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Click Here to Watch the short video on the Luykas Van Alen House
by Institute of Classical Architecture & Art board member and
architect John B. Murray


1737  Luykas Van Alen House
Built 1737
 Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1967

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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.
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Luykas Van Alen House - 1737
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.



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Luykas Van Alen House 

The Van Alen Family were early Dutch settlers in the Hudson Valley of New York.

This property, comprising nearly 40 acres, was purchased from the native Mohicans in the 1730s.
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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.


The Luykas Van Alen House  is Temporarily Closed--generally open seasonally--along with the Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse
​ 2589 Rt 9H
Kinderhook, NY 12106

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The Luykas Van Alen House 

Tours of the interior are offered seasonally along with the
Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse by guided tour. 

Admissions for the Van Alen House
& Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse are combined.


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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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