Built by Nicholas Hoffman 1711 on part of Crown Grant of land made to his father Martinus in 1688. This is the northwest corner of the Old Stockade. — — Map (db m57448) HM
This man-made island was designed and constructed in 1848 by a local engineer, James McEntee, to store the coal shipped by D and H Canal from Pennsylvania. The coal was transferred by steam-operated elevators to river barges for shipment to New . . . — — Map (db m59273) HM
Built circa 1790 by this regent, turnpike builder, Associate of Thomas Jefferson. His election to Congress 1797 – 1803 was celebrated by a grand illumination of this house 1798. — — Map (db m109023) HM
This is the original building used as Kingston Academy when founded in 1774 Partially burned by British troops October 16th, 1777 — — Map (db m57445) HM
Their Dedication
and Devotion to
God and Country is
Justly Exemplified
by Their Loyalty
Courage and Sacrifice
Rendered in the
Line of Duty — — Map (db m204982) WM
Dedicated to Kingston’s own Defenders of Freedom To the men and women of Kingston who served us so proudly in the armed forces during “Operation Desert Storm” We are forever grateful and proud. Presented by: Citizens of . . . — — Map (db m58039) WM
In Memory of
Korean Conflict
Cpl. Joseph Guido
1933-1952
World War II
Cpl. Louis Perry
1921-1944
Korean Conflict
Cpl. Vincent Yonta
1931-1953 — — Map (db m204781) WM
Dedicated to Those Who Served in the Armed Forces
of the United States of America by the Common Council
of the City of Kingston June 2, 1971
Mayor Francis R. Koenig
Alderman At Large T. Robert Gallo
Aldermen
John P. Heitzman · John . . . — — Map (db m204983) WM
In Honor of all who Served in the War on Terrorism We believe that liberty is the design of nature; we believe that liberty is the direction of history. We believe that human fulfillment and excellence come in the responsible exercise of liberty. . . . — — Map (db m204986) WM
Lou, fond of saying, “Just Relax,” had great concern for others. He often helped boaters in distress and could be seen retrieving broken-away docks. God saw fit to take him, but not before Lou had accomplished one more good and lasting . . . — — Map (db m59290) HM
CITATION: “Sergeant Dietz was a squad leader with Company A, 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, on 29 March 1945, when the task force to which his unit was attached encountered resistance in its advance on Kirchain, Germany. Between . . . — — Map (db m89857) HM
What is a Heritage Area? A Heritage Area has a mission to Preserve its historic resources, Educate the general public as to these resources and their roles in the development of local government, provide varieties of Recreation for the . . . — — Map (db m59278) HM
This church was burned by the British in 1777, restored, and later replaced. Governor George Clinton and some seventy soldiers are buried in its cemetery.Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — — Map (db m57412) HM
To the undying renown of the rank and file of the One Hundred and Twentieth Infantry New York Volunteers. One of “Three Hundred Fighting Regiments” in the War for the Union. ---------- By the Colonel of the Regiment. ---------- 1896. [ . . . — — Map (db m57582) HM
British Forces Burn Kingston Responsible for the security of Kingston, when the British burned the Village on October 16, 1777 – General Clinton wrote to General Gates that of the promised 3000 men, only 400 were sent. He concluded this . . . — — Map (db m57490) HM
The first European settlers came here between 1652-53 to farm the rich land in the lowlands along the Esopus Creek near the fields where Native Americans had grown maize for centuries. Friction between the settlers and the Esopus Indians mounted to . . . — — Map (db m57546) HM
The stockade was built in three weeks and stood 14 feet high. The settlers, about 70 took their houses and barns apart log by log, carted them uphill and rebuilt them inside the Stockade Area. The walled village was called Wiltwyck. Gates gave the . . . — — Map (db m57547) HM
In the second half of the 19th century, (after 1850) the most important docks for passenger steamboats on the Rondout were those of Thomas Cornell and Romer, Tremper, & Gillett. Thomas Cornell's docks were located where the brick Cornell . . . — — Map (db m204526) HM
Once a handful of homes and storehouses known as Kingston Landing, this area grew rapidly with the D and H Canal. Shipyards, foundries, stone quarries and brick yards sprouted along the Rondout Creek attracting Irish and German immigrants. The . . . — — Map (db m59277) HM
