The Guard Hill Letterbox LbNA #32268
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jun 26, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Bedford |
| County: | Westchester |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | suzietoots  |
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| Found by: | Miss Moon |
| Last found: | Jul 18, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFa |
| Last edited: | Jun 26, 2007 |
Guard Hill Road was one of the first highways laid out by Bedford's settlers. It's name was changed to Guard Hill Road during the Revolutionary War, when a guard of the Continental Army was stationed on the highest point in this area. In 1781, the French Army under Rochambeau passed over this highway on its long march from Rhode Island to the comtemplated attack on New York.
The Guard Hill Letterbox is located in the Lounsbery Family plot on Guard Hill Road.
In 1740, Nehemiah Lounsbery built the white house on right side of Guard Hill Road (it sits close to the road just before the cemetery and the bridge that crosses 684 just before Succabone Road.) The house is currently for sale for 3 million. During the Revolutionary war it was occupied by the guard placed by the army of General Washington. The cemetery sits just past the house on the same side of road. There is an area for parking. As you walk through the break in the wall towards the top of the hill you will notice a Nehemiah Lounsbery headstone. The dates of his birth and death are June 4, 1790 to March 28, 1855. (His wife Sarah's stone sits beside him.) This must be a relative? a grandson? The plaque on the house states the house was built in 1740. The letterbox is hidden behind the tree that sits almost in the middle of the cemetery against the wall. Behind a few loose rocks laying flat is the Revolutionary Guard of Guard Hill. Please rehide with same stones.
The Guard Hill Letterbox is located in the Lounsbery Family plot on Guard Hill Road.
In 1740, Nehemiah Lounsbery built the white house on right side of Guard Hill Road (it sits close to the road just before the cemetery and the bridge that crosses 684 just before Succabone Road.) The house is currently for sale for 3 million. During the Revolutionary war it was occupied by the guard placed by the army of General Washington. The cemetery sits just past the house on the same side of road. There is an area for parking. As you walk through the break in the wall towards the top of the hill you will notice a Nehemiah Lounsbery headstone. The dates of his birth and death are June 4, 1790 to March 28, 1855. (His wife Sarah's stone sits beside him.) This must be a relative? a grandson? The plaque on the house states the house was built in 1740. The letterbox is hidden behind the tree that sits almost in the middle of the cemetery against the wall. Behind a few loose rocks laying flat is the Revolutionary Guard of Guard Hill. Please rehide with same stones.