This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Ulster County, New York.

Listings County-Wide

(147 Markers)

# Marker heading ImageDesignatorLocationCity or townCoordinates Marker text 1 CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION ESOPUS State Ed Dept, 1935 US 9W AT WEST PARK Esopus CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION ESOPUS BUILT 1842 2 JOHN BURROUGHS State Ed Dept, 1935 B'WAY & PARK LA., IN WEST PARK, Esopus JOHN BURROUGHS 1 MILES WESTWARD IS "SLABSIDES", RUSTIC CABIN OF THE POET-NATURALIST, WHERE HE SPENT MUCH TIME IN THE LATE AND EARLY . 3 GENERAL WASHINGTON State Ed Dept, 1938 N.E. CORNER ZANDHOECK RD. & MILLBROOK AVE. Hurley GENERAL WASHINGTON WAS GIVEN A PUBLIC RECEPTION HERE ON HIS JOURNEY FROM WEST POINT TO KINGSTON, NOV. 16, 1782 4 OLD GUARD HOUSE State Ed Dept, 1938 US 209 Hurley LIEUT. DAVID TAYLOR, BRITISH SPY, WAS CONFINED IN THIS HOUSE AND HANGED ON AN APPLE TREE, OCTOBER 18, 1777 5 OLD MINE ROAD State Ed Dept, 1949 US 209. Hurley ESOPUS-MINISINK TRAIL INDIAN TRAIL CONNECTING DELAWARE VALLEY WITH HUDSON RIVER. USED BEFORE AND DURING REVOLUTION 6 VAN DEUSEN HOUSE NY State Historical Marker (no date) US 209. Hurley BUILT 1723 TEMPORARY CAPITOL OF STATE AFTER BURNING OF KINGSTON 1777. 7 ELMENDORF TAVERN SE CORNER MAIDEN LA. & FAIR ST. Kingston MEETING PLACE STATE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY 1777 8 FIRST KINGSTON ACADEMY SW CORNER JOHN & CROWN STS. Kingston FIRST KINGSTON ACADEMY FOUNDED 1774 BY TRUSTEES OF TOWN OF KINGSTON. 9 PLAN OF KINGSTON STOCKADE NY State Historical Marker, 1927 N. FRONT ST. & CLINTON AVE. Kingston PLAN OF KINGSTON STOCKADE (WILTWYCK) FORT (F) AND 1658 STREETS SITE OF OLD STOCKADE 1658 10 SITE OF OLD BLOCKHOUSE NY State Historical Marker, 1927 S.W. CORNER MAIN & FAIR STS. Kingston SITE OF OLD BLOCKHOUSE BUILT 1658 11 SITE OF BOGARDUS TAVERN NY State Historical Marker, 1927 N.W. CORNER MAIDEN LA. & FAIR ST. Kingston SITE OF BOGARDUS TAVERN FIRST MEETING PLACE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 10TH 1777 11b (Return of NY Assembly to Kingston) (no agency or date) N.W. CORNER MAIDEN LA. & FAIR ST. Kingston ON APRIL 23, 1977, A DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY RETURNED TO THE SITE OF THE ASSEMBLY'S FIRST MEETING 12 SITE OF TAPPEN HOUSE NY State Historical Marker, 1927 S.W. CORNER N. FRONT & WALL STS. Kingston SITE OF TAPPEN HOUSE OCCUPIED BY GEORGE CLINTON WHILE GOVERNOR OF STATE 13 VAN KEUREN HOMESTEAD State Ed Dept, 1938 ST. JAMES ST. BETWEEN PINE & CLINTON AVES. Kingston VAN KEUREN HOMESTEAD BURNED BY BRITISH OCT. 17, 1777. REBUILT AND OCCUPIED BY DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF ORIGINAL OWNER SINCE THEN. 14 COLONEL DEYO HOME NYS 55 E. OF TRAFFIC CIRCLE Lloyd COLONEL DEYO HOME ERECTED 1805 BUILT AND OCCUPIED BY COLONEL JACOB DEYO 8TH REGIMENT, NEW YORK STATE GUARD 15 ELTING HOMESTEAD State Ed Dept, 1938 MAIN ST., S. OF ELTING PL., IN HIGHLAND Lloyd BUILT BY PHILIP ELTING 1817 WHO FOUNDED VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND ON HIS FARM WHICH WAS DEVISED BYT HIS GRANDFATHER ABRAHAM ELTING TO NOAH ELTING APRIL 1797 16 ELTING'S LANDING