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Catskills & Area Historic Sites & Interpretive Centres
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    Glebe House
    The Glebe House has been restored to resemble a 19th century home. Tours are available at this house, located on Main Street in Poughkeepsie, NY.
    Address: 635 Main Street Poughkeepsie  NY  USA
    Telephone 1 845 454-0605 
     

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    Samuel Morse Historic Site

    This historic site features exhibits including furniture, china, art and more. Located on South Road in Poughkeepsie, NY.
    Address: 2683 South Road Poughkeepsie  NY  USA
    Telephone 1 845 454-4500 
     

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    The Old Stone Fort Museum

    The Old Stone Fort Museum chronicles the history of the Schoharie Valley area. The site features a home, a Dutch barn, and a stone church from the 18th century, as well as a law office and a one-room school from the 19th century.
    Address: 145 Fort Road Schoharie  NY  USA  12157
    Telephone 1 518 295-7192 
     

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    The Historic Hamden Covered Bridge

    The Hamden Bridge, built in 1859, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 and underwent a major rehabilitation in 2000 and 2001.
    Address: 1.5 miles south of junction CR2 on NY10, then left on Basin Clove Rd. Hamden  NY  USA
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    Senate House Museum
    Boasting the title of oldest public building in America, the Senate House Museum commemorates the first meeting of the New York Senate in 1777. Located on Fair Street.
    Address: 312 Fair Street Kingston  NY  USA  12401
    Telephone 1 845 338-2786 
     

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    Best House

    Two generations of doctors used this historic site as their home and office for a duration of 100 years. The house provides information about the community's history and life between the 1870s and 1940s.
    Address: 34 Clauverwie Road Middleburgh  NY  USA  12122
    Telephone 1 518 827-5142 
     

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    The 1743 Palatine House Museum

    This building was built by German settlers for their minister, Peter Nicholas Sommers, who traveled from Hamburg, Germany to Schoharie in 1743. The house is now a living museum offering guided tours of the house and grounds, giving visitors an idea of what colonial life was like.
    Address: Spring Street Schoharie  NY  USA  12157
    Telephone 1 218 295-7505 
     

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    Springside National Historic Site
    The Springside National Historic Site commemorates America's first landscape architect, Andrew Jackson Downing. This site features 20 acres of carriage roads and a variety of other vistas for visitors to enjoy.
    Address: 185 Academy Street Poughkeepsie  NY  USA
    Telephone 1 845 471-0183 
     

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    Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site

    Located in Hyde Park is the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site. Guided tours of FDR's home, walking trails and more are located on this 300-acre historic site.
    Address: 4097 Albany Post Road Hyde Park  NY  USA  12538
    Send an Email Send an Email Telephone 1 845 229-9115 
     

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    Huguenot Historical Society

    The Huguenot Historical Society celebrates the history of the Hugenots, originally a group of French Protestants who fled France due to religious and political persecution. This National Historic Landmark features a number of period buildings as well as a colonial farm and more.
    Address: 18 Broadhead Avenue New Paltz  NY  USA  12561
    Telephone 1 845 255-1660 
     

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    Delaware County Historical Association

    The Delaware County Historical Association preserves and presents the history of the county through exhibits, programs, publications and several historical buildings located on-site.
    Address: 46549 State Highway 10 Delhi  NY  USA  13753
    Send an Email Send an Email Telephone 1 607 746-3849 
     

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    Poughkeepsie Post Office
    The Poughkeepsie Post Office is an historic landmark, featuring five distinct murals that detail the history of both New York State and America as a whole.
    Address: 55 Mansion St Poughkeepsie  NY  USA
     

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    Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

    The gardens, grounds and home of Eleanor Roosevelt can be toured at the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. The cottage may be toured by guided tour only.
    Address: 4097 Albany Post Road Hyde Park  NY  USA  12538
    Send an Email Send an Email (1) Telephone 1 845 229-9115 
     

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    Schoharie Valley Railroads Museum

    This site on the National Register of Historic Places features a restored 1891 passenger car, a restored 1917 wooden caboose, two period box cars and the historic Schoharie Valley Railroad Depot.
    Address: Depot Lane Schoharie  NY  USA
    Telephone 1 518 295-7505 
     

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    Healing Waters Farms

    Visitors of this historic site will have the opportunity to see a 19th century barn, play with the animals, browse through four different specialty shops and tour the Walton Carriage Museum.
    Address: 1216 Lower Third Brook Road Walton  NY  USA  13856
    Send an Email Send an Email Telephone 1 607 865-4420 
     

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    Henry Sleight House
    This historic home can be found at the junction of Green and Crown Streets in Kingston.
    Address: Green and Crown Streets Kingston  NY  USA  12401
    Telephone 1 845 339-0366 
     

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    Clinton House Poughkeepsie
    Located on Main Street in Poughkeepsie, the Clinton House is the headquarters of the Dutchess County Historical Society.
    Address: 549 Main St Poughkeepsie  NY  USA
    Telephone 1 845 471-1630 
     

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    New York Power Authority's Blenheim Gilboa Power Project Visitor's Center

    This historic site features a 19th century dairy barn which has been turned into a visitors center, and Lansing Manor, an early American country estate built in 1819. Lansing Manor, restored in 1977, is furnished with items from the 19th century.
    Address: 1378 State Route 30 North Blenheim  NY  USA  12131
    Telephone 1 518 827-6121 
     

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    Hanford Mills Museum

    Listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, Hanford Mills is one of the few 19th century mills still intact.
    Address: Intersection of Delaware County Routes 10 & 12 East Meredith  NY  USA  13757
    Send an Email Send an Email Telephone 1 607 278-5744 
     

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    Lyndhurst Castle

    Overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown, Lyndhurst Castle is one of the finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the United State. Designed in 1838, the castle was in constant growth for almost 100 years. Today boasts a number of luxuriously decorated bedrooms, dining rooms, parlors, sitting rooms, galleries and grounds. Tours are available from mid-April through October, Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm and November through mid-April on weekends from 10am to 4pm.
    Address: 635 South Broadway Tarrytown  NY  USA  10591
    Send an Email Send an Email Telephone 1 914 631-4481 
     

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    Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

    A fully-furnished mansion on landscaped grounds, Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site offers a visitor center, guided tours of the mansion, and the opportunity to explore the grounds. Other activities available include snowshoeing and cros-country skiing, fishing, hiking and nature walks.
    Address: 4097 Albany Post Road Hyde Park  NY  USA  12538
    Send an Email Send an Email (1) Telephone 1 845 229-9115 
     
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    Opus 40
    Opus 40 is a large piece of environmental art conceived by Harvey Fite, a sculptor who spent nearly forty years of his life creating walkways and pools that surround a nine ton monolith. There is also a small musuem that features displays of Fite and his life.
    Address: Glasco Turnpike Saugerties  NY  USA  12477
    Telephone 1 845 246-3400 
     

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