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Newburgh
(Images of America: New York)
by Kevin Barrett

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• Format: paperback, 128 pages
• Release date: December 1, 1999
• Author: Kevin Barrett
• ISBN: 9780738503387 (073850338X)
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Series: Images of America: New York
• Language: english

About The Book

While passing through Newburgh Bay in 1609, explorer Henry Hudson’s shipmate noted that the locale would be ideal for a village. True to his prediction, some 200 years later Newburgh was incorporated as a village and has since become the Queen City of the Hudson. It is a city of historical reputation. Here, Gen. George Washington awarded the first Purple Heart and wrote his famous letter refusing to become a king. The Newburgh site known today as Washington’s

Headquarters is America’s first historic preservation

building — the 1750 Hasbrouck House. Newburgh provides a glimpse into the city’s past, with chapters that tell the story of a city of industry and innovation. Newburgh had telephone service as early as 1879 and was the second city to have a street illumined by an electric light bulb. Its East End contains the largest historic district in the state, covering a total of 445 acres from the Hudson riverfront westward. Within the district are rare examples of Greek Revival, Federal, Italianate, and Second Empire designs.

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