W. OF R.R., NEAR RIVER IN HIGHLAND Lloyd BOMBARDED BY BRITISH 1777 NOAH ELTING'S FERRY 1793 HORSE DRAWN FLAT BOAT 1819 "DUTCHESS AND ULSTER", STEAM POWER FERRY EST. 1830 17 HIGHLAND LANDING State Ed Dept, 1949 E. END OF MAIN ST., HIGHLAND Lloyd YELVERTON'S LANDING 1777 VALENTINE BAKER'S LANDING 1786 NEW PALTZ LANDING 1798 THE TOWN'S SHIPPING CENTER FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF 18 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH State Ed Dept, 1932 CHURCH & GROVE STS., HIGHLAND Lloyd ORGANIZED MAY 26, 1792, AS THE PRESBYTERIAN CONGREGA- TION OF NEW PALTZ. PRESENT EDIFICE ERECTED 1844. 19 REVOLUTIONARY DRILL FIELD 1775 US 9W S. OF TRAFFIC CIRCLE Lloyd 9TH COMPANY THIRD ULSTER COUNTY REGIMENT COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN PELEG RANSOM 20 ULSTER COUNTY NYS 55 AT W. ENTRANCE TO MID-HUDSON BRIDGE Lloyd ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES OF NEW YORK STATE, 1683, RECEIVED ITS NAME FROM THE EARLDOM IN IRELAND OF JAMES, DUKE OF YORK. 21 1 1/2 MILE State Ed Dept, 1939 NYS 213 AT HIGH FALLS Marbletown 1 1/2 MILE SITE OF CLOVE REFORMED CHURCH ORGANIZED 1807. MOVED TO PRESENT SITE IN HIGH FALLS 1867 22 DAVIS TAVERN State Ed Dept, 1935 Route 209 north of Marbletown, New York Marbletown DAVIS TAVERN FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION, THE PUBLIC BUSINESS OF THE TOWN OF MARBLETOWN WAS TRANSACTED HERE. 23 OLD DEPUY HOUSE State Ed Dept, 1939 NYS 213 AT HIGH FALLS Marbletown OLD DEPUY HOUSE BUILT IN 1797 BY S. AND A. DEPUY, WHO KEPT A TAVERN HERE. 24 OLIVER HOUSE State Ed Dept, 1935 US 209 AT MARBLETOWN Marbletown IN ORIGINAL ANDREW OLIVER HOUSE HERE, THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE MET FOR ONE MONTH, AFTER BURNING OF KINGSTON, OCTOBER, 1777. 25 SCHOONMAKER HOME State Ed Dept, 1935 NYS 213, E. OF HIGH FALLS, AT COXEN CREEK BRIDGE Marbletown BUILT IN 1760 BY CAP. FREDERICK SCHOONMAKER, REVOLUTIONARY OFFICER; HOME FORTIFIED AND USED AS PLACE OF REFUGE DURING THE WAR. 26 SITE OF COLONIAL CHURCH State Ed Dept, 1935 US 209 AT MARBLETOWN Marbletown SITE OF COLONIAL CHURCH HERE STOOD THE EARLIEST CHURCH IN THIS VICINITY, ORGANIZED 1737, BUILT 1746, THE FIRST MINISTER WAS BURIED BENEATH THE PULPIT. 27 TACK TAVERN State Ed Dept, 1938 US 209 AT STONE RIDGE Marbletown TACK TAVERN HOME OF JOHANNES TACK, WHERE COURT CONVENED AFTER BURNING OF KINGSTON BY THE BRITISH, OCTOBER, 1777. FIRST SCHOOL WAS NEARBY. 28 DISCOVERY OF CEMENT State Ed Dept, 1939 NYS 213 AT HIGH FALLS Marbletown DISCOVERY OF CEMENT AT BRUCEVILLE, NATHANIEL BRUCE, BURNED IN A BLACKSMITH'S FORGE, SOME NATIVE ROCK AND DISCOVERED CEMENT IN 1818. 29 JOHN BURROUGHSBY S. AND A. DEPUY CHURCH ST., S. OF NYS 213 IN HIGH FALLS Marbletown JOHN BURROUGHSBY S. AND A. DEPUY AMERICAN NATURALIST TAUGHT SCHOOL AT HIGH FALLS IN 1857 NEAR PRESENT BUILDING 30 OLD STONE AQUEDUCT State Ed Dept, 1940 NYS 213 AT HIGH FALLS Marbletown OLD STONE AQUEDUCT BUILT IN 1825 BY D. & H. CANAL CO.; COMPLETED 1828; ENLARGED IN 1842 AND 1851; ABANDONED FEB. 23, 1899. 