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| The Dutch delft tile fireplace in the Main
Room. On the table are artifacts illustrating
General Washington's four visits to this historic
house museum. |
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| As lighting was a problem in these homes,
the glass cabinet - with its china and pewter
- often reflected the needed light. |
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| The chest contained clothing and the family's
valuables. Sleeping on the rope bed took some
getting use to but after a hard day of work
in the fields, was very welcome. |
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| This view from the kitchen door that is
behind the camera, shows the small entry way
- or two rooms with a center hall - that make
up the De Wint home.. |
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| Tables were pushed close to the wall each
evening to allow for passage in the dark.
The desk had secret compartments for the family
records and documents. |
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| The large fireplace in this American Dutch
home cooked with coals on the ground and the
brick oven provided some fine baked bread
at least once a week. |
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| The Dutch tiles in this room are blue. The
trim that was found in this room, during the
restoration, was the color of the tiles in
the other room! Both sets of tiles were scenes
from the Bible. Good teaching tools for a
cold night huddled around the fire. |
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| The wool winder on the left and the spinning
wheel were tools found in every home. While
these were used by the ladies of the house,
the men invented "cute" names for
the parts of these "tools." One
example is the "twin sisters" on
the spinning wheel. |
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| The Carriage House was built around the
middle of the 1800s. This building contains
a film about the history of the site, and
several exhibits on George Washington, the
Masons, John Andre (and Benedict Arnold) and
the history of the De Wint house and its lovely
grounds. |
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| The De Wint House: On the left is the kitchen
addition. On either side of the front door
are the numbers "1" "7"
"0" "0" in blacken bricks
placed there by De Clark (De Klerk), the builder
in 1700. |
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| Photography courtesy of Melvin Eckhaus |
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