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Ulster County, New York

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207historic places
—earliest paper
1683formed
181,851pop. 2020
61cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 207 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Kingston, Rochester, Saugerties.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Ulster titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

85 of 207 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

207 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
AME Zion Church of Kingston and Mt. Zion CemeteryKingstonDistrict2021
Accord Historic DistrictAccordDistrict2020
Aldrich, Peter, HomesteadGardinerBuilding1983
All Saints' ChapelRosendaleBuilding1986
Alligerville Historic DistrictAccordDistrict2015
Appeldoorn FarmAccordDistrict2013
Asbury Historic DistrictSaugertiesDistrict2021
Ashokan Field Campus Historic DistrictOlive BridgeDistrict2019
Ashokan-Turnwood Covered BridgeOliverbridgeStructure2000
Baker, Sebastian, Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1996
Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station (Additional Documentation)HardenburghStructure2001
Barley, Zachariah, Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1995
Beaverkill Valley InnLew BeachBuilding1985
Bellows, George W., HouseWoodstockBuilding2018
Bevier HouseGardinerBuilding1983
Bevier Stone HouseMarbletownBuilding2002
Binnewater Historic DistrictRosendaleDistrict1982
Boice HouseKingstonBuilding2001
Brown-Ellis HouseHighlandBuilding2014
Brunel, Emile, Studio and Sculpture GardenBoicevilleBuilding1999
Bruynswick School No. 8ShawangunkBuilding2000
BrykillGardinerBuilding1983
Burroughs, John, Riverby Study NHLWest ParkBuilding1968
Byrdcliffe Historic DistrictWoodstockDistrict1979
Camp WapanachkiMt. TremperBuilding1994
Chapel Hill Bible ChurchMarlboroBuilding2005
Charles D. & Elizabeth Lantry HouseKingstonBuilding2025
Chestnut Street Historic DistrictKingstonDistrict1985
ChetolahCragsmoorBuilding1980
Chichester HouseKingstonBuilding2001
Childs, Walstein, HouseWallkillBuilding2003
Christ Episcopal ChurchMarlboroBuilding2010
Christ Lutheran Church and ParsonageEllenvilleBuilding2010
Church of the Holy Transfiguration of Christ-on-the-MountWoodstockBuilding2005
Clinton Avenue Historic DistrictKingstonDistrict1970
Cole-Hasbrouck Farm Historic DistrictModenaDistrict1994
Common School No. 10AccordBuilding1988
Community TheatreKingstonBuilding1979
Congregation Tifereth Yehuda VeyisroelKerhonksonBuilding2013
Cordts MansionKingstonBuilding2007
Coykendall LodgeHardenberghBuilding2002
Cragsmoor Historic DistrictWawarsingDistrict1996
Crowell, J. B., and Son Brick Mould Mill ComplexWallkillBuilding1983
Cumming-Parker HouseEsopusBuilding2010
Davis Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1999
De Meyer-Burhans-Felten FarmUlsterDistrict2020
Decker, Johannes, FarmGardinerDistrict1974
Decker, William, HouseShawangunkBuilding1983
Demarest - Bernard HouseHighlandBuilding2026
Dill FarmShawangunkBuilding1983
District School No. 14Pine HillBuilding1997
DuBois, Andries, HouseWallkillBuilding1998
DuBois, Josiah, FarmNew PaltzBuilding
DuBois-Deyo HouseRosendaleBuilding1994
DuBoris, Hendrikus, HouseLibertyvilleBuilding1982
DuPuy, Ephriam, Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1995
Dubois-Kierstede Stone HouseSaugertiesBuilding1998
Dubois-Sarles OctagonMarlboroBuilding2002
Dupuy, J., Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1997
Dutch Church, Old, ParsonageKingstonBuilding2001
Ellenville Downtown Historic DistrictEllenvilleDistrict2012
Elliot-Buckley HouseMarlboroBuilding2011
Elm Street Stone Arch BridgePine HillStructure1996
Elting Memorial LibraryNew PaltzBuilding2004
Esopus Meadows LighthouseEsopusStructure1979
First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston NHLCity of KingstonBuilding2008
Fitch Bluestone Company OfficeKingstonBuilding2016
Forsyth, James and Mary, HouseKingstonBuilding2003
Fuller Shirt Company FactoryKingstonBuilding2018
Gardiner SchoolGardinerBuilding2000
