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List of historic sites preserved along Rochambeau's route

A series of sites along the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places or otherwise recognized and preserved. Buildings or roadway or other artifacts at these sites have been preserved and still evoke the army's passage in 1781 and its return in 1782. A multiple-property documentation study completed in 2001 addressed many of the Connecticut sites, and outlined criteria for NRHP-eligibility of others.[1]

National Park Service map of the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

List of historic sites edit

Recognized historic sites include, from East to West:[2]

 
Manship and Barstow Roads junction
 
Barstow Road to Westminster Road
 
Bailey Road marker
 
Van Veghten House, Finderne, New Jersey, 2018

Gallery edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Clouette, Bruce; Harper, Mary (October 22, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Rochambeau's Army in Connecticut, 1780-1782 MPS". National Park Service.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Harper, Mary; Clouette, Bruce (December 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Plainfield Pike". National Park Service. and Accompanying 14 photos, from 2001
  4. ^ a b c d e Harper, Mary; Clouette, Bruce (December 5, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury Road". National Park Service. and Accompanying eight photos, from 2001 (see photo captions page 12 of text document)
  5. ^ a b Harper, Mary; Clouette, Bruce (April 30, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow Road". National Park Service. and Accompanying six photos
  6. ^ a b Harper, Mary; Clouette, Bruce (April 30, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road". National Park Service. and Accompanying six photos
  7. ^ a b Harper, Mary; Clouette, Bruce (December 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road". National Park Service. and Accompanying six photos, from 2001 (see photo captions page 6 of text document)
  8. ^ Harper, Mary; Clouette, Bruce (April 30, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: March Route of Rochambeau's Army--Hutchinson Road". National Park Service. and Accompanying four photos, from 2001 (see photo captions page 12 of text document)
  9. ^ Harper, Mary; Clouette, Bruce (April 30, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Bailey Road". National Park Service. and Accompanying nine photos
  10. ^ Clouette, Bruce (February 1, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Daniel Basset House". National Park Service. and Accompanying four photos, exterior, from 2001 (see captions p. 9 of text document)
  11. ^ Harper, Mary; Clouette, Bruce (April 30, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Reservoir Road". National Park Service. and Accompanying five photos, presumably from 2001
  12. ^ Harper, Mary; Clouette, Bruce (December 5, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Ridgebury Road". National Park Service. and Accompanying four photos
  13. ^ History, The John Fell House. Accessed October 5, 2011. "John Fell Bergen County Patriot was a merchant who before the Revolution had vessels plying the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers. He lived in Allendale at his home called 'Peterfield,' known now as the Fell House." House, at 475 Franklin Turnpike, survives.
  14. ^ "Henry Doremus House". The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association.
  15. ^ "Ford Mansion". The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association.
  16. ^ "Peter Kemble House". The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association.
  17. ^ "Nova Cæsarea: A Cartographic Record of the Garden State, 1666-1888: Historical Background Maps, Road Maps". Princeton University Library.
  18. ^ . Archived from the original on November 26, 2011.
  19. ^ . Archived from the original on October 29, 2012.

