1. THE MURAL DEPICTS
IN 1774 GEN. & JANET MONTGOMERY SETTLES IN RHINEBECK
“General Richard Montgomery and his wife, Janet Livingston, plant locust seedlings on what will become the lawn of Grasmere. The bricks were baked in a home made kiln.” Olin Dows, 1940. Gen. Montgomery was killed in battle in the Revolutionary War at Quebec in 1775. In 1805 Janet Montgomery moved to a new home, what is today called Montgomery Place at Bard College. In 1828 the original Grasmere building was destroyed by fire and the building that stands today was constructed.
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