SAUGERTIES – The two warehouses
of the Saugerties and New York Steamboat Company, at 2 Ferry Street in
the Village of Saugerties, have been recommended by the state for inclusion
on the National Registry of Historic Sites.
The warehouses are located at the start of Ferry Street along the southern
banks of the Esopus Creek.
Constructed around 1875-80, by the Saugerties and New York and Transportation
Company, the warehouses provided freight storage for the village’s
steamboat industry, where access to the Hudson River, as well as its proximity
to the Catskill region, allowed the village to thrive as a busy port for
water borne freight, business travelers, and vacationing passengers bound
for the Catskills.
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