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

Listings county-wide Marker name ImageDate designatedLocationCity or TownCoords Marker text 1 EARLY CHURCH On NYS 23 about mile east of East Ashland Ashland, Town Of, New York First Congregational Church of Ashland Built Here in Old Windham 1799 2 TRINITY On NYS 23 at East Ashland Ashland, Town Of, New York Church Inc. May 20, 1799, Earliest Episcopal Organization of Old Town of Windham 3 A. VAN LOON On NYS 385 at Athens Athens, Town Of, New York House Built 1724 By Albertus Van Loon Occupied as Residence Since Date of Erection 4 BLACK HORSE On US 9W about 3 mi NW of Athens Athens, Town Of, New York Inn Built in 1791 by Isaac Hallenbeck 5 JAN VAN LOON On NYS 385 at Athens Athens, Town Of, New York House Built 1706 by Jan Van Loon Chief Holder Loonenburgh Pat. 1688. Athens Village First Called Loonenburgh 6 NORTHUP HOUSE On NYS 385 at Athens Athens, Town Of, New York House Built 1803 Home of Isaac Northup Founder of Athens Village Incorporated 1805 7 BELL FACTORY On NYS 23 & NYS 145, South Cairo Cairo, Town of, New York of William Barton Earliest American Maker of Sleigh Bells Stood on This Stream 1828 8 IRON FORGE On County Road at Purling Cairo, Town Of, New York Of Enoch Hyde And Benjamin Hall Stood at First Fall 1788 First in Greene County 9 MASSACRE 1780 On Town Road about miles Southwest of Purling Cairo, Town Of, New York Johannes Strope & Wife Killed by Indians Frederick Schermerhorn Carried Captive to Canada 10 WOODSTOCK On NYS 32 about north of Cairo Cairo, Town of, New York First Settlement in Town of Cairo by James Barker and Tenantry in 1791 11 "UNCLE SAM" On West Bridge Street, Catskill Catskill, Town of, New York Bridge Samuel Wilson, Whose Name Inspired National Symbol "Uncle Sam" Lived Nearby From 1817-1822 12 100 RODS NORTH On Water Street, Catskill Catskill, Town of, New York Stood the First Grist Mill in Greene County Built in 1675 by Dirck T. Van Vechten 13 CATSKILL At intersection Green & Main Streets Catskill Catskill, Town of, New York Packet First Newspaper in County Printed on This Site by Mackay Croswell & Co. August 6, 1792 14 HOME OF On Town Road, Jefferson Heights Catskill, Town of, New York Rev. Johannes Schuneman "Dutch Dominie Of The Catskills" Built 1792 15 HOP-O-NOSE On Main Street, Catskill Catskill, Town of, New York Site of Indian Village Purchased from Indians in 1682 Loveridge Patent 16 MARTIN On West Main Street, Catskill Catskill, Town of, New York Van Buren 8th President of the U.S. was Married in This House to Hannah Hoes in 1807. House Built in 1797. 17 OLD KATSKILL On Town Road about mile south of Leeds Catskill, Town of, New York Reformed Dutch Church of Katskill Kockshackie Stood on This Hill Built 1733 18 OLD KATSKILL On County Road about mile south of Leeds Catskill, Town of, New York House Built in 1729 by Garret Van Bergen. Barn Built 1680 by Marte Gerretse Van Bergen. Formerly Indian Village Site. 19 PAPER MILL NYS 23 & NYS 145, Jefferson Heights Catskill, Town of, New York First in Greene County ¼ Mile at Foot of Hill Built in 1800 By Nathan Benjamin 20 PIETER SOUSER'S INN On NYS 23 & NYS 145 at Jefferson Heights Catskill, Town of, New York Place Where Political Meetings were Held Before 1797 Racetrack of the Pioneers Near by 21 SITE OF On NYS 23 & NYS 145, Leeds Catskill, Town of, New York First Log House in This Village Built in 1675 Stood 100 Feet South Along Road to Fording Place 22 STONE HOUSE On West Main Street, Catskill Catskill, Town of, New York Built in 1762 by Lieut. Col. Cornelius Dubois. Surrender of Cornwallis Celebrated Here. STONE BRIDGE On Route 145, East Durham, New York East Durham, New York STONE BRIDGE - Built 1800 as part of the Susquehannah Turnpike. 