Kingston in Ulster County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Stockade Historic District
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 11, 2012
1. The Stockade Historic District Marker
Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1975
Erected 1975 by US Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Colonial Era. A significant historical year for this entry is 1975.
Location. 41° 56.036′ N, 74° 1.178′ W. Marker is in Kingston, New York, in Ulster County. It is at the intersection of Wall Street and John Street, on the right when traveling north on Wall Street. Marker is located at the northeast corner of the intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kingston NY 12401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Hudson Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Pike Plan (a few steps from this marker); The Stuyvesant Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Sojourner Truth (within shouting distance of this marker); The Kingston Opera House (within shouting distance of this marker); We The People (within shouting distance of this marker); The Loughran House (within shouting distance of this marker); Beginning of the State of New York (about 300 feet away,
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Regarding The Stockade Historic District. National Register Nomination Form Statement of Significance:
Kingston's Stockade Historic District is a significant historical, architectural and archeological area in the development of New York State. The area is important as one of three early New York State colonial settlements (Fort Orange, Albany, and New Amsterdam, New York being the others), as a planned fortification, as a leading center of early government serving as the State's first capital and as a
representative cross section of three hundred years of architectural development.
The Stockade section of the city of Kingston was laid out as a Dutch village in the mid-seventeenth century. The site of the village was carefully chosen in relation to topography on a high delta-like plain which provided good drainage, as well as effective strategic protection from attack.
Also see . . . Kingston Stockade Historic District Nomination Form. (Submitted on July 2, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 11, 2012
2. The Stockade Historic District Marker
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 11, 2012
3. Marker in Historic Kingston
A stockade that was built around the settlement that was located in this area in 1658 to protect the citizens from the local Indians. The stockade was mostly gone when the British burned the town more than a century later.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 652 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 16, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
