Senate House - Kingston, NY
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N 41° 56.084 W 074° 01.146
18T E 581318 N 4642994
The Senate House State Historic Site was established there in 1777, during the Revolutionary War.
Waymark Code: WM11BR3
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2019
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The Senate House State Historic Site is located on Fair Street in Kingston, New York, United States. New York State was established there in 1777, during the Revolutionary War.
After one month, the Senate fled the British troops who were advancing from Manhattan. The Senate House and much of Kingston was burned in retribution. It has served as a museum from the late 19th century. Currently it is owned and operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
The house first belonged to Wessel Wesselse Ten Broeck, born about 1636, who emigrated to New Amsterdam from Wessen, in Westphalia in 1659. It is generally described as having been built in 1676, but can be certainly dated to some time before his death in 1704. The ground floor of the house consists of three rooms, lined up along the street, with an entrance hallway between two of the rooms. As is typical of early Dutch houses in the Hudson Valley, the house is of stone, with the exception of the rear wall which is brick, laid in Flemish bond. At the back is a kitchen wing, added early, but somewhat later than the original construction.
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