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27-435: CCHS collections include important and rare genealogical materials, archives, paintings, photographs, textiles, furniture and decorative arts relating to Columbia County's heritage. The Columbia County Historical Society owns and maintains four historic properties including a museum & library at its headquarters located in the village of Kinderhook , New York at the corner of Broad Street and Albany Avenue. It also publishes

54-784: A biannual magazine, Columbia County History & Heritage . The Columbia County Historical Society was founded in 1916 as a women' social and philanthropic club. The historical society first admitted men with a men's auxiliary in 1917 and became fully coed when it incorporated in 1924 as the Columbia County Historical Society, Inc. In 2016, the CCHS celebrated its centennial with publication of its institutional history and exhibition, "100 Years of Collecting". The Historical Society generally focuses on New York State and Dutch Colonial history and culture. Columbia County Historical Society owns four historic properties :

81-660: A commercial center. New houses of this time were in the Federal style , and again the village had a strong example: the James Vanderpoel House at 16 Broad Street. More land was cultivated, and the village grew explosively during the 1820s. By 1836, on the eve of Kinderhook's incorporation as a village and the Van Buren Administration , it had 86 buildings and was considered the county's business center. New buildings of this era flirted with

108-602: A complete restoration. It is now operated by the Historical Society as an historic house museum illustrating 18th century Dutch Colonial life. The Van Alen House and its farm are believed to have served as the inspiration for homestead of the Van Tassel family in Washington Irving 's short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ". Irving established a decades-long close friendship with Jesse Merwin ,

135-686: A research library open to the public with regular hours. The CCHS holds an extensive collection of NYS historical artifacts, portraits and works of art—primarily of the Hudson Valley—and other materials documenting the history of Columbia County and New York State. It presents exhibitions on a variety of topics related to the history, heritage and culture of Columbia County, such as early Dutch Settlers, Native American and African-American settlers, Hudson River School painters, Hudson Valley portraiture, New York-made furniture, Columbia County historical costumes and textiles, and local history events. Each year,

162-600: Is an historic Dutch Colonial farmhouse at 2589 New York State Route 9H in the town of Kinderhook , Columbia County, New York , United States. Built about 1737 and enlarged about 1750, it is one of the finest surviving examples of Dutch colonial architecture in upstate New York. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1967. It is now an historic house museum operated by the Columbia County Historical Society , and open for tours on weekends from June to October. The Van Alen House

189-421: Is located in a rural setting of the upper Hudson River valley, on the west side New York 9H, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of its junction with U.S. Route 9 . It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story brick structure, with a steeply pitched gabled roof. It has three chimneys, one at each gable end, and one between two of the three rooms that make up the ground floor. The brick is laid in a typical Dutch style, with

216-583: Is located in the central areas of the village of Kinderhook, New York , United States. It is a 612-acre (248 ha) area covering both developed and undeveloped land centered on US 9 . It contains many buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries, some of which were associated with Martin Van Buren , a native of the town who later became President . In 1974 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The district takes up most of

243-520: The Greek Revival and Carpenter Gothic styles then in vogue. The former is best exemplified by the frame house at 29 Broad Street, with pilasters framing its main entrance. St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 8 Sylvester Street, and the board-and- batten – sided cottage at 28 Albany Avenue are likewise the most prominent Gothic buildings in the village. As with the earlier Georgian stylings, the ornamentation seems to have been widely emulated around

270-566: The 1915 CCHS Museum & Library building. The Barbara P. Rielly Memorial Research Library (located within the headquarters building) is named for a former CCHS Board of Trustees President, and holds material on Columbia County and New York State history, genealogy, architecture, and decorative arts as well as manuscripts, books, maps, architectural drawings, diaries, personal correspondence, scrap books, broadsides, business records, pamphlets, programs, ephemera, photographic prints, glass and film negatives, cased images, and albums. Nestled among

297-638: The Headquarters building houses the museum & library, collections storage exhibit galleries as well as staff offices CCHS collections include Archived September 24, 2020, at the Wayback Machine works of art, paintings, photographs, decorative arts, maps, furniture, textiles, costumes, books and rare manuscripts, as well as four historic properties: The 1737 National Historic Landmark , Dutch Colonial ' Luykas Van Alen House '; c.1820 James Vanderpoel House; c1850 Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse; and

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324-521: The Historical Society provides tours of the Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse and Luykas Van Alen House to fourth graders throughout Columbia County, and also offers several curriculum-based school programs and teacher resources, and organizes ongoing lecture series and events for adults to foster a deep appreciation of New York and Columbia County history and culture. Kinderhook Village District The Kinderhook Village District

351-448: The brick of its gable endm also survive. By 1763 there were 15 buildings and a Dutch Reformed Church . David van Schaack's two-story brick home at 24 Broad Street inaugurated a new era when it was built in 1774. Described as being "like a castle", it had neoclassical proportions and a Palladian window , features typical of a country gentleman's home of that era. The decorative touches would be widely emulated on other more modest homes in