In the days before the Rondout Creek bridges, people crossed the creek by ferry. First, a wooden scow which was sculled or rowed across the creek was used for many years. Then a steam-driven chain ferry, John P. Sleight, was used . . . — — Map (db m204670) HM
Originally built in 1875, as a mansard-roofed commercial building, this structure housed stores, a saloon, and on its third and fourth floors, an “opera house” for stage productions. After a fire ten years later, the fourth floor was . . . — — Map (db m59276) HM
These two grooved sections of bluestone were once part of the “Stone Road” which was installed on the dirt roads that ran from the bluestone quarries in the Catskills, not far from Kingston, to the waterfront on the Rondout . . . — — Map (db m59287) HM
The State’s first Senate met here in the fall of 1777 until the city of Kingston was attacked and burned by the British.Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — — Map (db m57410) HM
Erected by The State of New York Cornerstone laid by his excellency Alfred E. Smith Governor of the State on the 150th anniversary of the organization of the first legislature at Kingston September 10th, 1927. — — Map (db m57452) HM
Famous slave of Ulster County, born in Hurley, N.Y. Though illiterate, this woman of indomitable character and intellect left her indelible mark as an eloquent condemner of slavery, from this court. By winning her lawsuit – the . . . — — Map (db m57502) HM
Of the hundreds of steamboats which cperated on the Hudson River in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Mary Powell was the most famous of all. She was known as the Queen of the Hudson for her beauty, speed, and graciousness. The . . . — — Map (db m204527) HM
This building was originally built as the machine shops for the Cornell Steamboat Company, which had its headquarters in Rondout. The company dominated the towing business on the Hudson River from the 1830s through the middle of the 20th century. . . . — — Map (db m204679) HM
Thomas Cornell came to the Rondout and began shipping with a sloop in 1837. His first cargoes were coal from the D&H Canal. Steam came to dominate freight transport as it had already taken over passenger transport. Cornell's business grew as more . . . — — Map (db m204675) HM
The Rondout Creek at this site provided the tidewater terminal for the D and H Canal, a constructed water-way of 108 miles, completed in 1828. Starting at Honesdale, Pennsylvania, hundreds of flat canal boats carried millions of tons of coal, . . . — — Map (db m59272) HM
Wessel Ten Broeck, a Dutch immigrant to New York, built and owned what would become the Senate House. Although only portions of his 1676 house remain, Ten Broeck’s residence was probably a modest stone house with a steep gabled roof facing the . . . — — Map (db m57461) HM
Ferries ran between Rhinecliff/Rhinebeck and Rondout/Kingston since the early days of Dutch settlement in the late 17th century (after 1680). Originally, rowboats would have been used. Later, in the 18th century (1700s), a more organized ferry . . . — — Map (db m204673) HM
This Italianate style house was designed by John A. Wood and built in the early 1870s for Dr. Robert Loughran (1834 – 1899) as an office and residence. A surgeon during the Civil War, Dr. Loughran settled in Kingston and became active in . . . — — Map (db m57462) HM
Uptown Kingston conceived and designed by John Pike for urban renewal His talented designs defeated urban blight and preserved the character of an older era for all to enjoy. — — Map (db m57563) HM
Between the 1840’s and early 1920’s ferries were used to transport people and vehicles across the Rondout Creek. The last was a chain ferry affectionately nicknamed the “Skillypot”, Dutch for tortoise, apt for both its appearance and . . . — — Map (db m59274) HM
The Stockade Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1975 — — Map (db m57565) HM
The 1898 steam tugboat Mathilda was built in Sorel, Quebec, and for many years worked on the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. Originally, coal fueled her steam boilers. Later her engine was changed to an oil-fired, two-cylinder . . . — — Map (db m204377) HM
This row of nineteenth buildings is all that remains of a once thriving river port commercial center. The Mansion House at the corner of Broadway, once a 100 room stage stop and hotel, offered modest accommodations to travelers and canallers. The . . . — — Map (db m59275) HM
Fred J. Johnston American Antiques Museum The house was built circa 1812 by NY State Senator John Sudam, who hosted Washington Irving and Martin Van Buren as guests. The Van Leuven family purchased the house circa 1880 and it then became known as . . . — — Map (db m57500) HM
Captain in American army,
1775-1783; at Quebec with
Gen. Montgomery; buried here.
