KINGSTON – A draft architectural and archeological sensitivity report is now available for the Wilbur and Ponckhockie neighborhoods, Kingston Mayor Steven Noble announced.
The report is an intensive level, historic, cultural and, as needed, archeological site survey and analysis that represents the first step in potentially listing the two areas, or individual properties, on the State and National Register of Historic Places.
The draft architectural report builds on previous individual National Historic Register/State Registries and local listings in the area and the Historic Buildings Inventory identified in the 1987 Urban Cultural Park Plan.
The report includes an inventory of the historic assets in Wilbur and Ponckhockie along with a detailed history. This information will also be used to nominate eligible individual properties located in these two neighborhoods.
City staff and consultants will host two meetings to discuss the findings:
July 18 Wilbur Neighborhood Meeting at Blackbird Café, 6 p.m.
July 25 Ponckhockie Neighborhood Meeting, location to be determined, 6 p.m.
Kingston currently has four historic districts: the Stockade District, the Fair Street District, the Rondout-West Strand District, and the Chestnut Street. District.
For more information, visit: www.engagekingston.com/historic-survey.
