It is of stone, with many gables, the eastern side being clothed with ivy from slips presented to Irving by Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford. The original structure was the " Woolfert's Roost," which gives its title to one of Irving's sketches. On the opposite bank is Tappan, memorable as the scene of the massacre of Baylor's regiment by the British under General Grey, and from the fact that about a mile from the town Major Andre, the victim of Arnold's treachery, was executed and biu'ied.

Tarrytown, about a mile beyond Tappan and on the eastern side of the river, was the scene of Andre's capture. Here was erected a monument in honor of

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battle of White Plains in October, 1776. The Livingston manor-house, near by, was the headquarters of Washington and also the spot where the conference was held in 1783, between George Clinton and Sir Guy Carleton, the British commander, with reference to the evacuation of New York City. At Dobbs Ferry the Hudson widens into a bay which is known as the Tappan Zee.

Irvington, in the immediate vicinity of Dobbs Ferry, derives its name from Washington Irving, whose former residence, " Sunnyside," is one of the chief points of retreat on the river. It stands near

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Van Wart, who was one of the three American militiamen who seized the unfortunate young officer. Here also is the famous old Dutch Church, lieavy with the marks of more than two centuries, and Sleepy Hollow, described by Irving in his well-known legend narrating the luckless courtsliip of Ichabod Crane. The neighborhood is rich in interesting associations growing out of the residence here for many years of Washington Irving and members of his household ; and the romantic beauty of the surroundings fully fortifies the deep and strong affection which Irving contracted for his riverside cottage and the adjacent neighborhood.