31 BEVIER HOUSE State Ed Dept, 1935 SE CORNER HUGUENOT ST. & BROADHEAD AVE., NEW PALTZ New Paltz BUILT BY LOUIS BEVIER, THE PATENTEE, IN 1698. ELTING HOMESTEAD FROM 1740. THIS HOUSE HAS AN INTERESTING SUB-CELLAR 32 DEYO HOUSE State Ed Dept, 1935 HUGUENOT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz BUILT BY PIERRE DEYO, ONE OF TWELVE ORIGINAL PATENTEES OF NEW PALTZ, IN 1692. 33 DIE PFALZ State Ed Dept, 1935 HUGUENOT & N. FRONT STS., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz A FRENCH HUGUENOT VILLAGE GOVERNED BY "THE DUSINE", A BODY OF 12 MEN CHOSEN ANNUALLY. FOR 100 YEARS THE ONLY FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 34 DUBOIS HOUSE State Ed Dept, 1935 HUGUENOT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz THE FORT BUILT IN 1705 BY DANIEL DUBOIS. SITE FIRST REDOUBT. THERE ARE PORT HOLES IN THE EAST END. 35 FREER HOUSE State Ed Dept, 1935 HUGUENOT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz BUILT 1720 BY HUGO FREER, ONE OF TWELVE ORIGINAL PATENTEES OF NEW PALTZ. THE LOW HOUSE AFTER 1732. 36 HASBROUCK HOUSE State Ed Dept, 1935 HUGUENOT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz BUILT IN 1712, BY ABRAHAM, THE PATENTEE, ONCE SOLDIER IN ENGLISH ARMY, FRIEND OF GOV. ANDROS. KITCHEN SCENE OF COCK FIGHTS. 37 JEAN HASBROUCK State Ed Dept, 1935 HUGUENOT & N. FRONT STS., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz JEAN HASBROUCK HOUSE BUILT IN 1712, BY THE PATENTEE; NOW HOME OF THE HUGUENOT PATRIOTIC, HISTORICAL AND MONUMENTAL SOCIETY, SINCE 1899 (n.b. sign was redone since 2011, used to be just "Huguenot Historical Society" but they apparently became patriotic and monumental) 38 NEW PALTZ and State Ed Dept, 1935 NYS 208, S. OF NEW PALTZ also same on NE CORNER MAIN & N. FRONT STS., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz and FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BEFORE 1720 ARE ON HUGUENOT STREET, ON THE WALKILL RIVER, HOMES OF REFUGEES OF FRANCE. 39 SITE OF THE "OWL" CHURCH State Ed Dept, 1935 CO. RD. W. OF NEW PALTZ, 1 MI. S. OF NYS 299 New Paltz CONFERENTIA CHURCH PARTY ORGANIZED 1767, TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH CLASSIS OF NORTH AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, JOINED PALTZ CHURCH, 1783. 40 SITE OF WALLOON CHURCH State Ed Dept, 1935 HUGUENOT ST., W. OF N. FRONT ST., IN NEW PALTZ New Paltz BUILT OF LOGS, FIRST CHURCH-SCHOOL, 1783, FIRST CHURCH OS STONE 1717. CALLED "OLD FRENCH CHURCH", PRECURSOR REFORMED CHURCH. 40.5 1799 HOUSE Huguenot Historical Society (no date) Huguenot St, southwest of North Front St New Paltz BUILT BY EZEKIEL ELTING AS A HOME AND STORE. ORIGINAL GAMBREL ROOF DESTROYED IN 1888 BLIZZARD. 1968 PURCHASED BY LE FEVRE FAMILY ASSOC. MAINTAINED HHS AND LE FEVRE FAMILY. 41 STONE CHURCH - 1773 State Ed Dept, 1935 HUGUENOT ST., NEAR BROADHEAD AVE., NEW PALTZ New Paltz FIRST STONE CHURCH, 1717. SERVICES IN FRENCH TO 1753, DUTCH LANGUAGE TO 1800. CHURCH CORNER STONE SEEN AT SOUTH WALL OF PORTICO. 