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A series of sites along the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route have been listed on the U S National Register of Historic Places or otherwise recognized and preserved Buildings or roadway or other artifacts at these sites have been preserved and still evoke the army s passage in 1781 and its return in 1782 A multiple property documentation study completed in 2001 addressed many of the Connecticut sites and outlined criteria for NRHP eligibility of others 1 National Park Service map of the Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates List of historic sites editRecognized historic sites include from East to West 2 University Hall 41 49 34 N 71 24 14 W 41 82611 N 71 40389 W 41 82611 71 40389 University Hall Brown University Providence Rhode Island 1st camp was Providence Waterman s Tavern 2nd camp 1 4 41 43 10 N 71 39 37 W 41 71944 N 71 66028 W 41 71944 71 66028 Waterman s Tavern Coventry Rhode Island Dorrance Inn 41 41 28 N 71 50 48 W 41 69111 N 71 84667 W 41 69111 71 84667 Dorrance Inn Sterling Connecticut Sterling Hill Historic District 41 41 23 N 71 50 56 W 41 68972 N 71 84889 W 41 68972 71 84889 Sterling Hill Historic District March Route of Rochambeau s Army Plainfield Pike 41 40 54 N 71 51 50 W 41 68167 N 71 86389 W 41 68167 71 86389 March route Plainfield Pike is a 3 6 mile long road segment in Plainfield and Sterling Connecticut that is a portion of the historic march route It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 2 It is a portion of Connecticut Route 14A locally known as Plainfield Pike which is level in the eastern part but generally hilly with curves Along the route is open land including pasture and cornfields wooded areas and streams including Ekonk Brook It is bordered by stone walls about 50 feet apart on both sides for most of the way The only concentration of houses as of 2002 was of 18th and 19th century homes in the Sterling Hill Historic District 3 The roadway was poor and caused difficulty for the artillery and baggage trains The segment includes views of countryside evocative of how the land would have been in 1781 for the troops marching through 3 March Route of Rochambeau s Army Old Canterbury Road 41 41 22 N 71 57 4 W 41 68944 N 71 95111 W 41 68944 71 95111 March route Old Canterbury Road is a historic site in Plainfield Connecticut along the march route of Rochambeau s army It includes a stretch of what is now Old Canterbury Road and a stretch of Canterbury Road Connecticut Route 14A It is a 2 acre 0 81 ha site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 2 4 This particular segment of the route was deemed historically significant in 2002 because it allows one to imagine the appearance of the Connecticut countryside the cultivated fields woods stone walls and narrow windy roads that the French army encountered as it made its way to and from the Battle of Yorktown the engagement that decided the outcome of the American Revolution It was traversed by Rochambeau s troops in June 1781 on their way to Virginia and again in November 1782 on their return to Rhode Island 4 Part of the site is a narrow curving paved road with a border of shrubs and vines and stone walls along much of its length A stand of mature sugar maple trees gives shade to a portion of the site Houses along the section are more modern than the 1781 82 era but are set back far enough to not interfere with the evocation of Rochambeau s marching troops 4 At the east end of the segment stone walls are preserved on both sides of the road and there are expansive views of plowed fields and pasture both to the north and to the south 4 as of 2002 The passage of the French army along this route is documented by a period route map drawn by French military engineer Louis Alexandre Berthier republished by Rice and Brown in 1972 and reproduced in the 2002 NRHP nomination document 4 nbsp Manship and Barstow Roads junction nbsp Barstow Road to Westminster Road March Route of Rochambeau s Army Manship Road Barstow Road 41 42 7 N 72 0 13 W 41 70194 N 72 00361 W 41 70194 72 00361 March route Manship Road Barstow Road is part of the march route in Canterbury Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 It is significant as a preserved section of the march route which is followed in this area by Connecticut Route 14 This section however is a bypassed loop of road cut off by a road realignment in the 1930s and therefore without traffic and not modernized The section is approximately 1 400 feet of bypassed loop of road on the north side of the