1  BATTLE OF PLATTSBURGH

INTERPRETIVE CENTRE

Display of military victory of War of 1812 and diorama of Battle of Plattsburgh.

 

17  CITY HALL

Built in 1918 and designed by John Russell Pope.

 

1A  BATEAU "ROOSTER"

30 foot replica of bateau used during the battle.

 

17A  MURALS

Painted by Artist Peter Charlap.

 

1 B  WAR OF 1812 MUSEUM

 

 

17B  CONFIANCE ANCHOR

Raised from Lake Champlain.

 

2 MILITARY BARRACKS

Built in 1838 - Lt. Ulysses S. Grant lived here while stationed in the Army.

 

 

18 MACDONOUGH MONUMENT

 

Built in 1926 to commemorate the victory of the Battle of Plattsburgh.  Designed by John Russell Pope.

 

3  FORT MOREAU

Centre and key point of the American line during the battle.

 

 

19  SAILLY HOME

Peter Sailly was Congressman and Collector of Customs for New York side of Lake Champlain.

 

4  FORT SCOTT

Right flank of the American defense during the battle.

 

 

20  KENT DELORD HOUSE MUSEUM

Built in 1797 - house used by British officers during the Battle of Plattsburgh.

 

5   FORT BROWN
Left flank of the American defense during the battle

 

21  SAMUEL de CHAMPLAIN MONUMENT

 

Monument for French Explorer Samuel de Champlain.

 

6   BLOCKHOUSE

 

American fortification during the Battle of Plattsburgh.

 

 

22  FIRST BLOCKHOUSE

 

Built in 1789 as protection from British and Indian raids before 1812

 

7   ZEPHANIAH PLATT

 

Site of home for the founder of Plattsburgh.

 

23  BOYNTON FARM

 

Headquarters of British General Brisbane.

 

 BENJAMIN MOOERS HOUSE

Home of Major General Benjamin Mooers.

During the battle this was the headquarters for General

Alexander Macomb.

 

24  BRITISH CAMPSITE

 

British soldiers set up a campsite on this site.

 

9   COUNT CHARLES de FREDENBURGH

 

First settlement in Plattsburgh.

 

25  HALSEY'S CORNERS

 

Captain Leonard's light artillery resisted the heroic advance of the British.

 

 

10  UNITED STATES HOTEL &

ISREAL GREEN TAVERN

 

Site of one of Plattsburgh's earliest buildings.

In 1817 President Monroe was a guest here.

 

26  COL. THOMAS MILLER'S HOUSE

 

Commander of the 8th regular N.Y. Militia.

Home occupied by British during the battle.

 

11  BRIDGE STREET MARKER

 

Site of teenage soldiers stopping the British.

 

 

27  ISAAC PLATT HOME

Headquarters of Major General Robinson.  The British wounded at Halsey's Corners were brought here.

 

 

 

 

12  WILLIAM BEAUMONT M.D.

 

Army surgeon during the Battle of Plattsburgh.

 

28  RIVERSIDE CEMETERY

 

Contains the graves of American and British officers  killed in the Battle of Plattsburgh.

 

13  COLONEL MELANCTON SMITH'S HOME

 

Occupied by British General Prevost during the battle.

 

29  PIKE'S CANTONMENT

 

American campsite on Saranac River under the command of Col. Zebulaon Pike.

 

13A  MACDONOUGH PLAQUE

 

Commemorates Macdonough's Naval victory over the British.

 

30  MILITARY POST CEMETERY

 

Monument of Unknown dead of the War of 1812.

 

14  FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

 

First church in Plattsburgh 1797.  Occupied by British.

 

31  CRAB ISLAND

 

Site of Hospital and Cemetery in the War of 1812.

 

15  BAPTIST CHURCH

 

Site of Polly Averill's home.

 

 

32  CLINTON COUNTY HISTORICAL

MUSEUM

Inside are dioramas of naval battles of Valcour, on Lake Champlain, (1776) and Plattsburgh (1814), complement paintings, maps, furniture and decorative art objects in the collection.

 

16  DUNHAM HOUSE - BRITISH HOSPITAL

 

Basement used as British Hospital.

 

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