Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site

Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, in the town of New Windsor, New York, consists of the Georgian house of the Ellison family, built in 1754 by immigrant William Bull of Hamptonburgh, New York, and the grounds around it.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sands Ring Homestead Museum and Cornwall Friends Meeting House.

Sands Ring Homestead Museum

Museum

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The Sands Ring Homestead Museum is a historic house located on Main Street in the Town of Cornwall, in Orange County, New York. It was built in 1760 by Nathaniel Sands for his cousin Comfort Sands. Sands Ring Homestead Museum is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site.

Cornwall Friends Meeting House

Church

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The Cornwall Friends Meeting House is a historic meeting house located on a 5.4-acre parcel of land at the junction of Quaker Avenue and US 9W in Cornwall, New York, United States, near Cornwall-St. Cornwall Friends Meeting House is situated 1¼ miles south of Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site.

Edward Payson Roe Memorial Park

Nature reserve

The Edward Payson Roe Memorial Park is a public park and hiking trail dedicated to American novelist Edward Payson Roe, located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. Edward Payson Roe Memorial Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vails Gate and Firthcliffe.

Vails Gate

Village

Vails Gate is a hamlet in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,368 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-New York metropolitan area.

Firthcliffe

Locality

Firthcliffe is a hamlet in Orange County, New York United States. The population was 5,022 at the 2020 Census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.

Cornwall

Town

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Cornwall is a town in Orange County, New York, United States, approximately 50 miles north of New York City on the western shore of the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was at 12,884.