Stony Point Battlefield

Infobox_nrhp | name =Stony Point Battlefield
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption = Entrance to the site of Stony Point Battlefield.
nearest_city= Stony Point, New York
area =
built =1779
architect=
architecture=
designated= January 20, 1961cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=410&ResourceType=Site
title=Stony Point Battlefield|accessdate=2007-09-18|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Palisades Interstate Park Commission
refnum=66000567

Stony Point Battlefield is the location of the 1779 Battle of Stony Point during the American Revolutionary War. It is a National Historic Landmark.

The site was purchased and preserved in the late 1890s, and opened to the public in 1902. A museum was built on the site in 1936, and in the 1940s the Palisades Interstate Park Commission took over administration of the battlefield and began to acquire more of the surrounding area.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.,citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000567.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Stony Point Battlefield] |391 KiB |author=Richard Greenwood|date=December 12, 1975|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000567.pdf Accompanying 3 photos, from 1975.] |582 KiB ]

By the 1980s, the park encompassed all public land on the peninsula, including the historic Stony Point Lighthouse.

The park is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm, and Sundays 1pm to 5 pm. It is accessible from U.S. Route 9W just north of Stony Point.

References

External links

* [http://nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=29 Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site, at NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]
* [http://www2.lhric.org/spbattle/spbattle.htm Stony Point Battlefield and Lighthouse home page]

Category:National Historic Landmarks in New York