May 25^th – The Matthewis Persen House, one of Ulster County’s oldest and most significant buildings is open again. Named after its longest resident, Matthewis Persen (1739-1819), the house is rapidly becoming a proven feature of Kingston’s Stockade National Historic District. The house has witnessed it all, from Native American contact to the present day. It was burned twice, saw wars and revolution and was home to doctors, tailors, grocers, druggists and innkeepers. Matthewis himself, kept a tavern there. An archaeological dig in just one section uncovered over 20,000 artifacts including Native American projectile points, Delft tiles, Colonial era cannon balls, and post holes from the former 1658 stockade. The house is open Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day.  The Matthewis Persen House is located at 74 John Street, in the Stockade District of uptown Kingston. It’s one of four landmark buildings on the corner of John and Crown Streets – the only intersection in the United States with pre-revolutionary stone houses on all four corners. For more information please contact Nina Postupack, Ulster County Clerk, at (845) 340-3040.

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is open daily for the seasonthrough November 3^rd.  The 2013 seasonal exhibitions are: “Rondout: A Riverport” & “Troubled Waters: Wrecked and Sunken Ships of the Hudson River.”     The museum is located at 50 Rondout Landing on the Historic Rondout Waterfront.

www.hrmm.org

May 25^th – The Matthewis Persen House, one of Ulster County’s oldest and most significant buildings is open again. Named after its longest resident, Matthewis Persen (1739-1819), the house is rapidly becoming a proven feature of Kingston’s Stockade National Historic District. The house has witnessed it all, from Native American contact to the present day. It was burned twice, saw wars and revolution and was home to doctors, tailors, grocers, druggists and innkeepers. Matthewis himself, kept a tavern there. An archaeological dig in just one section uncovered over 20,000 artifacts including Native American projectile points, Delft tiles, Colonial era cannon balls, and post holes from the former 1658 stockade. The house is open Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day.  The Matthewis Persen House is located at 74 John Street, in the Stockade District of uptown Kingston. It’s one of four landmark buildings on the corner of John and Crown Streets – the only intersection in the United States with pre-revolutionary stone houses on all four corners. For more information please contact Nina Postupack, Ulster County Clerk, at (845) 340-3040.

A new exhibit of 100 vintage Kingston postcards will be featured in the Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery. “Greetings From Kingston: A Story in Postcards” shows the growth of Kingston and the character it developed since its founding over three and a half centuries ago. The streetscapes, buildings and parks shown on the postcards reveal the architectural and historical richness of the city while serving to remind viewers of how much of value has been preserved, but also as a warning of how much has been lost. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, may be viewed on Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. until October 26

 – Free and open to the public.  Friday-Saturday, 11-4 thru October 26.  Corner Wall-Main Sts., uptown Kingston.  (845) 339-0720; www.fohk.org.

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is open daily for the seasonthrough November 3^rd.  The 2013 seasonal exhibitions are: “Rondout: A Riverport” & “Troubled Waters: Wrecked and Sunken Ships of the Hudson River.”     The museum is located at 50 Rondout Landing on the Historic Rondout Waterfront.

www.hrmm.org

Come join “Kingston’s Buried Treasures” as we present “Samuel D. Coykendall- Kingston’s Forgotten Tycoon” by Kingston City Historian Edwin Ford. The event takes place Friday, June 21st at 5:30 p.m. at the Cornell-Coykendall Memorial at Montrepose Cemetery, 75 Montrepose Avenue in Kingston. (The rain date location for the presentation will be the Senate House Museum, 296 Fair Street in Kingston).

