Luykas Van Alen House is Now Open
Saturdays/Sundays/Tuesdays
from Noon-4pm
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.
To learn more about the museum and library, our changing exhibitions and research library, click here.
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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
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
The Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse
is open SCHOOLHOUSE IS OPEN SATURDAYS/SUNDAYS/TUESDAYS from NOON-4PM 2589 Route 9H, Kinderhook, NY
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 . |
