Washington’s Headquarters

State Historic Site

The Hasbrouck house served as General Washington’s headquarters from April 1782 until August 1783. He issued the cease-fire orders here on April 19, 1783.

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lafayette Street and Edward ...

Washington’s Headquarters

Washington’s Headquarters

has been designated a

Registered National Historic Landmark.

Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States.

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1961

Marker ...

Washington’s Temporary Headquarters

This boulder which lay from time immemorial

on this site near the turn of the old road

marks the location of a house used by

General George Washington

as temporary headquarters

on October 26, 1780

while on march from Totowa now Paterson

to support Lafayette’s expedition against

the ...

Washington’s Headquarters

On June 8, 1780 General

George Washington

established Headquarters

at this site in

Connecticut Farms (now

Union Township) after the

British and Hessian

army’s retreat of June 7.

Marker is on Stuyvesant Avenue (County Route 619), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Washington’s Headquarters

For six months this quiet path was a congested thoroughfare. Express riders from Congress, civilians requesting passes, guards posted around the house, couriers rushing out with new orders, foreign officers seeking employment, continually jammed this road during the encampment.

At the ...

Washington’s Headquarters

(The Benjamin Ring House)

On the eve of the Battle of Brandywine Washington established his headquarters in the farmhouse of Benjamin Ring, a Quaker farmer and miller. The house stood within easy access of Chadds Ford where the British were expected ...

Washington’s Headquarters

Washington made his winter headquarters at the Arnold Tavern, January 6, 1777, now a part of All Souls Hospital. December, 1779, he established quarters at the Ford Mansion, now maintained as a museum.

Marker is on Morris Avenue near Washington Avenue, ...

Washington’s Headquarters

Since Pompton was on the

main route North, the Conti-

nental army camped here

often. Washington quartered

at the Schuyler House, July

12, 1777, and visited Col-

onel Van Cortlandt here,

March 28, 1782.

Marker is at the intersection of Hamburg Turnpike and Wanaque Avenue, on the ...

Washington’s Headquarters

General George Washington established his headquarters in this area at the junction of the American encampments to the east and the French encampments to the north.

Here he set up two tents: a large one for meeting with his staff and ...