Rhinebeck, New York - Buildings and Structures in Rhinebeck, New York, Hudson River Historic District, New York State Route 308 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Buildings and structures in Rhinebeck, New York, Hudson River Historic District, New York State Route 308, Rhinebeck Village Historic District, National Register of Historic Places listings in Rhinebeck, New York, Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, U.S. Post Office, Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Peter, Astor Home for Children, Neher-Elseffer House, Rhinecliff - Kingston, Benner House, Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, Wilderstein, The Maples, Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinecliff, New York, New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, Morton Memorial Library, O'Brien General Store and Post Office, Henry Delamater House, Strawberry Hill, Dutchess County Fairgrounds. Excerpt: The Hudson River Historic District, also known as Hudson River Heritage Historic District, is the largest such district on the mainland of the contiguous United States. It covers an area of 22,205 acres (34.6 square miles, 89 km ) extending inland roughly a mile (1.6 km) from the east bank of the Hudson River between Staatsburg and Germantown in Dutchess and Columbia counties in the U.S. state of New York. This area includes the riverfront sections of the towns of Clermont, Red Hook, Rhinebeck and part of Hyde Park. This strip includes in their entirety the hamlets of Annandale, Barrytown, Rhinecliff and the village of Tivoli. Bard College and two protected areas, Margaret Lewis Norrie State Park and Tivoli Bays Unique Area, are also within the district. From the colonial era to the early 20th century, it was characterized by the large "country seats" built by members of the Livingston family and other wealthy individuals, such as Clermont Manor and Montgomery Place, both National Historic Landmarks. For most of that period, these estates were worked by tenant farmers, with much of the rest of the population concentrated in the small riverside communi...