DeWint House

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Coordinates: 41°01′11″N 73°56′48″W / 41.01972°N 73.94667°W / 41.01972; -73.94667
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De Wint House
Dutch
NRHP reference No.66000568
NYSRHP No.08703.000104
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHLMay 23, 1966[2]
Designated NYSRHPJune 23, 1980

The DeWint House, in

Rockland County and is an outstanding example of Hudson Valley Dutch Colonial architecture.[3] It was built using brick and indigenous stone in 1700 by Daniel DeClark, a Hollander, who emigrated to America in 1676 and bought the land from Native Americans
in 1682. The date of construction is marked by glazed bricks incorporated into the façade.

In 1746, West Indian planter and American patriot Johannes DeWint and his spouse Antje Dewint bought the house. His daughter, Anna Maria, and her husband, Major Fredericus Blauvelt, lived in the house.

The DeWint House became a temporary

Commander-in-Chief during the American Revolution. Washington was a guest in the south parlor
twice in 1780 and twice in 1783.

Washington's headquarters

Commander-in-Chief
during the American Revolutionary War

Washington first stayed at the Dewint House from August 8–24, 1780, while inspecting a redoubt on the Hudson River.

Washington returned from September 28 to October 7, 1780, for the nearby

Old '76 House in Tappan, a tavern
which is now a restaurant. Washington provided meals from his table at the DeWint House to André at the '76 House. A stone on André Hill Road at Gallows Hill marks the site of André's hanging.

Washington and his key staff headquartered at the DeWint House from May 4–8, 1783, while negotiating the final withdrawal of British troops from New York City with British General Sir Guy Carleton. It was said to have been a friendly conference combined with an elegant dinner prepared by Samuel Fraunces, owner of Fraunces Tavern in New York City, who came up to prepare the dinner for Washington and his guest.

From November 11–14, 1783, a terrible snowstorm forced Washington to seek shelter in the DeWint House on his trip to visit West Point and later New York City, where he tendered his resignation.

Grounds and renovation

Carriage house

The property was in disrepair when it was acquired by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York in 1932. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.[2][4]

The DeWint House, along with Stony Point Battlefield in Stony Point and the Blauvelt House in New City, are the only places in Rockland County designated as New York State Paths through History[5] sites.

The site has undergone extensive

restoration
and upgrading. The house's two first-floor rooms have been restored and furnished to reflect the period of Washington's occupancy. A replica kitchen, as Washington might have known it while he was a guest of the DeWints, was completed in 1996.

The grounds include a 19th-century

grist mill in nearby Ramapo
is displayed on the grounds, and at the rear of the house stand seven small grave markers each bearing one to three initials, which came from a nearby property. It is believed these markers came from a burial ground for slaves on that property.

The house and grounds are open to the public.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "De Wint House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 11, 2007. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011.
  3. ^ "The DeWint House". DeWintHouse.Com.
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  5. ^ "New York Path Through History | Explore New York's Rich Heritage". I LOVE NEW YORK. Retrieved November 14, 2019.

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