42 ULSTER COUNTY NYS 32, S. OF PLATTEKILL, AT ULSTER-ORANGE CO. LINE Plattekill Marker no longer exists; former site is . ONE OF ORIGINAL COUNTIES OF NEW YORK STATE, 1683, RECEIVED ITS NAME FROM THE EARLDOM IN IRELAND OF JAMES, DUKE OF YORK. 43 ALTON BROOKS PARKER State Ed Dept, 1932 US 209, N. OF ACCORD Rochester MAY 14, 1852 - MAY 10, 1926 PRINCIPAL OF THIS SCHOOL, 1870–71 CHIEF JUDGE OF THE NEW YORK STATE COURT OF APPEALS, 1897-1904 CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF U.S.; 1904 44 COLONIAL TAVERN State Ed Dept, 1936 US 209, S. OF ACCORD Rochester Marker no longer exists; former site is . Marker appears in Google Street View in May 2009. SILES BOUCK, SCOUT TAKEN IN INDIAN AND TORY RAID IN 1779, TO FORT NIAGARA, CAME BACK HERE, WHILE NEIGHBORS WERE HOLDING A MEETING 45 ROCHESTER CHURCH State Ed Dept, 1938 US 209, S. OF ACCORD Rochester REV. NUCELLA PREACHED, 1695 LOG CHURCH BUILT, 1700 2 STONE CHURCHES, 1743, 1860, 2 OTHER CHURCHES BURNED PRESENT 6TH ON SAME SPOT 46 SITE OF INDIAN RAID (no agency or date) US 209 AT PINE BUSH Rochester SITE OF INDIAN RAID IN COLONIAL CHURCH WHICH STOOD HERE, 1778, SETTLERS FORTIFIED THEMSELVES, AND SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT OFF ATTACK OF INDIAN RAIDERS. 47 SITE OF TRAINING FIELD State Ed Dept, 1935 US 209, N. OF ACCORD Rochester SITE OF TRAINING FIELD COLONIAL MILITIA, IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN AND REVOLUTIONARY WARS, MET FOR TRAINING IN A FIELD AT THIS PLACE. 48 SITE OF COLONIAL FORT State Ed Dept, 1938 US 209 N. OF KERHONKSON Rochester HERE ON DEYO'S HILL STOOD A FORT PROTECTING EARLY SETTLERS FROM INDIANS 49 TOM QUICK FARM (no agency or date) US 209, N. OF ACCORD Rochester HOME OF TOM QUICK, BOUGHT FROM HARMON HEKUN, INDIAN, 1676; QUICK WAS KILLED BY INDIANS AND HIS SON SLEW MANY RED MEN IN REVENGE. 1904 50 CREEKLOCKS State Ed Dept, 1935 CREEKLOCKS RD., CREEKLOCKS [Hamlet] Rosendale ORIGINALLY WAGENDALL. RENAMED 1825 WHEN DELAWARE AND HUDSON CANAL WAS BUILT. CANAL ENTERED CREEK HERE. 51 D. & H. CANAL State Ed Dept, 1935 NYS 213 W. OF ROSENDALE Rosendale STARTED 1825, OPENED 1828. IMPORTANT WATERWAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW YORK STATE, CONNECTING DELAWARE AND HUDSON RIVERS. 52 FORDING PLACE State Ed Dept, 1935 NYS 32 AT ROSENDALE Rosendale USED BY GEN. CLINTON'S FORCES, ON WAY FROM NEWBURGH TO DEFEND KINGSTON, FROM BRITISH RAIDERS IN OCTOBER, 1777. 53 FREER HOUSE NYS 32 S. OF TILLSON Rosendale BUILT 1765 BY JACOB FREER, GRANDSON OF HUGO FREER, NEW PALTZ PATENTEE; FIRST SETTLED BY FAMILY IN 1730 CALLED "HALF MOON". 54 GRIST MILL NYS 213 W. OF ROSENDALE Rosendale OPERATED IN 1809 BY JACOB LOW SNYDER, EARLY SETTLER; IN 1825 BY JUDGE LUCAS ELMENDORF. CEMENT GROUND HERE FOR D. & H. CANAL. 55 HOME OF ABRAHAM VAN WAGENEN State Ed Dept, 1935 CREEKLOCKS RD., CREEKLOCKS [Hamlet] Rosendale HOME OF ABRAHAM VAN WAGENEN AN ORIGINAL SETTLER, BUILT, 1725–1730. 56 JOPPENBERGH State Ed Dept, 1935 NYS 213 W. OF ROSENDALE Rosendale Marker no longer exists; former site is . Marker appears in Waymarking.com and in Google Street View in May 2009. JOPPENBERGH - JACOB'S MOUNT, NAMED FOR COL. JACOBUS RUTSEN, FIRST SETTLER, IN 1680 57 LEFEVRE HOUSE Rosendale BUILT 1780; SINCE 1810 HOME OF LEFEVRE FAMILY, DESCENDANTS OF SIMON, NEW PALTZ PATENTEE, CALLED BLOEMENDAL. 58 MEETING HOUSE State Ed Dept, 1935 GRIST MILL RD., TILLSON Rosendale FRIENDS' CHURCH, BUILT IN 1800. PHEBE TILLSON WAS THE FIRST RECOMMENDED