Ulster County
Local History Resources

COUNTY LEVEL RESOURCES
Ulster County Historian
Geoffrey Miller
[email protected]
845-332-0258

​Ulster County Associate Historian
Audrey Klinkenberg
[email protected]
845-246-8329

Ulster County Historical Society
​2682 US Rte 209, Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 377-1040
ulstercountyhs.org/

Ulster County Archives
County Clerk: Nina Postupack
300 Foxhall Avenue, Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 340-3415
clerk.ulstercountyny.gov/archives

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CITY, TOWN, AND VILLAGE HISTORIANS AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
City of Kingston
Taylor Bruck
[email protected]
845-399-4079

Town of Denning
Tom McGee
[email protected]
845-985-2411

Town of Esopus
Melinda McKnight
[email protected]
914-388-2532

Town of Gardiner
Adam (A.J.) Schenkman 
[email protected]
845-399-5884

Town of Hurley
James Decker
[email protected]
845-331-7474

Town of Kingston
Linda Queipo
[email protected]
845-336-5689

Town of Lloyd
Elizabeth Alfonso
[email protected]
845-691-7502

Town of Marbletown
Gail H. Many
[email protected]
845-687-7500

Town of Marlborough
Thomas Schroeder
[email protected]
845-590-7027

Town of New Paltz
Carol Johnson 
845-255-0604

Susan Stessin-Cohn
[email protected]
845-255-0604

Town of Olive
Ruth Muller
[email protected]
845-657-2585

Town of Plattekill
Elizabeth Werlau
[email protected]
845-883-7331

Town of Rochester
Alice Schoonmaker 
845-626-7103

Town of Rosendale
Bill Brooks
[email protected]
845-658-8744

Town of Saugerties
Audrey Klinkenberg 
845-246-8329

Town of Shandaken
Kathleen Meyers
[email protected]
845-254-5402

Town of Shawangunk
Barbara Palinkas
[email protected]
845-744-2592

Town of Ulster
Robert Sweeney
[email protected]
845-331-3265

Town of Wawarsing
Henry Green
[email protected] 

Town of Woodstock
Richard Heppnerr
[email protected]
914-388-1725

Village of Ellenville
Paul Ross
[email protected] 

Village of Saugerties
Marjorie Block
[email protected]
845-246-0784
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NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION HISTORIC SITES
Senate House State Historic Site
296 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 338-2786
www.senatehousekingston.org/

MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AND HISTORIC SITES
Byrdcliffe Art Colony
34 Tinker Street  Woodstock, NY 12498
845.679.2079
www.woodstockguild.org/
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D&H Canal Historical Society
P.O. Box 23 High Falls, NY 12440
845-687-2000
www.canalmuseum.org/

Ellenville Public Library & Museum
40 Center St. Ellenville, NY 12428-1396
845-647-5530
eplm.org/museum/

Empire State Railway Museum
70 Lower High Street Phoenicia, NY 12464
845-688-7501
www.esrm.com/
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Friends of Historic Kingston
63 Main Street Kingston, NY 12402
845-339-0720
www.fohk.org/
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Friends of Historic Rochester
12 Main Street Accord NY 12404
(845) 256 5587
www.friendsofrochester.org

Gomez Mill House
11 Mill House Rd, Marlboro, NY 12542
(845) 236-3126
www.gomez.org/

Historic Huguenot Street
81 Huguenot St, New Paltz, NY, 12561
(845) 255-1660
www.huguenotstreet.org/home

Historical Society of Shawangunk & Gardiner
75 Wallkill Avenue Wallkill
www.wallkillhistory.com/

Historical Society of Woodstock- Eames House 
20 Comeau Drive, PO Box 841 Woodstock, NY 12498
845 679-2256
www.historicalsocietyofwoodstock.org

Hudson River Maritime Museum & the Rondout Lighthouse
​50 Rondout Landing Kingston, NY 12401
​845-338-0071
www.hrmm.org/
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Hudson-Mohawk Vernacular Architecture
90 County Route 42, Coxsackie, NY 12051
hmvarch.org/

Hurley Heritage Society - Colonel Jonathan Elmendorf House
52 Main Street Hurley, NY 12443
845-338-1661
​https://www.hurleyheritagesociety.org/
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John Burroughs Association/Sanctuary at Slabsides
261 Floyd Ackert Road, West Park, NY 12493
www.johnburroughsassociation.org/

Klyne Esopus Museum
764 US-9W, Ulster Park, NY 12487,
(845) 338-8109
www.esopushistorymuseum.org/


Kripplebush Schoolhouse Museum
225 Kripplebush Road, Kripplebush, NY 12484
kripplebushschoolhousemuseum.weebly.com/index.html

Locust Lawn Farm & Terwilliger House Historic Estate(link is external)
436 NY-32, Wallkill, NY 12589
(845)454-4500 x 211
www.lgny.org/locust-lawn
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Opus 40 & the Quarryman’s Museum(link is external)
356 George Sickle Road Saugerties, NY  12477
(845) 246 3400
opus40.org/

Plattekill Historical Society
www.facebook.com/plattekillhistoricalsociety/

Reher Center for Immigrant History and Culture
99-101 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401
(845)481-3738
https://www.rehercenter.org/

Saugerties Historical Society- Kiersted House Museum
119 Main Street Saugerties, NY 12477
(845)246-9529
www.saugertieshistoricalsociety.com/

Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy
PO Box 654 Saugerties, NY 12477
(845) 247-0656
www.saugertieslighthouse.com/history/

The Century House Historical Society at the A. J. Snyder Estate
668 Route 213 Rosendale, NY 12472-0150
(845) 658-9900
www.centuryhouse.org/

Town of Lloyd Historic Preservation Society
PO Box 322 Highland NY 12528
www.tolhps.org/

Trolley Museum of New York
89 East Strand St., Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 331-3399
​tmny.org/archives.html

Volunteer Firemen's Hall and Museum of Kingston
265 Fair Street Kingston, NY 12401
kingstonvolunteerfiremensmuseum.weebly.com/