Cherry Valley Museum

Located in the heart of the Village of Cherry Valley inside the White-Phelon-Sutliff House, built by Jonathan Kinsbury in 1812-13, the museum is a fine example of Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, and Colonial architecture. The museum, listed on the State and Federal Registers of Historic Places, is located within the New York State Cherry Valley Historic Landscape District and is a designated New York State Revolutionary War Heritage Trail Site. Cherry Valley was the site of a massacre by British, Loyalist, Seneca, and Mohawk forces on November 11, 1778.  During the campaigns of 1778, Joseph Brant, leader of the Mohawks, achieved an undeserved reputation for brutality.  The violent frontier war of 1778 brought calls for the Continental Army to take action. Cherry Valley helped pave the way for the launch of the 1779 Sullivan Expedition, commissioned by George Washington and led by Major General John Sullivan.