Washington Irving who took an existing structure and made his romantic Sunnyside out of it. The actual Wolfert's Roost was burned down by the British after the brother-in-law of Catriena Ecker Van Tassel shot at the British sloops with a goose-rifle charged with nails. Eckar Street in Irvington, New York is named for him. References Notes External links The Van Tassel Family History Homepage 1667 births 1753 deaths American Christian clergy 18th-century Christian clergy People of the Province of New York American members of the Dutch Reformed Church People from Flatbush, Brooklyn People from Irvington, New York 18th-century American clergy