His house in Kingston was
burned by British, 1777. — — Map (db m159029) HM
Dutch Settlers at Esopus were troubled by hostile Algonquin (Esopus) Indians, who were finally pacified by Governor Peter Stuyvesant in 1658. In 1661 Wiltwyck, later Kingston, was settled and remained strongly Dutch after the English . . . — — Map (db m56706) HM
The Senate House is so called because the first elected Senate of the State of New York met in this building on the morning of September 9, 1777. Colonel Wessel Ten Broeck built this house for his home in 1676 in the tiny . . . — — Map (db m75635) HM
Following Henry Hudson’s voyage in 1609, the Dutch in 1614 established a trading post near the future site of Albany; permanent settlement was made at Fort Orange (Albany) in 1624. Esopus (Kingston) was settled in 1653 and other villages . . . — — Map (db m56703) HM
Site of colonial church
Here stood the earliest
church in this vicinity. Organized 1737, built 1746,
the first minister was buried beneath the pulpit. — — Map (db m244008) HM
Dedicated to
the Men and Women of the
Town of Marbletown
who devotedly served
their country
· World War I ·
[Died in Service]
Howard Frame
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
· World War II ·
[Died in Service]
George Bloomer • . . . — — Map (db m118535) WM
Wolfert Acker bought the house in 1772 and hosted weekly meetings to encourage neighbors to support the Revolution and join his company of Minute Men militia.Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — — Map (db m57426) HM
Founded 1764
Built at this site on land given by Louis DuBois
Present church built in 1869
[Plaque:]
Revolutionary soldiers buried here. — — Map (db m28777) HM
Dedicated in honor of
the men and women of this
village who answered the
call of their country in all
the great wars
Milton, N.Y.
May 30, 1958 — — Map (db m130569) WM
Palatine German refugees from the religious wars of Europe settled on these river banks in 1709, and Dutch and French Huguenots followed. During the Revolution, control of the Hudson River was important for British strategy and for American defense. . . . — — Map (db m48669) HM
Many villages and hamlets have retained the qualities that have attracted people to the Catskills for generations — historic, walkable downtowns, local businesses, and access to recreational opportunities in the surrounding forest, rivers . . . — — Map (db m147172) HM
America's First Wilderness More than a century ago, after years of exploitation at the hands of lumbermen, tanners, quarrymen and settlers striving to make a living while conquering the dark and unknown wilderness of the Catskills, a new . . . — — Map (db m147158) HM
For nearly a century, observers watched the forests of New York State from more than 100 fire towers perched atop the highest peaks, searching for the telltale signs of forest fires. In the Catskill region alone, there were 19 towers.
Beginning . . . — — Map (db m147159) HM
The imposing presence of the Catskills beside the Hudson River inspired America's first creative expressions in writing and painting.
In 1825, Thomas Cole (1801 -1848) first painted and sketched the romantic and sublime mountains, . . . — — Map (db m147160) HM
Has Been Placed on the National
Register of Historic Places
By the United States Department
of Interior in 1991.
