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Philipsburg Manor Tours

Visit the activity center and explore the daily life and labor of the Manor's diverse inhabitants. Hear the Manor's history from the perspective of those who lived and toiled there. For 2022, Philipsburg Manor will be open May 6 – November 13; Fridays-Sundays, as well as holiday Mondays (May 30, July 4, September 5, October 10). …

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Philipsburg Manor (Sleepy Hollow): All You Need to Know

Philipsburg Manor dates from the mid 1700s and was an important farm and mill. This was one of the most interesting tours of our time in the Hudson Valley. Not only were the guides (4 of them in period costume) knowledgeable about the history of the Manor but they were experts in the industry that took place there. Beyond the interesting ...

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Philipsburg Manor

Philipsburg Manor · Tarrytown. Event by Philipsburg Manor. Sat, Dec 3, 2011. Dickens's 'Christmas Carol' ...

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Philipsburg Manor Tour, Thursday, October 17, 2019 3:15PM

Grounds passes are available for purchase in the Philipsburg Manor Visitors Center. The site closes at 5pm. Sukkot grounds passes allow access to all hands-on activities offered. Manor house tours are not included. Due to set-up for seasonal events on the historic site, access to other areas of the site is restricted. ...

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Philipsburg Manor |People Not Property

Enslaved individuals were put to work turning wheat into flour and milk into butter on a commercial scale, shipping these goods downriver to Manhattan and preparing them for …

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Philipsburg Manor (Sleepy Hollow)

Philipsburg Manor, named a National Historic Landmark in 1961, offers a variety of attractions for visitors. The stone manor house is filled with a collection of period furniture from the 17th and 18th centuries, providing a glimpse into the lifestyle of the era. The site also features a water mill and a pond, an 18th-century barn, a slave ...

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A Visit to Philipsburg Manor — Howard Dale Photography

Cross the millpond bridge to Philipsburg Manor, a mill and trading complex where an enslaved community lived and labored for generations. Learn about the …

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Philipsburg Manor

Philipsburg Manor is a living history museum, where visitors enter the year 1750, when the Manor was a thriving milling and trading complex that was home to 23 enslaved individuals of African descent. Read more. …

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Philipsburg Manor

The Philipsburg Manor site was known as Upper Mills in the early 1700's, when Frederick Philipse established a commercial center here and staffed it with African slaves. The Philipses were one of the largest slaveholders in the northern colonies. Photographed By Bill Coughlin, June 28, 2008. 4. Philipsburg Manor

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V. Dressing of Millstones

The tools used for dressing or sharpening the grinding faces of the millstones are called "mill bills" or "mill picks." The mill bills are shaped like a double- ended wedge and made …

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Family Outing: Philipsburg Manor

Through historical interpretation and interactive storytelling, Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow, NY immerses visitors in the lives of colonial slaves on an 18th …

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Philipsburg Manor slavery: Caesar a 'People Not Property' …

Three days a week, Bob Morgan leaves his home in 21st-century Fleetwood and steps into the life of 18th-century Philipsburg Manor. To make the 269-year leap, the 83-year-old dons a long tunic ...

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A New Look at an Anglo-Dutch Plantation on the Hudson: …

The story of this community, hidden in plain view from decades of visitors to the 1680 Manor House and its surrounding outbuildings, is a saga that Historic Hudson …

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The Meaning of the Rye Harvest at Philipsburg Manor

Philipsburg Manor in 1750 was an agri-business that reaped the profits of a provisioning plantation system. Tenant farmers were obligated to set aside certain portions of their rented farms for the growing of wheat, which had to be ground at the Philipse's mills in Sleepy Hollow (the Upper Mills) and Yonkers (the Lower Mills). ...

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Philipsburg Manor | Hudson Valley, New York

Philipsburg Manor. New York, USA, North America. Hudson Valley. Login Save . A working farm from the 18th century, which once belonged to massively wealthy Dutchman Frederick Philips (who spent most of his time back in Manhattan). Inside the rough-hewn clapboard barn, water mill and three-story, whitewashed fieldstone manor, almost two …

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PHILIPSBURG MANOR

Philipsburg Manor was owned by Adolph Philipse in the 18th Century (1750). he was the wealthiest man in New York. The Philipses were also the largest slave owning families in the colonial north. With 23 men, women and children. It's over 52,000 acres. The staff that guides the tours were all dressed in character as if you were really there in ...

