National Register of Historic Places - New York (NY), Columbia County

Columbia County New York (Historic Districts) has 24 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Front Street-Parade Hill-Lower Warren Street Historic District, Front Street-Parade Hill-Lower Warren Street Historic District (Boundary Decrease), Hudson River Heritage Historic District, Mount Lebanon Shaker Society and Sixteen Mile District.

Several famous people are associated with these Columbia County historic places including Judge Robert R. Livingston, Robert Livingston and Parla Foster.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Columbia County places including Alexander Jackson Davis, Westchester County Park Commission, Polhemus & Coffin, Freeman Coons and Frank Horton Brown. Prominent architectural styles found in Columbia Country are Greek Revival, Federal and Late Victorian.

Ancram Hamlet Historic District (added 2017 - - #100000477)

County Route. 7, New York (NY) Route 82, County Route 8, Ancram

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1827-1945 AD

Austerlitz Historic District (added 2018 - - #100002507)

New York (NY) Route 22, Harvey Mountain, East Hill, West Hill and Old Roads, Austerlitz

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Adamesque, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlemen

Period of Significance:

1793-1968 AD

Bronson, Dr. Oliver, House and Stables (added 1973 - - #73001173)

S of Hudson off U.S. 9 , Hudson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Davis,Alexander Jackson

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Clermont Civic Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000604)

1795 US 9 , Clermont

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Education, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education, Funerary, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, City Hall, Religious Structure, School

Current Function:

Funerary, Government, Social

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, City Hall, Meeting Hall

Clermont Estates Historic District (added 1979 - - #79001572)

S of Germantown , Germantown

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, Renaissance

Historic Person:

Livingston,Robert,et al.

Significant Year:

1900, 1845

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Copake Iron Works Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000334)

Taconic State Park , Copake Falls

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Processing Site

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

Front Street-Parade Hill-Lower Warren Street Historic District (added 1970 - - #70000420)

Front and Warren Sts. , Hudson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Front Street-Parade Hill-Lower Warren Street Historic District (Boundary Decrease) (added 1986 - - #86001446)

Also known as See Also:Front Street-Parade Hill-Lower Warren Street Histor

Roughly N. Front St. between W. Columbia and Prison Alley and S. Front St. between Cherry Alley and Ferry St. , Hudson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Hillsdale Hamlet Historic District (added 2010 - - #09001283)

NY Rts. 22 & 23, Anthony, Cold Water & Maple Sts., Old Town & Pill Hill Rds. , Hillsdale

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Brown, Frank Horton, et al.

Architectural Style:

Federal, Mid 19th Century Revival

Historic Person:

Foster, Parla, et al.

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Library, Monument/Marker, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Library, Monument/Marker, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Houses at 37-47 North Fifth St. (added 2003 - - #03001142)

37-47 N. Fifth St. , Hudson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Coons, Freeman

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Hudson Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003363)

Also known as See Also:Front Street-Parade Hill-Lower Warren Street Histor

Roughly bounded by Warren and State Sts., Eighth and Seventh Sts., E. Allen and Allen St., and Penn Central RR , Hudson

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Hudson River Heritage Historic District (added 1990 - - #90002219)

E. side Hudson R. between Germantown and Staatsburg , Germantown

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Colonial, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Multiple

Area of Significance:

Social History, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, European, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Mixed

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion, Social, Transportation

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Religion, Social, Transportation

Kinderhook Village District (added 1974 - - #74001227)

Both sides of U.S. 9 , Kinderhook

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal, Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Mount Lebanon Shaker Society (added 1966 - - #66000511)

U.S. 20 , New Lebanon

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

School, Single Dwelling

New Concord Historic District (added 2010 - - #09001268)

Co. Rt. 9 , New Concord

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Post Office, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Riders Mills Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000877)

Also known as Mosher Mills

NY 66, Bachus Rd., Riders Mills Rd. , Chatham

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Georgian

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Community Planning And Development, Industry, Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Manufacturing Facility, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Rossman--Prospect Avenue Historic District (added 1985 - - #85003364)

Prospect and Rossman Aves. , Hudson

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Scott, R. and W., Ice Company Powerhouse and Ice House Site (added 1985 - - #85000337)

River Rd. , Stuyvesant

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Sixteen Mile District (added 1979 - - #79001571)

Also known as See Also:Clermont;Rokeby;Montgomery Place

W of Clermont along Hudson River , Clermont

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Late Victorian

Historic Person:

Livingston,Judge Robert R.,et al.

Significant Year:

1920, 1750

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Transportation

Cultural Affiliation:

American

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education

Current Sub-function:

College, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Spencertown Historic District (added 2018 - - #100002508)

New York (NY) Route 203, Elm and South Streets, Austerlitz

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal, Adamesque, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Exploration/Settlemen

Period of Significance:

1760-1955 AD

Stuyvesant Falls Mill District (added 1976 - - #76001210)

New St. and SR 22 , Stuyvesant Falls

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

American-Industrial

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Taconic State Parkway (added 2005 - - #05001398)

Also known as Bronx Parkway Extension, Eastern State Parkway

Taconic State Pkwy, fron Kensico Dam Plaza N to I-90 , Gallatin

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Westchester County Park Commission, et.al.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Transportation, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park, Road-Related

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park, Road-Related

Wild's Mill Complex (added 1982 - - #82003353)

Also known as Valatie Mill Complex

U.S. 9 and NY 203 , Valatie

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Williams, John S., House and Farm (added 1996 - - #96001424)

Also known as Old Chatham Sheepherding Farm and Inn

Shaker Museum Rd., approximately 1 mi. S of jct. with I-90 , Chatham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Polhemus & Coffin

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1825-1849, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling