taken from Mount Misery, which was the site of Washington’s encampment, October 31, 1776. — Map (db m8295) |
| New York (Westchester County), White Plains — The War for American Independence |
| | The War for American Independence
From October 28, 1776 until the British withdrawal on November 4, 1776 the Continental Army commanded by General George Washington engaged and held off the splendidly appointed British forces of General William Howe. This monument marking the eastern limit of the Patriot defenses during the Battle of White Plains is reverently erected in continuing memory of the valor and courage of our Forefathers, who untrained and ill equipped, remained steadfast until . . . — Map (db m24440) |
| New York (Westchester County), Yorktown Heights — Yorktown Church |
| | Built by Presbyterians in 1738. Army store house during Revolution. Burned by British 1779. Present building erected 1799. — Map (db m26146) |
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