Accessibility InfoBrooklyn Heights Promenade
Montague St. BET.WEEN Montague Ter. And Bqe
Brooklyn, 11201
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Four Chimneys 
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- Description: Tablet recessed in boulder
- Materials: Bronze
- Dimensions: H: 20" W: 30" D: ¾"
- Dedicated: 1929
- Foundry: Jno Williams, Inc.
- Donor: Long Island State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
- Inscription: THIS TABLET MARKS THE LAND / UPON WHICH STOOD "FOUR CHIMNEYS" . / THE HOUSE OCCUPIED BY / GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON / AS HEADQUARTERS / DURING THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND / IN WHICH THE COUNCIL OF WAR / WAS HELD AUGUST 29, 1776, WHEN / IT WAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THE / AMERICAN ARMY FROM LONG ISLAND. / --- / ERECTED BY / LONG ISLAND STATE SOCIETY / DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION / 1929 /
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