Jacob Purdy House

George Washington’s Headquarters

in White Plains

Oct. 23-31, 1776

July 27 – Sept. 16, 1778

National Register of Historic Places

White Plains Historical Society

Marker is on Park Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

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Wilson Jacob House - c.1890

This Italianate design house was the home of Wilson Jacob, his wife Sarah, and their three children. Jacob was a teamster, transporting items using his team of horses.

The house is owned by Roscoe Village Foundation and is a private residence.

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The Jacobus Vanderveer House

Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Farmhouse Built c. 1760.

Headquarters of General Henry Knox During The 1778-1779 Winter Encampment Of The Continental Army Near Pluckemin

Marker is on U.S. 202/206, on the right when traveling south.

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Jacob Suter House

Built in 1888 for Swiss-born tinsmith Jacob Suter. Constructed of adobe brick with 20-inch-thick outer walls. The house displays a traditional Sonoran floor plan and originally included a zaguan, or breezeway. The wood mansard roof, windows, and wooden floors are ...

Jacob J. Zabriskie House

Built c. 1826, this house combines the Federal style of architecture with that of the earlier Dutch Colonial. Erected by Jacob J. Zabriskie on the site of an earlier home, the farmhouse remained in the Zabriskie family for 132 years.

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Jacob Welsh House - c.1840

This house, built by 1840, was the home of Jacob Welsh. Welsh is on record as having been a toll collector from 1836-1837.

Being a favorite of Mrs. Frances Montgomery, one of the founders of the restoration project, this was the ...

Jacob Leser House

After purchasing this land in 1859, German-born Jacob Leser (1827-1901) erected a log cabin and a frame structure to house his soap and candle factory. Before 1864, when he married Henrietta Schroeder (1841-89), Leser added this stone wing to the ...

Jacob Larmour House

This Victorian cottage was built in 1875 for architect Jacob Larmour (1822-1901), who came to Austin with his family in 1871. He played a major role in the design of many of the city’s commercial and residential buildings and was ...

Jacob House

In 1817 George Winston built the Jacob House nearby, in the development known as Sydney. Winston (1759-1826), a Quaker who built the first Richmond Friends Meeting House at 19th and Cary Streets about 1798, employed a large number of free ...

Jacob Odom House

This site, approximately halfway between Augusta and Columbia, was the location of Jacob Odom's house, where George Washington spent the night of May 21, 1791, on his trip northward through South Carolina. His escort at this time consisted of Colonels ...