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 THE . OLD . FALLS . HOUSE. 
 
 LOCATED AT NEW WINDSOR, NEAR NEWBU R GH , N. Y. 
 
 COLLECTION of pen sketches made in and around 
 the old building on Sunday, the fourteenth of January, 
 nineteen hundred fourteen, a few days previous to its 
 deitrudtion by fire. Drawn by Sid Turner, Newburgh Journal Staff 
 
 Arti^. 
 
 Copyright 1915 
 
 Published by Wm. M. Stanbrough 
 
 Newburgh, New York 
 

 DEC 28 1915 
 
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 The object of this hook is not to 
 give a history of tlio Fall's House, 
 or as formally known, the "Hermit- 
 age," but merely to presence a sem- 
 blance of the exterior and interior 
 of the old building as it was at th<' 
 time of its destruction. The many 
 beautiful and ([uaint bits of Colonial 
 workmanship, sketched at random 
 by the artist will serve their pur,,ose. it is hop.,1, now an.l for future 
 
 WM. M. SlW.VBROITrTH. 
 
 generations. 
 
Gov. George Clinton's Headf|iiarters, Now Windsor, noar Xmv- 
 burgh, N. Y. Gen. Clinton's letters dated at Mrs. Fall's Oet., 1777, ac- 
 counts for this house being oallod the '-Fall's House." 
 
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 The FaJls House 
 1720—1914 
 
 ••THE HERMITAGE" 
 Headquarters of Gen. George Clinton— 1777— 17S2-S3 
 
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 Wpst entrance to Fall's House. "Thronj^h this dooi* more Conti- 
 nental ofiirers and soldiers passed than throngh any door in the Thir- 
 teen Colonies." This house was an Inn. 
 
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South end oldest portion. The small building being a Smoke 
 House connected with Fireplace in house for convenience of disposal of 
 ashes. Built about 1720. 
 
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 Falls House-South View, Smoke House Attached 
 
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 The Kitelien ]irobably built as early as 1719, 
 ]H)Ssibly earlier, tbe builder did bis work well. 
 Ruskin says, "Tbat old buildings do not en- 
 tirely belong to the present but those that build 
 them, even though passed away, have i-ights in 
 them that should be respected." This kitchen, 
 to the thinking mind, is a thing alive, "the flames that up the chimney 
 roared," again are felt, — the oven in which the fire of willow sticks was 
 kindled again burns as brightly, the odor of the bread and pies smell as 
 good in imagination as of yore, — the stone hearth that almost becomes 
 a stone floor, so large is it, speaks of the days of utility, before show 
 became th<> fashion. 
 
 The door with the wooden hinges speaks as strongly of utility, tlu' 
 making the best of means at hand. Note the width of board in door 
 and remember that the tree from which it was cut grew in the immedi- 
 ate vicinity. 
 
 '•The Alarm, the Struggk-, the "Relief 
 Then sleej) we side by side." 
 
 — Longfellow. 
 
Kitchon of Falls House— Door with Wooden Hinges 
 
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S for the old cellar it is perhaps one of the most inter- 
 esting parts of the old building, having remained un- 
 toufhed for over a century. The rough hewn beams 
 overliead, the open fire place and flagged floor, togeth- 
 er with the treadwheel chum for dog or shee]i power, 
 gave the place a real air of Colonial days. 
 
Falls House, Slaves Kitchen-Treadwheel to Furnish Power to Operate Churn 
 
Window in Slaves' Kitchen. Beams support room occupied by 
 Gen. George Washington. 
 
Falls House— Window in Slaves Kitchen 
 
Falls House— Window in Washingion's Room 
 
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Falls House— Closets in Clinton's Room 
 
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