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The Edmonston House is a historic stone home located on NY 94 in the Vails Gate section of the Town of New Windsor in
/ref> The family lived in the log cabin until 1755 when the first 2-story stone house was built, followed soon after with a 2-story stone addition. Built in 1755 by Edmonston, it is said that the house was used as a headquarters during the last years of the Revolutionary War by generals Horatio Gates and
/ref> while the officers were billeted in a building across the road from the Edmonston house. In the 1940s the house suffered a serious fire in the east wing.
/ref> Today, the house is managed by the National Temple Hill Association, along with the nearby Last Encampment, a town-owned portion of the Cantonment. It is open as a museum from 2-5 p.m. Sundays July through September.2007
Edmonston House/Knox's Headquarters
; '' Poughkeepsie Journal''; retrieved May 10, 2007.
National Temple Hill Association
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, New York. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979.
History
James and Margaret Smith Edmonston came from County Tipperary, Ireland in 1720. After staying seven years in Plymouth, Massachusetts they moved to New Windsor and purchased 200 acres just west of Vail's Gate from the widow Ingoldsby. The Ingoldsby land was part of the early patent held by Capt. John Evans. For a time Edmonston's log cabin was the only house between New Windsor and what would later become Washingtonville.Eager, Samuel W., ''An Outline History of Orange County'', S. T. Callahan, Newburgh, 1846/ref> The family lived in the log cabin until 1755 when the first 2-story stone house was built, followed soon after with a 2-story stone addition. Built in 1755 by Edmonston, it is said that the house was used as a headquarters during the last years of the Revolutionary War by generals Horatio Gates and
Arthur St. Clair
Arthur St. Clair ( – August 31, 1818) was a Scottish-American soldier and politician. Born in Thurso, Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office. During ...
and also served as the medical staff headquarters for the nearby encampment of the Continental Army
The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...
. However historian Edward Manning Ruttenbur asserts that the medical staff was headquartered at the James Clinton house in New Windsor village,Ruttenbur, Edward. M., ''History of the Town of New Windsor, Orange County, N.Y.'', Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, Newburgh, 1911, p.73/ref> while the officers were billeted in a building across the road from the Edmonston house. In the 1940s the house suffered a serious fire in the east wing.
/ref> Today, the house is managed by the National Temple Hill Association, along with the nearby Last Encampment, a town-owned portion of the Cantonment. It is open as a museum from 2-5 p.m. Sundays July through September.2007
Edmonston House/Knox's Headquarters
; '' Poughkeepsie Journal''; retrieved May 10, 2007.
References
External links
National Temple Hill Association
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses in Orange County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, New York American Revolutionary War sites Houses completed in 1755 New Windsor, New York Museums in Orange County, New York Historic house museums in New York (state) Buildings and structures in New Windsor, New York