23 On NYS 23 & NYS 145, Leeds Catskill, Town of, New York Old Inn of Martin G. Schuneman Built 1796 24 On NYS 23A about east of Kiskatom Catskill, Town of, New York Abeel House Built About 1721 in the Back-oven Rebuilt About 1752 David and Anthony Abeel Captured by Indians 1780 25 On NYS 23A & NYS 32A about mile west of Palenville Catskill, Town of, New York Indian Trail to Fort on Round Top Now Kaaterskill Clove 26 On NYS 23, & NYS 145, Leeds Catskill, Town of, New York Pachquiack "Open Country" Purchased from Indians by Jan Bronk, 1675 Formerly Madison, Now Leeds 27 On NYS 23 & NYS 145 at Jefferson Heights Catskill, Town of, New York Footpath from Old Indian Fort Called Casteel Hoogte to Coxsackie 28 NYS 23 & NYS 145, Jefferson Heights Catskill, Town of, New York House Built in 1814 by Capt. Jos. Allen Sea Captain During Revolution 29 "FIRST HOUSE ON THE HILL" On Ely Street, Coxsackie Coxsackie, Town of, New York Built by Dr. John Ely of Newry, Albany County, About the Year 1800. 30 BRONCK HOUSE On Private Road off US 9W, mile south of Coxsackie Coxsackie, Town of, New York Oldest House Used as Such in Greene County Built by Pieter Bronck 1663 31 MILE TO On NYS 145, Durham Durham, Town Of, New York Meeting House Hill Bronze Tablet and Boulder Mark the Site of First Presbyterian Church, Durham Organized November 8, 1792 32 R.R. DISASTER On NYS 145 about 2 miles west of Village of East Durham, at Durham Center Museum Durham, Town Of, New York ) In 1840 One Half Mile East Train Plunged Through Trestle into Creek at High Rock Ended Career of Canajoharie-Catskill Railroad 33 BENJAMIN SPEES On NYS 32 at Greenville Greenville, Town of, New York Settled Here in 1781 in a Log Cabin Built by a Tory 34 DR. JOHN ELY On County Road about north of East Greenville Greenville, Town of, New York First Physician in Town of Greenville Lived in This House 35 EARLY SAWMILL On NYS 32 about south of Greenville Greenville, Town of, New York Owned and Operated by Eleazer Knowles Stood on This Site 36 FIRST SCHOOL On NYS 32 at Greenville Greenville, Town of, New York A Cabin Built of Logs Stood on This Site First Teacher was a Son of Rev. Eleazer Hotchkin 37 GREENVILLE At intersection of NYS 32 & NYS 81 at Greenville Greenville, Town of, New York 1803 Town Taken from Freehold and Coxsackie Called Greenfield, First Town Meeting Held 1809 Named Greenville 38 SITE OF On County Road about north of East Greenville Greenville, Town of, New York Early Tannery Owned by Daniel Miller Who Came from East Hampton, L.I. 39 SITE OF LOG CABIN OF On NYS 145 about miles west of Village of East Durham Greenville, Town of, New York Edward Lake Pioneer Who Settled Here in 1781 on a 600 Acre Lot 40 SITE OF LOG CABIN OF On NYS 32 about south of Greenville Greenville, Town of, New York Eleazer Knowles Pioneer Who Settled Here in 1781 on a 600 Acre Lot 41 REFORMED On NYS 23 at Prattsville Prattsville, Town Of, New York Church First in Mountain Towns of Greene County Organized in 1798 Built in 1804 42 On NYS 23 at Hensonville Windham, Town Of, New York First Log House Built Here in 1818 by John Henson Founder of Hensonville 43 On NYS 23 at Windham Windham, Town Of, New York Against This Rock George Stimson First Settler of the Town of Windham Built his Log Cabin in 1785 44 1808 Sayre Home On Jerome Avenue in Cairo Cairo, New York 1808 Sayre Home Daniel Sayre purchased 100 acres along Shingle Kill 1794 Shoemaker, Justice 1800-1819 1st Town Supervisor 1803 Elected State Assembly 1804

See also

List of New York State Historic Markers National Register of Historic Places listings in New York List of National Historic Landmarks in New York

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