Show HOUSE OF washington RELICS hasbrousk home in newburg N Y full of revolution reminders the beautiful atty of new burg on the hudson rive has honored itself i and conferred a priceless boon upon the state by preserving the old has brouck house which served as wash headquarters front april 4 1782 to aug 18 1783 built by jonathan hasbrouck in 1750 it has the comfortable look 0 the unpretentious story and a halt house of the period and stands finely on the sloping bank of the river the walls of the house are of stone two feet in thickness an old fashioned dutch stoop or porch opens upon the first floor with its six rooms in add alon to the kitchen the ceilings are low with heavy timbers of hewn wood which support the floors of the upper rooms originally only four in number the sloping root Is austain ed by long timbers of roughly hewn cedar wood which still gives out the pleasant odor peculiar to that tree while some changes have been nee essary the house today to day Is very near ly just what it was when gen and mrs washington occupied it with their military family |