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Tappan Historic District is a national historic district located at Tappan in Rockland County, New York. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings and three contributing sites. The district consists of 30 properties that reflect the historic commercial and residential core of the late 18th and 19th century village of Tappan.
Tappan (/ t ə ˈ p æ n / tə-PAN) is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Orangetown, New York, United States. It is located northwest of Alpine, New Jersey , north of Northvale, New Jersey and Rockleigh, New Jersey , northeast of Old Tappan, New Jersey , east/southeast of Nauraushaun and Pearl River , south of Orangeburg ...
The exonym Tappan is likely a derivation of a word or phrase from the Algonquian language Lenape as used by settlers to New Netherland, who spelled it as Tappaen. [3] It is not certain what the Tappan called themselves, but there are a variety of interpretations for the word. One suggestion is that it possibly comes from tuphanne meaning cold ...
A portrait of Major John Andre remains upside down at the '76 House in Tappan. General George Washington turned it over when Andre was hung as a spy after giving the plans of West Point to ...
Stony Point, Town Of, New York: Of The Seventeenth British Regiment Of Foot Were Stationed Here At The Time Of The Assault, July 15, 1779. 32: WORK "H" In Stony Point Park Stony Point, Town Of, New York: A British Redoubt Mounting A Twelve-pound Cannon Was Located Here, July, 1779. 33: ARROW On Park Rd., E. Of Us 9W Stony Point, Town Of, New York
Pastor Donald Hoover of the Tappan Reformed Church speaks at the ceremony dedicating Tappan's Field of Honor, a display of hundreds of large flags on the church's Manse Lawn, on May 18, 2024.
They Met George Washington at West Point and Andre was Hanged at Tappan, NY on October 2, 1780. 1: MAJOR JOHN ANDRE On Croton Falls Road Carmel, Town Of, New York: Court Martial Convoy Passed Here After the Benedict Arnold Treason. They Met George Washington at West Point and Andre was Hanged at Tappan, NY on October 2, 1780. 1: ENOCH CROSBY
It is suburban in nature, with a considerable amount of scenic designated parkland. Rockland County does not border any of the New York City boroughs, but is only 9.5 miles (15.3 km) north of Manhattan at the counties' (New York and Rockland) two respective closest points (Palisades, New York, in Rockland and Inwood Park in Manhattan)