378-411: The cemeteries and crosses Albany to follow Sunset Avenue, which divides residences from farmers' fields to the south. It turns to follow the right-of-way when it intersects it again, then turning east again at the rear property line of residences on Rothermel Lane. When that route reaches the rear line of houses on Broad Street (Route 9), it follows them south to Gaffney Lane, where it crosses the street to

405-558: The district, taking in the flatlands along the creek, is undeveloped open space except for the Hudson Street corridor. As of the district's listing on the Register, there were 250 buildings within it, most of which predate the 20th century. Kinderhook's history began in the mid-17th century when Dutch farmers from the colonial capital at Fort Orange in present-day Albany moved south in search of fertile land. Some found it in

432-527: The flatlands along the bend of the creek that bounds the village, and the nearby bluff proved a good place for building. The Cornelius Schermerhorn House at 33 Broad Street, built in four stages from 1713 to 1770, is the most prominent building in Kinderhook surviving from this time. The gambrel roofs at the John Pruyn House (26 William Street) and 15 Hudson Street, with a muizetanden pattern in

459-459: The gables also finished in brick. The gable lines differ from typical urban Dutch architecture of the period by being straight lines, rather than stepped or curved. The house's three rooms each have separate entrances, with reproduction sash windows beside them. The interior retains a number of features original to its construction or later alteration, but some features (notably the staircase) have been brought in from similar period houses. The house

486-659: The main floor along with a small gallery, manuscript storage and offices; and large gallery space on the second floor with executive offices and collections storage. The Columbia County Historical Society New York, is the largest historic organization in Columbia County, New York and is one of the largest in the Hudson Valley | Capital District region, as well as a cultural anchor in the County. CCHS presents exhibitions , public and educational programming, and offers

513-400: The rear lines of a subdivision on Presidential Drive. From the end of that it goes back to the creek. This boundary includes as well all of the properties along Church, Hudson, Sylvester and William streets, Jarvis and Maiden lanes and Kinderknoll Drive. With the exception of the village square at Albany, Broad, Chatham and Hudson streets, these areas are residential. The large eastern area of

540-425: The southeastern half of the village. Kinderhook Creek , the village's eastern line, is also the district's eastern boundary. It deviates from the village boundary in the north to cross to Chatham Street (Route 9) near the intersection with the old railroad right-of-way , which it follows down to Railroad Avenue and then turns west along the back property lines of homes on Albany Avenue. It follows those lot lines to

567-485: The stories of the people who lived, worked, created, and learned in the County from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Narrative panel subjects include: Native Inhabitants ; The Van Alen Family & Early Dutch Settlers; Colonial Dutch Architecture; Black Locust Trees ; Washington Irving ; The Original Ichabod Crane ; One-Room Schoolhouses; Eleanor Roosevelt at Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse. Location: 2589 NY-9H, Kinderhook, NY 12037 The CCHS Museum & Library building

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594-404: The treeline of the contiguous rural properties on Highway 9H - Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse and Luykas Van Alen House - is a permanent outdoor exhibition of Hudson Valley and Columbia County Cultural Heritage. This permanent outdoor exhibit interprets the history of northern Columbia County, and consists of eight narrative panels placed throughout the CCHS fifty-acre Rural Properties site. On view are

621-416: The village's center. The row of commercial buildings on Hudson Street there replaced predecessors destroyed in an 1880 fire. The absence of any railroad-related redevelopment allowed Kinderhook to retain its historic character. This has continued through the 20th and 21st centuries; there have been very few changes to the village during that time. Luykas Van Alen House The Luykas Van Alen House

648-472: The village, like 29 Hudson Street. The Albany Post Road , the forerunner of US 9 in the Hudson Valley, was routed through the village due to its excellent network of existing roads, and that helped open a connection to the Hudson River at Stuyvesant to the west, allowing farmers to ship more of their produce south to New York City . By 1813 the village had 20-30 buildings, including the beginning of

675-490: The village. After 1850, the growth slowed down. Following his Free Soil Party campaign of 1848, Van Buren retired permanently to Lindenwald , his estate south of the village. The railroads had come and bypassed Kinderhook for other communities in the area, depriving it of the catalyst they provided. Agriculture continued to be the centerpiece of the village's economy, but it merely remained stable instead of continuing to expand. Most construction during this period took place in

702-508: Was built about 1737 by Luykas Van Alen, who purchased the land from Mohican Native Americans. As built then, it was just two rooms, with no internal connection between them, and a sleeping loft above. The third room was added about 1750. The house remained in the hands of the Van Alen family until 1961, undergoing numerous alterations before falling into disrepair. It was given by them to the Columbia County Historical Society , which undertook

729-681: Was constructed in 1915 by the Kinderhook Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons as their temple. During the 1970s the building was sold to the local chapter of the Elks Club as their Kinderhook Lodge. The Elks moved to their present location on NY-9H in Kinderhook during the late 1980s and the building was sold again to the CCHS, who reinvented the structure as their headquarters, with the CCHS Research Library on

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