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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM130R_plan-of-kingston-in-1695_Kingston-NY.html
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…
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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 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12ZM_sojourner-truth_Kingston-NY.html
? ? ? ? ? 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 first eve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12ZL_dr-cornelius-c-elmendorph-house_Kingston-NY.html
Pre-Revolution home of Old Dutch Church Conferentie family leader 1754 - 1772. Ulster County Medical Society founded in this building July 1, 1806
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12ZK_van-leuven-mansion_Kingston-NY.html
Fred J. JohnstonAmerican AntiquesMuseumThe house was built circa 1812by NY State Senator John Sudam,who hosted Washington Irvingand Martin Van Buren as guests.The Van Leuven family purchasedthe house circa 1880 and itthen became known as theVan Le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12ZC_patriots-of-the-revolution_Kingston-NY.html
British Forces Burn KingstonResponsible 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 letter with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12YN_the-loughran-house_Kingston-NY.html
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 local pol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12YM_the-evolution-of-the-senate-house_Kingston-NY.html
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 str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12YL_a-community-attic_Kingston-NY.html
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 pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12YI_a-radical-idea-government-by-the-people_Kingston-NY.html
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…