ALBANY – The New York State Board for Historic Preservation has nominated three Hudson Valley sites for inclusion on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
AME Zion Church and Mt. Zion Cemetery, Ulster County – Home to the oldest African American congregation in the City of Kingston, the church was founded in 1848, with the current structure dating to 1927-29 as replacement after a fire. The cemetery is about a mile away from the church and has burials dating to the 1850s, making it the city’s second-oldest African American cemetery.
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Power Station, Westchester County – Located on the east bank of the Hudson River in Yonkers. This coal-fired power plant opened in 1907 as part of efforts by the railroad to electrify the rail network in Manhattan and its northern suburbs after steam engines were banned in Manhattan due to safety concerns. It was designed by Reed & Stem, one of the firms also responsible for the design of Grand Central Terminal. Sold to Yonkers Electric Light & Power Co. in 1936, the power plant operated until 1963 and is currently vacant.
Wethersfield, Dutchess County – This 1,000-acre country estate, created between 1937 and 1977 by Chauncey Stillman, includes a Georgian Revival-style residence, a stable/carriage barn, and ancillary farm buildings, set in an area of formal gardens and sculpture, forests, agricultural fields, and carriage drives. The estate is now overseen by a foundation and is open to the public in season. Stillman was the wealthy scion of an illustrious New York City banking family with an interest in conservation, religion and the arts.
