This church organized in 1659 and chartered November 17, 1719 under His Majesty George King of Great Britain was served until December 1808 by pastors educated in the Universities of Holland and Germany who preached in Dutch. The first sermon by the . . . — — Map (db m57576) HM
This bell, cast by the Meneely Bell Foundry in West Troy, New York, in 1861, came from the famous steamboat Mary Powell which operated on the Hudson River from 1861 to 1917. The Mary Powell ran between Rondout/Kingston and New York City and . . . — — Map (db m59289) HM
The 1898 Mathilda Steam Engine
A Compound Engine
Two Pistons: a high pressure, and a low pressure
1) High pressure steam is directed to the top of the piston by the steam valve The steam pushes the piston down, which in turn pushes the . . . — — Map (db m204669) HM
Battle HonorsGainesville August 28, 1862 2nd Bull Run August 30, 1862 Chantilly September 1, 1862 South Mountain September 14, 1862 Antietam September 17, 1862 . . . — — Map (db m58033) HM
This Georgian Revival style museum was built in 1927 to house and display Senate House State Historic Site’s expanding collections. Today’s permanent and temporary exhibits showcase Hudson Valey decorative and fine arts, including works by such . . . — — Map (db m57460) HM
Consider the sacrifices made by ordinary citizens like Abraham van Gaasbeck, who risked his life, family, and property, when he offered his modest stone house as a meeting place for the first New York State Senate in September 1777. Would you have . . . — — Map (db m57457) HM
The Society of the Colonial Dames of America place this tablet to mark the spot whereon was set in motion the Commonwealth of the State of New York on the thirtieth day of July in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven by . . . — — Map (db m57567) HM
Bronze cannon from Raritan Arsenal
Metuchen N.J. presented on May 30,1947
to the City of Kingston N.Y. through
Paul Appel to replace iron cannon
donated to World War II scrap drive
& originally presented on June 28 1877
to the City of . . . — — Map (db m204981) HM
As a memorial to those citizens of • Kingston • because of whose patriotism the village was burned by the British forces under the command of Maj. Gen. John Vaughan on the 16th day of October • 1777 • ----------- This tablet is erected by one of the . . . — — Map (db m109022) HM
This Bartlett pear tree commemorates the original tree planted by Thomas Chambers, who in 1652 settled in this vicinity, which later became known as Rondout and Kingston. Upon his death, he was buried under this tree with a simple bluestone slab to . . . — — Map (db m59285) HM
Pre-Revolution home of Old Dutch Church Conferentie family leader 1754 – 1772. Ulster County Medical Society founded in this building July 1, 1806 — — Map (db m57501) HM
The Congregation of the Fair Street Reformed Church meets here in the oldest public worship building in Kingston. Established as the Second Reformed Church of Kingston in January, 1849, the small group of 27 people originally met for worship in the . . . — — Map (db m57762) HM
Original Dedication
March 28, 1943
Re-Dedication
June 6, 1998
Albert Abdallah · John Abdallah · Robert Ackert · Frank Albrecht · Louis F. Albrecht · Walter F. Albrecht · Michael Appa · Adam Argulewicz · Andrew Argulewicz · Edward . . . — — Map (db m204888) WM
Robert Fulton did not invent the steamboat, but he was the first person to make steamboats. Commercially viable: His first vessel, called just "The Steamboat," proved that steam travel could be safe and reliable. Steamboats took over . . . — — Map (db m204671) HM
Born July 26, 1739, Little Britain, N. Y. Married February 7, 1770, Cornelia Tappen Died April 20, 1812, Buried Washington, D. C. Ulster County Clerk, 1759 – 1812 Brigadier General, Revolutionary War First Governor of New York State, . . . — — Map (db m57570) HM
[ Lower Marker : ] George Clinton First Governor New York State 1777 – 1804 Vice-President United States 1804 – 1812 Honored by Wiltwyck Chapter D. A. R. [ Marker on Monument : ] To the Memory of George Clinton He . . . — — Map (db m57573) HM
1732 1932 In commemoration of the visit of George Washington to Kingston on the 16th of November, 1782 His reception by the Trustees of the freeholders and Commonalty of the Town and the Consistory of this church George J.L. . . . — — Map (db m57574) HM
Hasbrouck Park History
Hasbrouck Park is Kingston's first official downtown park which opened in 1920. It is one of Kingston's larger parks at 45 acres.
Much of Hasbrouck Park was mined by the Newark Lime and Cement Company in the late . . . — — Map (db m204784) HM
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
