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Checkered House

former house in Cambridge, New York, USA. It was painted from 1853-1907 in checkered pattern, presumably barn-red and white.

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1765
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42°59'32.2"N, 73°23'12.0"W
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10 February 1907Gregorian
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The Checkered House is old…It was the Headquarters of General Baum in the revolution war, and afterwards he used it as a hospital, then it was a stopping place for the stage, where they changed horses every two miles, oh we traveled fast those days.
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Site of the Checkered House built by James Cowden 1765. Baum's headquarters Aug. 13,1777 Continental hospital Aug.18,1777. 1921 by OnDawa- Cambridge Chapter D.A.R. (English)

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