{"nrhp_refnum":"06001001","name":"Andre, Maj. John, Monument","other_names":["Site of Major John Andre's Hanging and Burial"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"42 Andre Hill","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tappan","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.02161108300004,"lon":-73.95486202199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-11-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A granite monument and fenced circular site on Andre Hill in Tappan, Rockland County, New York, marking where British Major John Andre was hanged and buried in 1780. The current monument was erected in 1879.","why_significant":"The site is tied directly to Andre's execution and burial during the Revolutionary War, and to the 1821 removal of his remains to Westminster Abbey. It also illustrates 19th-century Anglo-American relations and local identity, shown by the 1879 commemorative monument and repeated vandalism. It is treated as a commemorative property.","narrative":"A gray Maine granite monument stands in the middle of Andre Hill in Tappan, New York, within a roughly 31-foot circular plot ringed by an ornate wrought iron fence. It marks where British Major John Andre was hanged as a spy on October 2, 1780, after his role in Benedict Arnold's plot to surrender West Point, and where he was buried until his remains were moved to Westminster Abbey in 1821. Cyrus W. Field paid for the monument, which Taseman & Company of Nyack built and which was unveiled in 1879. Its inscription was written by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster. The monument drew repeated vandalism, including an 1885 attack that toppled it and destroyed its base. The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society bought the site in 1905, reset the monument and added a brass plaque. The site is significant for its link to Andre's death and for what it shows about Anglo-American relations.","period_of_significance":"1780-1905","architect_builder":"Taseman & Company; Olmstead, B.S.","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Monument stands in a fenced circular plot with some corner damage and chips; the iron fence was recently repaired after vehicle damage.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.853506-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06001001.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001001/c4dd6e4aaf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001001/c4dd6e4aaf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnAndreMemorial_2007_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller)</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnAndreMemorial_2007_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321416","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_John_Andr%C3%A9_Monument","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6738105"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/andre-maj-john-monument-06001001/"}