main road along Manship Road and Barstow Road starting from a junction of the loop with Manship Road and running to Westminster Road It is paved road about 20 feet wide plus a margin to stone walls lining the road The designated area is about 50 to 55 feet wide extending to the walls The National Register nomination of 2001 includes six photos of narrow roadway stone walls and the one house along this section The house is also historical dating from about the 1840s and adds to rather than detracting from the historical feel 5 Rochambeau s troops marched through here in June 1781 and found the road along this general area to be the most difficult along their whole journey The road has been paved but the visual appearance is still evocative of the historical period 5 March Route of Rochambeau s Army Palmer Road 41 41 57 N 72 3 47 W 41 69917 N 72 06306 W 41 69917 72 06306 March route Palmer Road is the section of Palmer Road from the intersection with Miller Road east to a point 800 feet from the junction with Pudding Hill Road in Scotland Connecticut It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 2 It was a narrow steep stony road then but now it has expansive views of farmland The French troops with artillery and wagons reportedly found the marching difficult in this segment though easier after the hill It was reportedly viewed by the French as a narrow steep and stony road in this segment per Rice and Brown 1972 p 23 cited in NRHP document 6 The modern road is paved but its hilly winding nature and remnants of stone walls and other elements evoke the experience of the French troops in this section 6 March Route of Rochambeau s Army Scotland Road 41 42 3 N 72 8 43 W 41 70083 N 72 14528 W 41 70083 72 14528 March route Scotland Road is along Scotland Road from the intersection with Back Road to 80 Scotland Road in Windham Connecticut approximately 1 700 feet long and a portion of Connecticut Route 14 7 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 2 The roadway is modern but the stone walls and views of countryside are much as they would have been in 1781 82 7 Fourth Camp of Rochambeau s Army Windham Connecticut Forty Seventh Camp of Rochambeau s Army 41 42 9 N 72 9 0 W 41 70250 N 72 15000 W 41 70250 72 15000 Forty Seventh Camp of Rochambeau s Army Windham Connecticut used on return in 1782 instead of site of 4th camp also in Windham William Williams House 41 38 9 8 N 72 12 46 W 41 636056 N 72 21278 W 41 636056 72 21278 Wm Williams House in Lebanon Connecticut National Historic Landmark home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence Governor Jonathan Trumbull s War Office 41 38 13 N 72 12 55 W 41 63694 N 72 21528 W 41 63694 72 21528 Gov Jonathan Trumbull s War Office in Lebanon Connecticut also known as the Joseph Trumble Office and Store which was the most important Revolutionary War associated building in Connecticut John Trumbull Birthplace 41 38 10 N 72 12 56 W 41 63611 N 72 21556 W 41 63611 72 21556 John Trumbull Birthplace Lebanon Connecticut White s Tavern 41 45 12 N 72 23 51 W 41 75333 N 72 39750 W 41 75333 72 39750 White s Tavern Andover Connecticut nbsp Bailey Road marker March Route of Rochambeau s Army Hutchinson Road 41 45 26 2 N 72 23 58 9 W 41 757278 N 72 399694 W 41 757278 72 399694 March route Hutchinson Road is a 2 acre 0 81 ha historic site in Andover Connecticut along the 1781 82 march route of Rochambeau s army It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 2 It is primarily a section of roadway and includes White s Tavern 8 March Route of Rochambeau s Army Bailey Road 41 45 44 N 72 24 49 W 41 76222 N 72 41361 W 41 76222 72 41361 March route Bailey Road is a section of abandoned old roadway that is a historic site in Bolton Connecticut It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 2 It is the most intact and evocative section of Rochambeau s route 9 Bailey Road originally connected Route 6 with Brandy Street in Bolton but the portion west of the Andover Bolton town line has since been overgrown and is no longer passable by motor vehicles A remnant of Bailey Road in Bolton still exists as an unpaved footpath and still retains the characteristic stone walls as well as two original stone culverts Fifth Camp of Rochambeau s Infantry 41 46 13 6 N 72 25 39 8 W 41 770444 N 72 427722 W 41 770444 72 427722 Fifth Camp of Rochambeau s Infantry also known as Site 12 25 is an archeological site in Bolton Connecticut that is related to the 1781 campsite of Rochambeau s army It is a 13 acre 5 3 ha site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 2 listed for its