On Main Street (New York State Route 207) at Park Place, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
(eastern upper plaque)
124th Regiment
New York Infantry Volunteers
"Orange Blossoms"
Third Army Corps, 1862, 1863.
Second Army Corps, 1864, 1865.
Army of the Potomac
Mustered into the United States service, Goshen, Sept. . . . — — Map (db m179163) WM
On Main Street (New York State Route 207) at Court Lane, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Erected in 1841, this building served as courthouse until 1970. Designed by Thornton M. Niven, if reflects the Greek Revival in architecture that produced man fine buildings. — — Map (db m42439) HM
On West Main Street, 0 miles west of North and South Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
1842-1932
“America’s Civil War Joan of Arc”
In January of 1864, President Lincoln invited Anna to address Congress, the Cabinet and the Supreme Court, to rally support for the Union cause and the fight . . . — — Map (db m25762) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 207) at Erie Street on Main Street.
Not far from this location, which in 1862 was part of the Wickham Farm that stretched from here to what is now the C. J. Hooker School, lays the site of the first encampment of the celebrated 124th New York Volunteers known as the "Orange Blossoms." . . . — — Map (db m43410) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 207) at South Church Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 by the United States Department of the Interior William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2018 • 146 — — Map (db m138560) HM
During the American Revolution Washington stopped to chat with the children here at this old stone schoolhouse on his way to Newburgh. — — Map (db m129019) HM
Near South Street, 0.1 miles north of North Connector Road (New York State Route 17M), on the left when traveling north.
As early as the mid-1700s this land was known as Fiddler’s Green, a racetrack for Thoroughbreds. In the 1890s Joseph Coates, a pioneer racetrack designer and trotting enthusiast, purchased the land and built a unique three-cornered harness racing . . . — — Map (db m144304) HM
On Greenwich Ave (Route 207) 0.3 miles north of Quickway (New York State Route 17), on the right when traveling north.
With gift of this property, 1915, by Luella M. Van Leuven, Goshen Emergency Hospital remained here until 1967, providing care to thousands.
Benefactors included Gates McGarrah (1978 GOCOBI) — — Map (db m26948) HM
On Main Street (Route 207) 0.2 miles north of Church Street, on the left.
Goshen became the half-shire town of Orange County. Site of 1st courthouse. built 1737. Orange Inn erected 1790.
Oldest active hotel.
Plaque
Goshen Restoration Unlimited Preservation Award
Presented to
Il Limoncello at the Orange . . . — — Map (db m26945) HM
On Green Street, 0.1 miles west of South Street, on the right when traveling west.
Situated in the center of Orange County, Goshen has a long and storied history as a major focal point of the nation's railroad infrastructure. When the builders of the New York & Erie Railroad began construction, they envisioned a railroad that . . . — — Map (db m60384) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 207) just south of Erie Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, formerly the Trotting Horse Museum-Hall of Fame of the Trotter was established in 1951 to honor the past and promote the future of the great sport of harness racing.
Originally a stable, built by J. . . . — — Map (db m147597) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 207) just south of Court Lane, on the left when traveling south.
(northwest base of monument)Col. Benjamin Tusten • Capt. Bazaleel Tyler • Capt. Samuel Jones • Capt. John Little • Capt. John Duncan • Capt. Benjamin Vail • Lieut. John Wood • Adjt. Nathaniel Finch • . . . — — Map (db m147200) WM
On Main Street (New York State Route 207) north of Park Place, on the right when traveling north.
This building and its neighbors are known as “Lawyers Row.” Testimony that members of the profession have had offices here since the early 19th century. — — Map (db m138567) HM
On Maplewood Terrace, 0 miles east of Main Street (New York State Route 207), on the left when traveling east.
Maplewood, erected in 1816, was an early office of the Bank of Orange County. Est. 1813. Long the home of the Murray family, it became the Goshen Village Hall in 1976. — — Map (db m25339) HM
On Craigville Road at Heros Way, on the right when traveling north on Craigville Road.
I Am A Military Working Dog
My eyes are your eyes to watch over you and protect you and yours. My ears are your ears to hear and detect evil in the dark. My nose is your nose to scent the invader of your safety, and so you may live, my life is . . . — — Map (db m166521) WM
On Webster Avenue south of Court Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Dictionary compiler, taught school 1782-83 in the Farmers' Hall Academy, a two-room brick structure now contained within this Goshen Town Hall — — Map (db m136091) HM
Near New York State Route 17A, 0.4 miles Gibson Rd (County Route 100), on the right when traveling south.
Built in the 1700’s and used continuously as a school until 1936 when purchased by Minisink Chapter, NSDAR.
N.Y. State and National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m29728) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 207) at Court Lane, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
In this building on June 9, 1950, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 34-0 to establish Orange County Community College. Dedicated on OCCC’s 50th Anniversary — — Map (db m147202) HM
On Main Street (New York State Route 207) 0.2 miles south of Scotchtown Road (County Route 83), on the right when traveling south.
County Seat
Orange, one of original N.Y. counties created 1683 by Assembly, Council and Gov. Thos. Dongen. Goshen became center for County government in the 1700’s. — — Map (db m25195) HM
Near Craigville Road, 0.2 miles west of Brookside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Dedicated to all men and
women of Orange County,
who served their country
gallantly in time of war and
honorably in time of peace — — Map (db m158074) WM
On Main Street (New York State Route 207) 0.2 miles Church Street when traveling north.
June 24, 1873
President Ulysses S. Grant was a guest in this house and watched the trotters race over historic track from the barn in the rear — — Map (db m147816) HM
Near Main Street (New York State Route 207) just south of Erie Street, on the left when traveling south.
It traces to the 1770s when local citizens raced their horse down the village's broad Main Street. The increasing popularity of this informal competition created the need for race tracks, the first of which was Fiddler's Green, readied in 1781 for . . . — — Map (db m147596) HM
