The Proposed Historic District
People have lived for a long time in this beautiful valley where a natural trail, running from New England to the Hudson, makes a gentle bend here along the edge of the Great Swamp. Traces have been found . . . — — Map (db m24942) HM
Burial site of Revolutionary war heroes, Col. Henry Ludington and his daughter Sybil, who rode to warn the troops on 26 April 1777 — — Map (db m24513) HM
Maple Avenue Cemetery
(And Combined Church Cemeteries)
Earliest Recorded Grave, 1792
The Combined Cemeteries At the close of the Revolution, in 1782, when all the lands of Beverly Robinson were seized by the State Legislature and . . . — — Map (db m24794) HM
Patterson Baptist Church
(The Rock Church)
1790
The Baptist Church
The following material was adapted from notes put together by Reverend James B.M. Frost, March 1993:
Pelletreau’s “History of Putnam County,” . . . — — Map (db m25015) HM
Patterson
Grange No. 939
(Original Charter Patterson Grange No. 237)
1874
The country was on the brink of a depression, and the power of the railroads dominated the post Civil War economy when farmers from the Midwest and the . . . — — Map (db m24811) HM
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Roll Of Honor
1917 – 1918
Town Of Patterson
Major Albert N. Towner • Major Charles B. Crane • Capt. John Towner • Lieut. Robert A. Johnston • Sergt. Daniel B. Brandon • Sergt. Lucius G. . . . — — Map (db m24940) WM
The Fellowship Hall
(Presbyterian Church “Parish House”)
1872
Originally called “The Parish House,” the Fellowship Hall was given to the Presbyterian Church by the Paterson Family between 1868 and 1877 while . . . — — Map (db m24810) HM
The Presbyterian Church
(Of Patterson / Pawling)
Present Structure, 1838
This beautiful building is the third church of the Presbyterian Congregation in Patterson. The first, often referred to as “The Old Meeting . . . — — Map (db m24809) HM
The War Monument (World War I) 1917 – 1918
The Monument Patterson was still a quiet country town at the beginning of the First World War. Although the State had begun to assume responsibility for the major roads through the area, . . . — — Map (db m24938) HM
At Beverley Dock, at the foot of this lane, Arnold, exposed as a traitor, fled by boat to the British ship Vulture, off Croton Point. — — Map (db m20687) HM
On the hill west of the brook are remains of hut sites, oven, etc., made by New England troops guarding West Point, 1778 – 1783. — — Map (db m20697) HM
On the north slope of this hill was one of the forts built, 1776 – 1777 to defend the highlands, from Connecticut to New Jersey. — — Map (db m20710) HM
The Hudson River is in no hurry to reach the Atlantic Ocean. The Native Americans knew that. They called it Muhbeakantuck - "river that flows two ways.” Today we refer to the Hudson as a “tidal estuary.” The Hudson's current changes direction . . . — — Map (db m245680) HM
Constitution Island was the home of Susan and Anna Warner from 1836 – 1915. It was presented to the United States Military Academy by Miss Anna Warner and Mrs. Russell Sage. Marker erected in 1968 by the Constitution Island Association Gift of Mr. . . . — — Map (db m58775) HM
Fort Constitution, which would have enclosed this area, was intended to be the major fortification for the defense of the Hudson River. In January 1776, after three months of construction, work on the fort was halted, for the fort was considered to . . . — — Map (db m58763) HM
With its excellent field of fire, Gravel Hill Battery was the island’s key fortification against British ships. Constructed in the spring of 1776, after Fort Constitution’s inability to command the Hudson had become evident, it was destroyed during . . . — — Map (db m47502) HM
The Revolutionary Army fortified this hill in 1776 to provide more firepower down river and to maintain communication between Gravel Hill Battery to the east and the Fort Constitution area to the west. Hill Cliff Battery mounted from three to five . . . — — Map (db m58772) HM
Built in early 1776, Marine Battery was destroyed in October 1777. The following year the battery was partially reconstructed on the surviving rampart to protect the Great Chain, which was probably anchored in the cove below. This 10 foot thick . . . — — Map (db m58765) HM
During the period when Constitution Island supplemented the major West Point fortifications, the Continental Army sought to protect the Great Chain and river batteries from land attack. Placed on the highest ground of the then treeless island, . . . — — Map (db m58774) HM
Built in 1779, Redoubt 6 demonstrates the Army’s concern for fortifying the high ground. Necessary for its defense were approximately 115 infantrymen; no cannon were listed for this redoubt. The integrated West Point fortification system provided . . . — — Map (db m59889) HM
The defense of the Hudson River against British ships was an important task of the Revolutionary Army. The river’s sharp bend and strong currents at this point made Constitution Island well located for this purpose. Construction on Fort . . . — — Map (db m47501) HM
Intended as the west curtain of the never-completed Fort Constitution, “the . . . battery is a straight line constructed by Mr. Romans, at very great expense; it has fifteen embrasures, which face the river at a right angle, and can only annoy a . . . — — Map (db m58768) HM
In winter, when barracks were unavailable, soldiers were generally quartered in huts. Several hut sites remain on Constitution Island. In some the fireplace ruins are in line, while at others no pattern exists. Regiments normally built huts to . . . — — Map (db m58769) HM
Background The Americans and British both knew that passage on the Hudson River was strategically important. The Americans planned to block ship passage on the river and attack enemy ships with cannons and mortar located at defensive forts, and . . . — — Map (db m89095) HM
Constitution Island was purchased by Henry Whiting Warner, an attorney from New York City, who became interested in the island while visiting his brother, Thomas, who served as the Chaplain at West Point from 1823 until 1838. A thick stone . . . — — Map (db m89119) HM
Adams Corners was a community centered around an 1846 school, 1900 Grange Hall, general store, and town’s first telephone exchange. — — Map (db m212122) HM
1789 1st Methodist Society
1835 Land deeded for church
1880-82 Carriage shed built
1891 Present church built
1982 Listed historic site. — — Map (db m212129) HM
Was a manufacturing center. Two creeks powered a grist mill in the 18th century; wire, fulling, and paper mills in the 19th century. — — Map (db m119204) HM
If you ever think of me
think of all your liberties and recall
All Gave Some, and Some Gave All.
Dedicated to the Veterans of the Town of Putnam Valley
November 12, 1994 — — Map (db m212123) WM
Tompkins Corners was settled in the 1770’s by four Tompkins brothers. A turnpike here passed store, church, mill & tavern. F.D. Roosevelt spoke here. — — Map (db m212127) HM
Two miles east Birthplace of Darius M. Couch Major General, U. S. A. Commander 2d Corps, Army of Potomac, at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, 1862-63 — — Map (db m54276) HM
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