information potential According to a study completed in 2001 it is an open field that retains its visual qualities with stone walls marking the same field lines as shown on the map prepared by the French engineers The camp was occupied for four nights in a row one night by each regiment in June 1781 A large number of artifacts have been recovered to date including numbered regimental buttons 66 caliber musket balls period coins and a lead bar 1 13 Joseph Webb House 41 42 41 6 N 72 39 13 4 W 41 711556 N 72 653722 W 41 711556 72 653722 Joseph Webb House Wethersfield Connecticut where George Washington and Rochambeau met in 1781 to plan the campaign 1 3 Levi B Frost House 41 34 5 N 72 55 29 W 41 56806 N 72 92472 W 41 56806 72 92472 Levi B Frost House also known as Asa Barnes Tavern in the 1780s in Southington Connecticut Marion Historic District 41 33 50 N 72 55 29 W 41 56389 N 72 92472 W 41 56389 72 92472 Marion Historic District eighth camp in 1781 and also a camp on return in 1782 Southington Connecticut Josiah Bronson House 41 32 51 N 73 7 29 W 41 54750 N 73 12472 W 41 54750 73 12472 Josiah Bronson House Middlebury Connecticut Daniel Basset House 41 20 58 N 73 11 53 W 41 34944 N 73 19806 W 41 34944 73 19806 Daniel Basset Monroe Connecticut built in 1775 site of a ball held for the French officers of Lauzun s mounted section of Rochambeau s army on June 30 1781 which camped nearby 10 Monroe Center Historic District 41 19 57 N 73 12 26 W 41 33250 N 73 20722 W 41 33250 73 20722 Monroe Center Historic District whose Monroe Center Green was site of a dance for 600 of Rochambeau s troops on June 30 1781 Camps Nos 10 and 41 of Rochambeau s Army 41 24 52 N 73 18 09 W 41 414568 N 73 302366 W 41 414568 73 302366 Camps Nos 10 and 41 of Rochambeau s Army also known as Site No 97 87D is an archeological site that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 2 The listed site is 5 acre 2 0 ha in area 2 Caleb Baldwin Tavern 41 24 46 N 73 18 31 W 41 41278 N 73 30861 W 41 41278 73 30861 Caleb Baldwin Tavern Newtown Connecticut Newtown Borough Historic District 41 24 43 N 73 18 32 W 41 41194 N 73 30889 W 41 41194 73 30889 Newtown Borough Historic District Newtown Connecticut March Route of Rochambeau s Army Reservoir Road 41 24 48 N 73 19 23 W 41 41333 N 73 32306 W 41 41333 73 32306 March route Reservoir Road is a historic site in Newtown Connecticut It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 2 The listed site is less than 1 acre 0 40 ha in area and comprises a section of Reservoir Road running between stone walls which is believed to be the roadway taken by Rochambeau s army It is an undeveloped property 11 March Route of Rochambeau s Army Ridgebury Road 41 20 36 N 73 31 47 W 41 34333 N 73 52972 W 41 34333 73 52972 March route Ridgebury Road is a historic site in Ridgefield Connecticut It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 2 It is a 1 600 foot section of the Ridgebury Road and the defined property is about 50 feet wide running from stone walls on either side It is known with certainty to have been traversed by Rochambeau s army in 1781 and the current appearance in this section is much the same now as it was then 12 Odell House 41 1 10 N 73 49 4 W 41 01944 N 73 81778 W 41 01944 73 81778 Odell House Greenburgh New York John Fell House 41 01 58 N 74 07 38 W 41 032790 N 74 127156 W 41 032790 74 127156 John Fell House 475 Franklin Turnpike Allendale New Jersey Home of John Fell 1721 1798 judge and member of the Continental Congress 13 Henry Doremus House 40 55 6 N 74 21 15 W 40 91833 N 74 35417 W 40 91833 74 35417 Henry Doremus House Historic Dutch stone house in Montville New Jersey 14 Ford Mansion 40 47 47 N 74 28 00 W 40 79639 N 74 46667 W 40 79639 74 46667 Ford Mansion Washington s Headquarters in Morristown New Jersey 1779 1780 15 Peter Kemble House 40 45 30 N 74 31 27 W 40 75833 N 74 52417 W 40 75833 74 52417 Peter Kemble House Home of Peter Kemble near Morristown New Jersey 16 Old Oak Tree at Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge 40 42 26 N 74 32 39 W 40 70722 N 74 54417 W 40 70722 74 54417 Old Oak Tree and Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge 600 year old oak tree in church yard overlooked Rochambeau s troops marching past The church building standing then has been replaced by an 1839 built Greek Revival church also historical but the church yard and tree of 1781 survive In Basking Ridge New Jersey nbsp Van Veghten House Finderne New Jersey 2018 Van Veghten House 40 33 25 N 74 35 18 W 40 55694 N 74 58833 W 40 55694 74 58833 Van Veghten House The Van Veghten House in