During his lifetime, Samuel D. Coykendall controlled the fate of Kingston as no other individual has ever done. Born in 1837, Coykendall began his career as a simple dry goods clerk. His talents and ability, however, soon singled him out for advancement. During the Civil War he became Quartermaster for the 156th New York Volunteers, know as the “Mountain Legion”, where his skills in organization were of great value to the Union cause. But it was upon his return to Kingston and his marriage to the daughter of Thomas Cornell that Coykendall became one of the most important figures in the history of Kingston. Coykendall became Cornell’s partner in his vast business ventures, which included controlling interests in shipping, railroads, cement and bluestone. Upon Cornell’s death Coykendall assumed full control of the family’s business empire. He exerted absolute control of almost every industry in Kingston and amassed a fortune in keeping with the Barons of the Gilded Age. Until his death on January 14, 1913, Coykendall exhibited a mastery of industry and finance never again realized in our community. He is buried today in the Cornell-Coykendall Memorial in Montrepose Cemetery.

The presentation is free and all are welcome.

Come join “Kingston’s Buried Treasures” as we present “Samuel D. Coykendall- Kingston’s Forgotten Tycoon” by Kingston City Historian Edwin Ford. The event takes place Friday, June 21st at 5:30 p.m. at the Cornell-Coykendall Memorial at Montrepose Cemetery, 75 Montrepose Avenue in Kingston. (The rain date location for the presentation will be the Senate House Museum, 296 Fair Street in Kingston).

During his lifetime, Samuel D. Coykendall controlled the fate of Kingston as no other individual has ever done. Born in 1837, Coykendall began his career as a simple dry goods clerk. His talents and ability, however, soon singled him out for advancement. During the Civil War he became Quartermaster for the 156th New York Volunteers, know as the “Mountain Legion”, where his skills in organization were of great value to the Union cause. But it was upon his return to Kingston and his marriage to the daughter of Thomas Cornell that Coykendall became one of the most important figures in the history of Kingston. Coykendall became Cornell’s partner in his vast business ventures, which included controlling interests in shipping, railroads, cement and bluestone. Upon Cornell’s death Coykendall assumed full control of the family’s business empire. He exerted absolute control of almost every industry in Kingston and amassed a fortune in keeping with the Barons of the Gilded Age. Until his death on January 14, 1913, Coykendall exhibited a mastery of industry and finance never again realized in our community. He is buried today in the Cornell-Coykendall Memorial in Montrepose Cemetery.

The presentation is free and all are welcome.

May 25^th – The Matthewis Persen House, one of Ulster County’s oldest and most significant buildings is open again. Named after its longest resident, Matthewis Persen (1739-1819), the house is rapidly becoming a proven feature of Kingston’s Stockade National Historic District. The house has witnessed it all, from Native American contact to the present day. It was burned twice, saw wars and revolution and was home to doctors, tailors, grocers, druggists and innkeepers. Matthewis himself, kept a tavern there. An archaeological dig in just one section uncovered over 20,000 artifacts including Native American projectile points, Delft tiles, Colonial era cannon balls, and post holes from the former 1658 stockade. The house is open Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day.  The Matthewis Persen House is located at 74 John Street, in the Stockade District of uptown Kingston. It’s one of four landmark buildings on the corner of John and Crown Streets – the only intersection in the United States with pre-revolutionary stone houses on all four corners. For more information please contact Nina Postupack, Ulster County Clerk, at (845) 340-3040.

A new exhibit of 100 vintage Kingston postcards will be featured in the Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery. “Greetings From Kingston: A Story in Postcards” shows the growth of Kingston and the character it developed since its founding over three and a half centuries ago. The streetscapes, buildings and parks shown on the postcards reveal the architectural and historical richness of the city while serving to remind viewers of how much of value has been preserved, but also as a warning of how much has been lost. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, may be viewed on Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. until October 26

 – Free and open to the public.  Friday-Saturday, 11-4 thru October 26.  Corner Wall-Main Sts., uptown Kingston.  (845) 339-0720; www.fohk.org.

The Hudson River Maritime Museum is open daily for the seasonthrough November 3^rd.  The 2013 seasonal exhibitions are: “Rondout: A Riverport” & “Troubled Waters: Wrecked and Sunken Ships of the Hudson River.”     The museum is located at 50 Rondout Landing on the Historic Rondout Waterfront.

www.hrmm.org