Kingston Alms House
ALBANY – Five Mid-Hudson Valley properties have been recommended to be placed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Four are in Ulster County and one is in Dutchess County. The recommendations come from the New York State Board of Historic Preservation.
Those properties are:
Kingston Alms House in the City of Kingston, was constructed in the 1880s. The Italianate style structure provided a home for Kingston’s aging and impoverished residents until 1948.
George W. Bellows House in Woodstock, built in 1921 as a summer residence by George Bellows (1882-1925), it is one of the most prominent young members of the “Ashcan School” of art, who was best known for this early work – typically of boxes of matches and urban life painted in a rough, energetic, and bold style.
John H, and Sarah Trumbull House in Kingston, built in 1876, was designed by noted architect Arthur Crooks, who blended Gothic features with the Stick style to create an impressive house nestled into the large rocks and ledges in the landscape.
New Guinea Community Site in Hyde Park is an archeologically significant historic site within Hackett Hill Park. It was the location of an early free black community, active from ca. 1780 to ca. 1850 during the prolonged process of emancipation in New York, when rural settlements on or near established towns attracted recently freed migrants who were looking for work, searching for family members separated during slavery, or hoping to find havens away from their former masters.
The Vernooy-Bevier Stone House in Wawarsing on property that includes a limestone house likely dating to the mid-point of the 18th century, as well as a remarkable collection of later 19th century farm outbuildings.
“This designation is an important step in helping the owners and caretakers preserve and improve these assets,” said Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey. “The preservation of these diverse places will help bolster prosperity and quality of life across New York State.”
