Important Hudson River School Artist Rediscovered in Exhibition at Friends of...
Jervis McEntee receives first museum retrospective starting May 1, 2015 Jervis McEntee, View from the Studio Window The Hudson River School, America’s first major art movement, is so well-known and...
View ArticleSundays at the Cemetery
Guided tours of Kingston Cemeteries offered by The Friends of Historic Kingston May 17, 2015. The Friends of Historic Kingston is pleased to announce the return of their popular walking tours of our...
View ArticleRemembering Kingston’s Post Office on Broadway
Four Column Capitals Installed at Montrepose Cemetery Gates In Tribute to a Lost Landmark Friends of Historic Kingston announce the installation of four column capitals saved from the demolition...
View ArticleJervis McEntee Conversations
Painting by Kevin Cook The Friends of Historic Kingston announces Jervis McEntee Conversations, a series of informal talks to be held on Fridays at noon during the month of September. The series will...
View ArticleComing October 31st!
The Street That Build a City: McEntee’s Chestnut Street, Kingston and the Rise of New York, a new book by Lowell Thing published by Black Dome Press will debut at the the Friends of Historic Kingston...
View Article4th Annual SCARECROWS AT FROG ALLEY OCTOBER 24 TH
Please join us for this community event on Saturday, October 24th from 10 am to 2 pm at Frog Alley Park at the ruins of the Louw-Bogardus House adjacent to the Wiltwyck Fire Station in Uptown Kingston....
View Article“The Friends of Historic Kingston Celebrates 50 Years: Treasures Great and...
The 2016 Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery exhibition features highlights of FHK’s collections. This exhibition informs members and visitors about the considerable breadth and depth of FHK’s...
View ArticleSharp Burial Ground Headstone Restoration: Eliza Ann Sudam
Before Restoration The Friends of Historic Kingston have recently restored a headstone at Sharp Cemetery in Kingston, NY. The headstone, belonging to Eliza Ann Sudam (1805-1857), suffered damage from...
View ArticleZeeh’s Bottling Works: A Family Business Based in Rondout for Ninety Years
In 1863, at the age of six, Peter P. Zeeh came to Kingston from Pittsburgh with his father and mother, John J. Zeeh and Anna Zeeh, who were both from Prussia (Germany). A brother George was born in...
View ArticleSalute Veterans Day
Veterans Day: A View from the FHK Archives Veterans Day, celebrated on November 11th, honors American veterans of all wars . This annual holiday was originally called Armistice Day and represented the...
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