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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKMK_site-of-18th-century-structures_Washington-NY.html
Site of theFirst CountyCourthouse(1729),Jail (1741),Jailer's House(1751).
Courthouse destroyed duringthe Revolutionary War.Beneath this frame & streetintersection are thearchaeologicalremains of these buildings.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKLR_church-of-saint-andrew_North-Augusta-NY.html
Reminiscent of English Norman Parish Churches built in the 12th century, this structure was created in 1872 by architect William M. Mersereau. It was constructed using stone walls of the first church building on the site which was erected between …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKLK_church-of-st-andrew_Charleston-NY.html
The Church of St. Andrew was founded in 1708, and the first church building was completed in 1712 on land given in 1711 by William Tillier. In 1713 Queen Anne granted the church a charter and presented valued gifts including a chalice and paten.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKLJ_trail-crossing_Charleston-NY.html
To mark the crossingofthe Blazed Trail andWillow Brook Trail1793
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKLF_patriots-under-gen-mercer_Branchburg-NY.html
In memory of the Patriots who under General Hugh Mercer crossing from Perth Amboy [N.J.] surprised and overcame the enemy on this spot on October 16, 1776, taking twenty prisoners besides arms and ammunition. Two of the Americans were killed and C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKKJ_historic-richmondtown_Hillsborough-NY.html
The village of Richmond was occupied by the British from 1776-1783. Prior to 1776, the Committee of Safety met at the Christopher House to keep order and support the Continental Army.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJV_sullivans-attack_Elkhart-NY.html
Gen. William SmallwoodRouted British Provincialsat Decker's Ferry Nearby——————————This Memorialerected byStaten Island ChapterDaughters of the American RevolutionJune 1930Rededicated Apri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQX_verrazano-narrows-bridge_Doylestown-NY.html
"We found a pleasant place below steep little hills. And from among those hills a mighty deep-mouthed river ran into the sea." ? ? Giovanni da Verrazano, Italian explorer, 1524
Until the 1960s, the only way from Brooklyn to Staten Island was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBU_fort-wadsworth_Virginia-City-NY.html
Fort Wadsworth side:Point, counterpoint. As one nation improves its offensive weapons, another revamps its defenses. It's the story of military history, and Fort Wadsworth tells it as well as any place in America.
British soldiers built the fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAM_dry-moat-and-counterscarp_Virginia-City-NY.html
From 1859 to 1876, army engineers built these 30-foot-high granite walls to form this corridor. In military terms, Fort Tompkin's scarp (wall to your right) now faced a counterscarp (wall to your left), creating a 30-foot-wide dry moat. When origi…