National Historic Landmark-Knox Headquarters

National Historic Landmark-Knox Headquarters

Built by an early settler on the Hudson River, this structure was in an area of key importance during the Revolution.

It was occupied on four occasions by Maj. Gen. Henry Knox.

Courtesy National Historic Landmarks

Knox Headquarters

Home of John Ellison, erected 1754 by William Bull for Col. Thomas Ellison. Used various times between 1779-1783 by General’s Knox, Greene & Gates during the Revolutionary War.

New Windsor Town Historian

Marker is on Forge Hill Road (County Route 74), on ...

Headquarters Site of Henry Knox

Knox’s able direction of the assembly and deployment of artillery in the Siege was a key element in the success of the Allied armies. He saw resulting victory, as he related in a note to his wife, as “A great ...