The Garrison House

Located less than one mile North of the Fort Montgomery Battle Site and
Visitors Center, approximately two miles North of Bear Mountain State
Park, and four miles South of West Point and Constitution Island, the
Garrison House was once the home of Isaac Garrison and son Beverly
Garrison, revolutionary cannoneers who were captured by the British at
the Battle of Fort Montgomery in 1777. The Revolutionary Road once ran
straight through this property, which is also just a short distance from
where the chain was placed across the Hudson River to stop the British
from advancing during the Revolutionary War, close to where the Bear
Mountain Bridge stands today.

Margaret Cochran Corbin (Captain Molly) later resided here
as a boarder in the care of a Mrs. Randall c.1786 as she
was unable to care for herself due to the injuries sustained
during battle. For this, she was given a pension from the
Government and assigned to the Invalid Regiment at West
Point. Upon her death in 1800, she was buried in an
unmarked grave in Highland Falls, in Cragston, the old J.P.
Morgan Estate. She was eventually re-interred in the West
Point Cemetery by the Daughters of the American
Revolution in 1929.

This house was also the site
of the Chimney Corner Tea
House in the late 1920's and
early 1930's, a popular spot
to stop in and have a drink
and good food at a
reasonable price. The
fireplace on this old
postcard, which is located in
the original part of the house
built around 1751 still stands
today.