Historical Markers and Monuments of the Warwick Valley
Subject List
Bellvale
"SETTLERS WERE ATTRACTED TO THIS BEAUTIFUL VALLEY BY THE SWIFT FLOWING WATERS OF THE LONG HOUSE CREEK WHICH PROVIDED POWER FOR MILLS."Rt. 17A Bellvale
"1/4 MILE NORTH TO SITES OF COLONIAL FORGE AND INDIAN LONG HOUSE." Rt. 17A at Bellvale
Burgoyne, General
Plaque commemorating march of captured British soldiers through Warwick Rt. 94 Just north of the Village of Warwick
Burt, James
"RESIDENCE SITE OF JAMES BURT 1761-1862. LIEUTENANT IN REVOLUTION, ASSEMBLYMAN
AND SENATOR 1797-1826. TOWN OF WARWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY." 17A in front of
homestead
Cemeteries
"1795 CEMETERY. SECOND BURIAL GROUND OF THE OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST CHURCH CONTAINING GRAVES OF MANY EARLY WARWICK RESIDENTS. OWNED BY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF WARWICK." Rt. 17A & Forester Ave. across from United Methodist Church
Churches
"AMITY CHURCH. ESTABLISHED 1796. 'OLD LOG CHURCH' BUILT 1868, BELL TOWER CASUALTY
OF STORM IN 1920'S. 1868 1000 LB. BELL IN USE. AMITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY" Amity
Presbyterian Church
FLORIDA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. ON THIS SITE LAND WAS PURCHASED IN 1741 BY MEN OF
BROOKLAND TO ERECT A PRESBYTERIAN MEETING HOUSE. OLDEST ESTABLISHED CONGRGA-
TION IN TOWN OF WARWICK. 250THE ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE" Florida
OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST CHURCH. BUILT 1810. ORGANIZED 1764. JAMES BENEDICT ELDER. ORDAINED NOV. 7, 1765. ERECTED BY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOWN OF WARWICK. On the green along Main St. between Church St. & South St. intersections
Old School Baptist Church also has a memorial plaque at the corner of Galloway and Forester, the site of the original log meeting house and cemetery.
Civil War
A memorial urn stands in Warwick Cemetery. See Civil War page.
Continental Army
"THE CONTINENTAL ARMY CAMPED HERE ON THE MARCH FROM NEWBURGH TO MORRISTOWN."
Rt. 94 two miles southwest of the village of Warwick
Cooper, Hedley
"IN MEMORY OF HEDLEY COOPER, REVEREND OF THIS CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD WHO
WAS KILLED IN FRANCE WHILE SERVING AS A CHAPLAIN DURING WORLD WAR I. WARWICK
HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1995." Corner of Windermer & Waterstone, Church of the Good Shepherd
Cropsey, Jasper
TOWN OF WARWICK--JASPER F. CROPSEY--FOREMOST ARTIST OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL. SITE OF HIS HOME CALLED "ALADDIN". 1867-1884. THE WARWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Warwick Tpk. approx. 1/2 mile up from Rt. 94 intersection. Stone gates only visible remains from the road. Private residence.
Drowned Lands
"IN A GLACIAL LAKE, HEARTY FARMS DRAINED THE SWAMP BY HAND. THEIR WORK MADE THE
'PINE ISLAND' THE TOP ONION AREA FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS. FRIENDS OF THE DROWNED
LANDS." Pine Island
Edenville
"EDENVILLE. SETTLED EARLY 1700'S BY THE POST FAMILY. NAMED FOR THE IDYLLIC SLOPES
OF MTS. ADAM & EVE. KNOWN FOR ITS UNIQUE MINERALS." Edenville
Franklin Marble
Plaque noting minerals of the Franklin Mable On road leading to Amity of Rt. 1, near restaurant
Hathorn, General John
"HATHORN HOUSE. BUILT 1773 BY GENERAL JOHN HATHORN, COMMANDER, WARWICK
MILITIA DURING THE REVOLUTION." NYS Rt. 94 1/2 mile South of Warwick
Morgan, Daniel
"KINGS HIGHWAY. SINCE 1734. HERE RESTED DANIEL MORGAN AND HIS VIRGINIA
RIFLEMEN AND GAVE EXHIBITION OF THEIR MARKSMANSHIP, 1775." Co. Rt. 13 one mile NE of Warwick
Native Americans
"CHUCKHASS. SIGNED INDIAN DEED TO WAYWAYANDA PATENT LANDS. LIVED 1/2 MILE
SOUTH ON BENJ. ASKE'S FARM NAMED WARWICK BY OWNER IN 1719." NYS 17A East end of village of Warwick
New Milford
"NEW MILFORD. ONE OF THE OLDEST HAMLETS IN THE TOWN OF WARWICK. PURCHASED FROM THE DELAWARE INDIANS THROUGH THE WAWAYANDA PATENT OF 1702. HISTORIC NEW MILFORD COMMUNITY." Rt. 94 New Milford
Randallville
SITE OF A GRIST, FULLING, SAW MILL & TAVERN CA. 1750-1900. PIANOS, FURNITURE, GUNSTOCKS LATHE TURNING, METALWORK, ETC. WERE CRAFTED HERE. THE RANDALL FAMILY. Rt. 94 half a mile east of the Village of Florida
Rockets
"GREENWOOD LAKE. SITE OF FIRST INTERSTATE LIQUID PROPELLED AIR ROCKET FLIGHT FEBRUARY 23, 1936."Intersection of Rt. 210 and Windemere Ave. Behind Triangle Gas
Sayerville
"LOG BLOCKHOUSES STOOD HERE. HOME OF DANIEL SAYER 1768 UNTIL HIS STONE HOUSE WAS BUILT 1783.
SAYER HOMESTEAD FOR FIVE GENERATIONS." 17A north side 1 mile east of Village of Warwick
Seward, William H.
"WILLIAM H. SEWARD 1801-1872. WAS BORN ON THIS SITE IN HOUSE NOW USED AS A BARN IN THE REAR." NYS 17A & NYS 94 Florida
Sly, Conrad
"Conrad Sly Homestead. Settled in Warwick 1778, a blacksmith who forged Rev. War chain that crossed hundson river at West Point. Pvt. in Col. Hathorn's reg't. The Sly Family.Rt. 94 north at the Landmark Inn, 1/2 mi. n. of Village line.
Sullivan, General
"CAMP SITE USED BY TROOPS ON THE WAY TO JOIN GENERAL SULLIVAN AT EAST IN SPRING OF 1779 AND ON
RETURN IN FALL OF THAT YEAR." Forester Ave. east of the Village of Warwick
Toll Gate
"AT THIS POINT STOOD A TOLL GATE ESTABLISHED 1808 ON THE NEW ROAD TO STERLING, A SHORT CUT TO
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY & NEW YORK CITY." Oakland Ave. at railroad tracks, Village of Warwick
Wisner Family
"SETTLERS. FIRST IN TOWN OF WARWICK, JOHANNES & ELIZABETH WISNER UNDER WAYWAYANDA PAT. 1702 SETTLED HERE 1712." Town Road 2, 1/2 mile southwest of Florida
"WISNER TRACT. CAPT. JOHN WISNER, 1722-78. COLONIAL WARS & REVOLUTION. PURCHASED 1064 ACRES IN
1766. HOUSE BUILT BY GREAT-GRANDSON HENRY B. WISNER, 1840." 2 and 1/2 miles northeast of Warwick
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