Finderne New Jersey was also the headquarters of Quartermaster General Nathanael Greene during the second Middlebrook encampment winter of 1778 79 17 Alexandria camp The camp of the wagon train of Rochambeau s army in Alexandria Virginia is commemorated by a historic plaque at 609 Oronoco Street 38 48 35 N 77 02 45 W 38 80965 N 77 04575 W 38 80965 77 04575 Alexandria camp Wagons were ferried across and down the Potomac River from Georgetown in Maryland in what is now Washington D C to Alexandria during September 24 and 25 1781 and the wagon train departed on September 26 18 Peyton s Ordinary A commemorative marker at 2664 Jefferson Davis Highway Stafford Virginia 38 27 07 N 77 24 16 W 38 45191 N 77 40439 W 38 45191 77 40439 Peyton s Ordinary identifies where Rochambeau s army camped one night in 1782 when marching north from Williamsburg 19 Yorktown Battlefield Colonial National Historical ParkGallery edit nbsp Joseph Webb House in Wethersfield Connecticut in 2009 nbsp Asa Barnes Tavern Levi B Frost House in Southington Connecticut in 2011References edit a b c d Clouette Bruce Harper Mary October 22 2001 National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Rochambeau s Army in Connecticut 1780 1782 MPS National Park Service a b c d e f g h i j k l National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service March 13 2009 a b Harper Mary Clouette Bruce December 2002 National Register of Historic Places Registration March Route of Rochambeau s Army Plainfield Pike National Park Service and Accompanying 14 photos from 2001 a b c d e Harper Mary Clouette Bruce December 5 2002 National Register of Historic Places Registration March Route of Rochambeau s Army Old Canterbury Road National Park Service and Accompanying eight photos from 2001 see photo captions page 12 of text document a b Harper Mary Clouette Bruce April 30 2001 National Register of Historic Places Registration March Route of Rochambeau s Army Manship Road Barstow Road National Park Service and Accompanying six photos a b Harper Mary Clouette Bruce April 30 2001 National Register of Historic Places Registration March Route of Rochambeau s Army Palmer Road National Park Service and Accompanying six photos a b Harper Mary Clouette Bruce December 2002 National Register of Historic Places Registration March Route of Rochambeau s Army Scotland Road National Park Service and Accompanying six photos from 2001 see photo captions page 6 of text document Harper Mary Clouette Bruce April 30 2001 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination March Route of Rochambeau s Army Hutchinson Road National Park Service and Accompanying four photos from 2001 see photo captions page 12 of text document Harper Mary Clouette Bruce April 30 2001 National Register of Historic Places Registration March Route of Rochambeau s Army Bailey Road National Park Service and Accompanying nine photos Clouette Bruce February 1 2001 National Register of Historic Places Registration Daniel Basset House National Park Service and Accompanying four photos exterior from 2001 see captions p 9 of text document Harper Mary Clouette Bruce April 30 2001 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination March Route of Rochambeau s Army Reservoir Road National Park Service and Accompanying five photos presumably from 2001 Harper Mary Clouette Bruce December 5 2002 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination March Route of Rochambeau s Army Ridgebury Road National Park Service and Accompanying four photos History The John Fell House Accessed October 5 2011 John Fell Bergen County Patriot was a merchant who before the Revolution had vessels plying the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers He lived in Allendale at his home called Peterfield known now as the Fell House House at 475 Franklin Turnpike survives Henry Doremus House The Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association Ford Mansion The Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association Peter Kemble House The Washington Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association Nova Caesarea A Cartographic Record of the Garden State 1666 1888 Historical Background Maps Road Maps Princeton University Library Alexandria camp Archived from the original on November 26 2011 Peyton s Ordinary Archived from the original on October 29 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of historic sites preserved along Rochambeau 27s route amp oldid 1133978953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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