Phoebe Humphrey house site, 277 Albany Turnpike
   

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Where the Collinsville Savings Society is located once stood a simple, center chimney saltbox built in 1759.  Born in 1763, Phoebe Humphrey was home alone at age 16 when she drove off two Hessian soldiers with a hot fireplace poker after they surprised her and demanded the bread she was baking.  The local DAR chapter is named after her.  The house was destroyed by vandals in 1929.  A brownstone post with a plaque on the bank’s east side memorializes Phoebe Humphrey.