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The Philipsburg Manor Case Study

Philipsburg Manor stands just south of the highlands shown here. Historic Hudson Valley, Gift of the Heirs of William and Ruth Diebold. Philipse Manor Hall 1784. Unknown. Colonial mills and plantations grew up along the Hudson and its tributaries. Colonists took advantage of waterways for transportation and of water power for industry.

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Millstone Manor

Millstone Manor, named for the more than 60 antique millstones that were scattered across the property, is a spectacular ocean-front residence loaded with history. Built around 1890, the original shingle and stone cottage was extensively renovated and expanded by the architect-owner in the 1930s, and when the new owners bought it in 2020, it ...

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The Craft of Millwrighting

When dressing the millstones, the millwright would have their techniques to ensure they were sharp enough to grind grain. The millwright would have to identify the high spots …

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PHILIPSBURG MANOR: All You Need to Know BEFORE You …

Philipsburg Manor dates from the mid 1700s and was an important farm and mill. This was one of the most interesting tours of our time in the Hudson Valley. Not only were the guides (4 of them in period costume) knowledgeable about the history of the Manor but they were experts in the industry that took place there. Beyond the interesting ...

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Philipsburg Manor: A Heritage Site of Slavery

At Philipsburg Manor, the story of slavery in the colonial north is given not only a full interpretive treatment, but a face: 23 of them, to be exact.Visitors learn about the lives of Caesar, Susan, Dimond, Betty, and the other enslaved Africans who lived at the Upper Mills in 1750. All were listed on an inventory of Adolph Philipse's property drawn up after his …

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Philipsburg Manor |People Not Property

Philipsburg Manor Upper Mills was a thriving farm, mill, and trading center in the Hudson Valley owned by the Philipses, an influential New York family of merchants and traders. A community of 23 enslaved Africans whose names appear on a 1750 Philipsburg Manor probate inventory —including Caesar, Sam, Venture, and Massey —operated the …

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Philipsburg Manor Upper Mills

Thanks to an inventory compiled in 1750, it is known that 23 Africans were the chief labor force at Philipsburg Manor, making the Philipses one of the largest slaveholders in the northern colonies. Today, it is a restored 18th century trading and milling living-history museum that focuses on the lives of enslaved Africans. A reconstructed water ...

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Dressing a Millstone

Although good millstones will last for centuries, constant grinding wears them smooth. Chiseling the furrows and removing glazed, rough, and uneven spots is known as dressing the millstone. The …

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A Personal Tribute to and Remembrance of Charles Howell

Mr. Howell presented a Millstone Dressing Seminar at the Newlin Mill in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania in 1987. At the Colvin Run Mill Symosiums, Mr. Howell presented millstone dressing demonstrations. Upper Mills, Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow, New York. "A Colonial Water Mills in the Wooden Age," the mill in which Charlie Howell was the miller.

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Family Outing: Philipsburg Manor – New York Family

The manor is open to the public May through early November for guided tours of its grounds, with plenty of hands-on experiences for visitors of all ages. Fun Things to Do Any Time. Visitors to Philipsburg Manor are transported back to the year 1750, when the site was a center for farming, milling, and trade.

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The Millstone: A Symbol of Philipsburg's …

By using a millstone as the logo for its Slavery in the Colonial North constellation of programs, Historic Hudson Valley (HHV) has commemorated Caesar and all of the enslaved individuals who worked …

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Philipsburg Manor: Historic Attraction in Historic …

Slave Manacles. Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow, North Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York. Today, Philipsburg Manor is both educational, and a perfect opportunity to step back in time. …

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Susan of Philipsburg Manor

We know that Philipsburg Manor was a commercial enterprise and that these women operated a farm and a dairy essential to that business of trade. They milked 12 cows, produced butter and packed it into barrels known as firkins that were sold in New York City and shipped to Caribbean plantations. But their stories are more important and complex ...

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National Park Service

This simple stone house authentically portrays a great 17th-century manor and presents a remarkable picture of Dutch settlement in the lower Hudson Valley before 1750. Frederick Philipse, First Lord of the manor of Philipsburg, built the older portion about 1683, although he used the more pretentious manor house at the site of Yonkers, a few ...

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