Philipsburg Manor Upper Mills is on Route 9 in Sleepy Hollow NY. Yes, we are still in the Lower Hudson Region and this is our last "Absolutely Must To See" in this area.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the landholdings of the Philipse family encompassed 52,000 acres and included a complex that featured a mill, farm, and large stone manor house on the banks of the Pocantico River. The complex served as the hub of the family's business empire, which included the slave trade. Thanks to an inventory compiled in 1750, it is known that 23 Africans were the chief labor force at Philipsburg Manor, making the Philipses one of the largest slaveholders in the northern colonies.
Today, Philipsburg Manor is a restored 18th century trading and milling living-history museum that focuses on the lives of enslaved Africans. A reconstructed water-powered gristmill grinds grain while heirloom varieties of plants are grown in a recreated slave garden and animals are tended around an 18th-century Dutch barn moved to the site.
Demonstrations in householding techniques of the period, such as cooking and spinning, take place in a reconstructed tenant farmer's house.
Philipsburg Manor Uppers Mills
Pond is Tidal
Philipsburg Manor
Gristmill
Entering the Mill
Corn comes from the attic to be ground into meal
Water wheel is your power source
Grinding stones
Helping the Miller
Weighing the barrel of cornmeal
Farm house for cooking demonstrations...today we were sorting beans
Dutch Barn
Flax Drying
Lots of open air drying
Mowing the grass
Well we were the ONLY two that didn't speak Spanish for lunch
Saddi for a ride
Sunset coming
Red Skies at Night
Sailor's Delight....still around 97 degrees
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