Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site

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The Ellison House at Knox's Headquarter's State Historic Site in New Windsor, NY.

Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, in the town of New Windsor in Orange County, New York, consists of the Georgian house of the Ellison family, built in 1754, and the grounds around it. It is located on Old Forge Hill Road, just south of Route 94 east of Vails Gate.

Although most closely associated with Henry Knox, who was using it as his headquarters as the Revolutionary War drew to a close in the early 1780s, it was used as a general's headquarters throughout most of the war, by Nathanael Greene and Horatio Gates.

Today, the house can be toured when the site is open. It is used to educate visitors about how 18th-century families such as the Ellisons actually lived. On holidays and special occasions staff dress in period costume and give special events, such as a Christmas wassail with appropriate food such as cakes and cider. Re-enactors in Continental Army costume frequently demonstrate cannon use on the grounds, as Knox was best known for his command of Patriot artillery.

The Jane Colden Plant Sanctuary along some of the trails in the nearby woods memorializes America's first female botanist, who also resided in the area.

While owned by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation the Ellison House is administered and operated by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, like many other state parks and historic sites in the mid- and lower Hudson region.

[edit] See also

• New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site
• Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site

[edit] External link

• Official site

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