Show historic houses C s of revolutionary heroes Land landmarks marls in in the 1 east are rapidly disappearing ng cefole the he march ot of progress three Resi reticence cence ces that belongea to 0 o Patti patriotic otic citizens of new york in thee these times when various patri otic otle are having their hands full la in keeping ancient landmarks from the kimpling kiml ling tood oud dealer the historical old ho he nest eads in and about new ew lork ork city have an added inter est it opa pe at 0 the moat most notable at 0 these Is tte me old stevene stevens homestead which overlooks aver iver looks the last river at Asto astorfi As torii rit L I 1 it na a built by gen ebenezer steven 4 in 1797 gen slovene stevens waa was born at mar mass when indignation against ling eng land otfried old boston town to its famous tea party he waa was one of 0 the patriotic indiana who poured tea when war var broe out ae he vas v as one of the first to join the revolutionary cause and roe ro e rapidly in rank until at the battle of saratoga bar atosa ho he was second in lit command at the close of tho the revolution whilo while looking around for a 1 rable site near new york fur a 1 home he aa as struck with the beauty it as when frequented by people 0 of 1 wealth yealth aad 1 a century ago within eight of the stevena stevens house at the intersection of main alain street and fulton avenue atoria astoria stands a lone long low building supposed to have been built by william man kanj years before the revolution it la Is today tu to day owned by his descendants in ante ution time times there was V 12 aa i VC ve NN ei r 1 1 V 4 j V jjr t o 0 t ii iti t iW 1 lb 4 i B ibba drw td T ai mgt i J 1 o jwj i 13 1 3 5 homestead a ferry across th i cast river at that point and tae ue boase nas used as a hostelry i t the taproom with all its quaint fixtures Is preserved in its original form by the che present owners as well as cap one of the rooms which was kept for peddlers and the poorer guests instead of beds this room Is arranged with bunks something after the manner of fio the forecastle of a ship tho the 1 house stands in the way aay of contemplated cd street improvements ments and anti it Is probable pro bablo that it will soon bo be moved the moore homestead on the old k V ay P 7 40 itic 1 P 4 1 21 i r built by the moors or of a green terrace that arose from tic the i eastern banks of the fast river across the river over hell gate cate and verdant island stretched that then beautiful part of manhattan island now embraced within the limits of harlem there gen stevens built his homestead in the war of 1812 ho he was placed in command of tort lort stevens at hell gate cate and ho he served until the close of hostilities one of gen stevens daughty e s became mrs alra schermerhorn Schermer hora another mrs airs RhIne rhinelander landet of the sola ua braht bro ht up in the tho old homestead dr alexander if Ft ovens was the first bowery road in the same neighbor hood was built in about 1700 by a a grandson of the rev john moore an episcopal crayman cr clr gyman who die diel I 1 in newtown in this house often changed lands during tho the revolution being in possession of one aide side sometimes tho the other after the close of tho the war it dr allicer in a letter to a ing of 0 the merry winter spat in newtown makes particular mention of the good cheer pro provided at tho the moore house the moore house Is in a good state of preservation and the gnarled old t t t ti 4 va T r V le pr A am 12 0 m f it J G r stevn stevens home houle prosit 1 I of the ra go ge of and burgeons ij fa manhattan samuel stevens an alderman austin stevens a resident of 0 the clamber of commerce and ot of the ali flank bank ot of corn com merce while byarn kerbey stevens conti continua nut his rest donca in the old famous aa art nalon and followed up the business of importer of foreign wines 11 by his hi father ifa H marred married jias Gal gallada lalu daughter of albert gal catill at different stakes mir leter to En engraim glaiM and of the trL trw sury and se of aa the tk house ba fw few it WM was agit aad aw toplar to daf though awl a strangely out of place among the tho surrounding actoria ac it Is very the same as appio apple trees la in its orchard still bear fruit X |