Built 1929-1936 — — Map (db m148257) HM
Abram Bevier whose house stood here,
had a small cannon which the Indians feared,
and made his home a fort for
settlers in the raid of 1781. — — Map (db m168900) HM
The Delaware and Hudson Canal, with 108 locks, operated between Honesdale, Pennsylvania and Kingston, New York, providing service to Napanoch from 1828 to 1901. The Canal enabled materials and supplies to be delivered to help build the Eastern New . . . — — Map (db m152301) HM
This house is on original
cellar of home of Egbert
DeWitt, whose daughter Maria
was mother of DeWitt Clinton
First governor of New York. — — Map (db m118491) HM
Site of N.Y., Ontario & Western Railway Ellenville & Kingston Branch 1902-1957. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1999.
Erected by Eastern N.Y.C.F. — — Map (db m138678) HM
Built by Ezekiel Elting as a home
and store. Original gambrel roof
destroyed in 1888 blizzard. 1968
purchased by LeFevre Family Assoc.
Maintained by HHS and LeFevre family. — — Map (db m5737) HM
Site of African-American burial ground French Huguenots who founded New Paltz in 1677 had used enslaved Africans for construction and farm work as early as 1673. By 1790, 179 enslaved African-Americans and 9 free persons of color lived in New . . . — — Map (db m145962) HM
A French Huguenot Village
governed by "The Dusine",
a body of 12 men chosen
annually. For 100 years the
only form of government. — — Map (db m133428) HM
Site of Elting Cemetery. Jacob Elting's descendants donated
this meadow and family cemetery
to the village in 2017. One of
the earliest families of New Paltz,
these Eltings gave the Bevier-Elting
House and the Harcourt Sanctuary
to the . . . — — Map (db m145985) HM
Jenkins-DuBois Farm & Mill. Part of 1688 Louis DuBois Patent. Lambert Jenkins est. mills & built stone house in 1793 DuBois-Jenkins family still resides on the farm. — — Map (db m149349) HM
To the Memory and in honor of- Louis DuBois Christian Deyo Abraham Hasbrouck Andre LeFevre Jean Hasbrouck Piere Deyo Louis Bevier Anthoine Crespel Abraham DuBois Hugo Frere Issac DuBois Simon LeFevre The New Paltz Patentees, who, driven by . . . — — Map (db m244066) HM
Site of the "Owl” Church.
Conferentia church party
organized 1767, to maintain
contact with Classis of
North Amsterdam, Holland.
Joined Paltz Church, 1783. — — Map (db m149355) HM
January 22,1983 marks 300 years
of Christian worship on Huguenot
Street, first, in French, the language
of the homeland, in a log cabin
called the Walloon Church. Close
by the graves of the patentees a
church of stone was built in 1717.
a . . . — — Map (db m146003) HM
Carmine Liberta Bridge
There have been many bridges located on this site including a wooden covered bridge erected in
1845. In 1891 that bridge was replaced by an iron bridge that would remain for nearly half a
century. In 1940 the iron . . . — — Map (db m146097) HM
Site of
Walloon Church
Built of logs, first
church-school, 1683,
first church of stone 1717.
Called "Our French Church".
Precursor Reformed Church. — — Map (db m5736) HM
Built for Colonel Josiah Hasbrouck
in 1814. This Federal style residence
was designed by local architect
Cromwell of Newburgh, N.Y. — — Map (db m149342) HM
United Methodist Church. Congregation formed circa 1810, building erected 1823. Rebuilt 1867, after a fire. We welcome you to attend! — — Map (db m132148) HM
The men and women of this community who by their patriotism and loyalty served God and country in the wars of our nation. Dedicated May 30, 1978 — — Map (db m132150) WM
A majestic fire tower stands on the summit of Mount Tremper.
For many decades, Fire Tower Observers perched in the
steel cab at the top of the tower watched for forest fires.
Now the volunteers of the Catskill Fire Tower . . . — — Map (db m132245) HM