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Luykas Van Alen House is Now Open
Saturdays/Sundays/Tuesdays
​from Noon-4pm

The Columbia County Historical Society owns four historic properties including a museum and research library open to the public. 
To learn more about the museum and library, our changing exhibitions and research library,
click here. 


1737 Luykas Van Alen House is OPEN
The Luykas Van Alen House  is now open!

VAN ALEN HOUSE IS OPEN      
    SATURDAYS/SUNDAYS/TUESDAYS
from NOON-4PM​
​​2589 Route 9H, Kinderhook, NY​


Open Hours:
July 14 - September 3
Tuesday, Saturday & Sunday
Noon - 4pm
 
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​September 5 - October 8
Saturday & Sunday 
Noon - 4pm
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Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1967, the Luykas Van Alen house is a restored house museum representing 18th century rural Dutch farm life in the Hudson River Valley.  Called 
“...one of the most authentic examples of early Dutch architecture remaining in the United States.” by then-Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse c. 1850 is OPEN
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The Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse 
is open 
​        SCHOOLHOUSE IS OPEN      
    SATURDAYS/SUNDAYS/TUESDAYS
from NOON-4PM

​​2589 Route 9H, Kinderhook, NY​

Open Hours: 
July 14 - September 3
Tuesday, Saturday & Sunday
Noon - 4pm 

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​September 5 - October 8
Saturday & Sunday 

Noon - 4pm
Special Admission : 
$5.00 Adults during filming only


FREE:
​Children Under 12, Students
​CCHS Members

The Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse is a 19th-century building that served as a local
single-room public school into the 1940s.  
 Recently awarded a 'Legends & Lore' marker by the New York Folklore Society & William G. Pomeroy Foundation honoring Washington Irving's "Sleepy Hollow" character 'Ichabod Crane', who was patterned after the original Kinderhook Schoolteacher, Jesse Merwin--hence the schoolhouse name.

Originally located on land at the corner of 9H and Fischer Rd, the school was moved to the Luykas Van Alen house property and restored to its 1930s appearance after the Kinderhook school district centralized .
The Columbia County Historical Society is supported in part by the County of Columbia, New York
with the support of Matt Murell, Chairman of the Board at the Columbia County Board of Supervisors.
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The Columbia County  Historical Society
is ​a private 501 (c )(3) nonprofit organization
Chartered by the  Board of Regents
State Education Department, The University of the State of New York
Copyright © 2022,  Columbia County Historical Society
PO Box 311, 5 Albany Avenue,  Kinderhook, NY 12106
​ 518 758 9265   |  ops@cchsny.org
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