On Mansion Street (New York State Route 385) at Spencer Street, on the right when traveling west on Mansion Street.
This African Methodist Episcopal Congregation was established in 1853 by free &
formerly enslaved people of Coxsackie. Church built 1856. — — Map (db m175175) HM
On County Route 42 at Peter Bronck Road, on the left when traveling north on County Route 42.
At this site in May 1775, the
Broncks signed the Coxsackie
Declaration opposing the
"Oppressive Acts of the
British Parliament." — — Map (db m176698) HM
On Washington Avenue (New York State Route 385) at Ely Street, on the right on Washington Avenue.
1941 In Memory Of 1945
Those Who Gave Their Lives In
World War II
Albright, Donald C.
Ames, Milton H.
Ballieul, Ferdinand A.
Hallenbeck, Lawrence E.
Hallenbeck, W. Harding
Hotaling, Earl O.
Irving, John D.
Mattice, Lawrence C. . . . — — Map (db m150302) WM
On Mansion Street (New York State Route 385) south of Spencer Street, on the right when traveling north.
George H. Scott
Organizer and leader of
Volunteer firemen
First President
Greene County Firemen's Assn.
1889
Tri-county Firemen's Assn.
Columbia-Greene-Ulster
1890
which became
Hudson Valley Volunteer Firemen's Assn. . . . — — Map (db m234535) HM
Near County Route 42 near Peter Bronck Road, on the left when traveling north.
In tribute to
Jessie Van Vechten Vedder
1859-1952. Photographer,
preservationist, founder of
historical society & author
of History of Greene County — — Map (db m176697) HM
On Pantaleo Place near River Street, on the right when traveling north.
Hub of commerce & travel
est. by 1810. From here local
goods were sent to market,
steamships docked and a ferry
crossed the Hudson River. — — Map (db m179125) HM
On New York State Route 395, on the left when traveling north.
First church building , 1733-1798, about 1/4 mile west on north side of road. Second church building, 1798-1861, on south side of road nearly opposite the first. Present building erected 1861.
Pastors
George Michael Weiss, 1732-1765
Johannes . . . — — Map (db m184371) HM
Near County Route 42 near Peter Bronck Road, on the left when traveling north.
Prior to the Revolutionary War, burial
sites were unprotected, reused, unmarked, frequently disturbed and for other purposes such as agriculture. In the 1790s Americans reconsided how and where the dead were buried. This Bronck Burying Ground is . . . — — Map (db m178792) HM
Near County Route 42 near Peter Bronck Road, on the left when traveling north.
In 1663, in what was then New Netherlands, Pieter Bronck and his wife Hilletje Jans built the stonehouse. Leonard Bronck, who used the Americanized version of Leendert, was the great grandson of Pieter and the son of Jan Leendert Bronck. Leonard was . . . — — Map (db m176702) HM
Near County Route 42 near Peter Bronck Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Bronks, like many Dutch families, had deep roots in the Colony of New York.
The transfer of their loyalty from the Dutch to the English and then to the
Revolutionary government had been relatively smooth. By the beginning of the the . . . — — Map (db m176706) HM
Near County Route 42 near Peter Bronck Road, on the left when traveling north.
Under date of May 17, 1775, more than 220 “Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Cocksakie District in the County of Albany" put their names or marks to a document known to them as
"The Association,” popularly called “The Coxsackie Declaration.” . . . — — Map (db m176704) HM
On County Route 42 near U.S. 9W, on the left when traveling north.
About This Barn
Why does this barn have thirteen sides? We do not know, but the building itself is one variation of a type of farm building usually known as a round barn. Round barns have as few as five sides to as many as twenty, while . . . — — Map (db m176708) HM