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


Luykas Van Alen House c. 1737
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The Luykas Van Alen House 
open seasonally—all summer and fall—along with the Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse. Tours of the interior are offered seasonally by guided tour. Admissions for the Van Alen House & Ichabod Crane are combined.
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  REOPENS
CHECK BACK LATER 2020 


2589 Route 9H, Kinderhook, NY
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Open Hours: 
June 15 - July 5
Saturday & Sunday 
Noon - 4pm
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July 5 - September 3
Friday/Saturday/Sunday
& Tuesday

Noon - 4pm 

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​September 5 - October 27
Saturday & Sunday 

Noon - 4pm
Admission: 
$15.00 Adults
includes Schoolhouse 


FREE:
​Children Under 12, Students
​CCHS Members

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.

Also available on the property is the Dutch Farming Heritage Trail  linking the Luykas Van Alen property with the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, 'Lindenwald'.  No Dogs are allowed on the Trail.
The trail is open 7 days from Dawn until Dusk.

Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse c. 1850
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The Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse 
open seasonally—all summer and fall—along with the Luykas Van Alen House. Admissions for Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse & the Van Alen House are combined.

​
 REOPENS
CHECK BACK LATER 2020 


​​2589 Route 9H, Kinderhook, NY
​

Open Hours: 
June 15 - July 5
Saturday & Sunday 
Noon - 4pm
---------------
July 5 - September 3
Friday/Saturday/Sunday
& Tuesday

Noon - 4pm 

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​September 5 - October 27
Saturday & Sunday 

Noon - 4pm
Admission: 
$15.00 Adults
includes Van Alen House admission


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 .
Vanderpoel House of History c. 1820
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The James Vanderpoel House
Special exhibitions from our permanent collection. Admissions for the Vanderpoel House & CCHS Museum & Library are combined.
 

​​Bookstore | Museum Shop on the premises​
16 Broad Street, Kinderhook, NY 12106

 Open Hours:  
Noon - 4pm 
Friday/Saturday/Sunday
& Tuesday

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July 5 - September 3
Friday/Saturday/Sunday
& Tuesday

Noon - 4pm 

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​September 5 - October 27
Saturday & Sunday 

Noon - 4pm
Admission:     
$10.00 Adult  
includes Museum & Library 
                                       
FREE:
Children Under 12                                                                                         Students
​ CCHS Members                                                                    

Built during the Federal era as the home of prominent lawyer and politician, James Vanderpoel and his family, the property is now an exhibit space featuring galleries of paintings and decorative arts from the CCHS permanent collection.
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The CCHS Bookstore & Museum Shop is located within the house.
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CCHS serves residents of all eighteen towns and the City of Hudson. In addition to a research library and permanent collection of more than 15,000 objects, CCHS owns and maintains the Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library and three additional historic properties: the National Historic Landmark Luykas Van Alen House (1737); James Vanderpoel ‘House of History’ (c.1820); and Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse (c.1850).
Columbia County Historical Society is a 501(c)(3) cultural education organization founded in 1916 and chartered by the NYS Department of Education Board of Regents to collect, preserve, interpret and present the history, heritage and culture of Columbia County, New York, for its residents and visitors. 
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, Five Albany Avenue,  Kinderhook, New York  12106
​ 518 758 9265   |  ops @ cchsny.org
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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Museum Association of New York
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