Grant Mills Covered BridgeHardenberghStructure1998
Guilford-Bower Farm HouseNew PaltzBuilding1999
Hait, Thaddeus, FarmModenaDistrict1988
Hardenbergh-Jenkins FarmGardinerDistrict2020
Hasbrouck, Jean, House NHLNew PaltzBuilding1967
Hasbrouck, Judge Jonathan, HouseWoodstockBuilding2013
Hasbrouck, Maj. Jacob, Jr. HouseNew PaltzBuilding1999
Held, Al, House and StudioBoicevilleDistrict2021
Hendricus Deyo Homestead (Additional Documentation)HighlandBuilding2020
High Falls Historic DistrictMarbletownDistrict1998
Holy Cross MonasteryWest ParkBuilding1995
Hoornbeck, Jacob, Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1997
Hoornbeek Store ComplexNapanochBuilding1984
Hornbeck Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1995
House at 184 Albany AvenueKingstonBuilding2002
House at 272 Albany AvenueKingstonBuilding2021
House at 313 Albany AvenueKingstonBuilding2002
House at 322 Albany AvenueKingstonBuilding2002
House at 356 Albany AvenueKingstonBuilding2002
Huguenot Street Historic District NHLNew PaltzDistrict1966
Hunt, George and John R., Memorial BuildingVillage of EllenvilleBuilding2005
Hurley Historic District NHLHurleyDistrict1966
Jansen, Johannes, House and Dutch BarnShawangunkBuilding1983
Jansen, Thomas, HouseShawangunkBuilding1983
Jenkins-DuBois Farm and Mill SiteGardinerDistrict2001
K. WHITTELSEY (Tugboat)KingstonStructure2002
Kenyon, William, HouseKingstonBuilding2001
Kingston Barrel FactoryKingstonBuilding2024
Kingston City AlmshouseKingstonDistrict2018
Kingston City HallKingstonBuilding1971
Kingston City LibraryKingstonBuilding1995
Kingston Gas and Electric Co. BuildingKingstonBuilding2021
Kingston Stockade DistrictKingstonDistrict1975
Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension BridgeKingston andStructure1980
Kingston/Rondout 2 LighthouseKingstonStructure1979
Kirkland HotelKingstonBuilding2002
Kripplebush Historic DistrictMarbletownDistrict1994
Krom Stone House and Dutch BarnRochesterBuilding1995
Krom Stone House at 31 Upper Whitfield RoadRochesterBuilding1995
Krom Stone House at 45 Upper Whitfield RoadRochesterBuilding1995
Krom, Lucas, Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1995
Lafevre, John A., House and SchoolNew PaltzBuilding1989
Lake Mohonk Mountain House Complex NHLNew PaltzDistrict1973
Lattingtown Baptist ChurchLattingtownBuilding2010
LeFevre, Abraham and Maria, HouseGardinerBuilding2006
Lock Tender's House and Canal Store RuinHigh FallsBuilding1998
Locust Lawn EstateGardinerDistrict1974
Loerzel Beer HallSaugertiesBuilding1984
Main Street Historic DistrictStone RidgeDistrict1988
Main-Partition Streets Historic DistrictSaugertiesDistrict1982
Markle, Jacob F., Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1995
Maverick Concert HallHurleyBuilding1999
Middaugh-Stone House and Dutch BarnRochesterBuilding1994
Mill Street Stone Arch BridgePine HillStructure1996
Miller's House at Red MillsShawangunkBuilding1983
Milton Railroad StationMiltonBuilding2007
Morton Memorial LibraryPine HillBuilding1997
Mount Tremper Fire Observation StationShandakenStructure2001
National Youth Administration Woodstock Resident Work CenterWoodstockDistrict1992
New Paltz Downtown Historic DistrictNew PaltzDistrict2009
O & W Railroad Station at Port BenWawarsingBuilding2002
Oaterhoudt Stone HouseSaugertiesBuilding2001
Olive and Hurley Old School Baptist ChurchShokanBuilding1998
Ontario and Western Railroad Passenger StationNapanochBuilding1999
Opus 40SaugertiesStructure2001
Palen, Frank A., HouseKingstonBuilding2005
Parker, Alton B., EstateEsopusBuilding2016
Payne, Col. Oliver Hazard, EstateEsopusBuilding2002
Payne, Colonel Oliver Hazard, Estate (Boundary Increase)EsopusDistrict2024
Pearl Street SchoolhouseShawangunkBuilding1983
Perrine's BridgeRosendaleStructure1973
Phoenicia Railroad StationPhoeniciaBuilding1995
Pilgrim Furniture Company FactoryKingstonBuilding2018
Pine Hill Historic DistrictPine HillDistrict2012
Pine Street African Burial GroundKingstonSite2025
Ponckhockie Union ChapelKingstonBuilding1980
Poppletown FarmhouseEsopusBuilding1991
Red Hill Fire Observation StationDenningStructure2001
Reformed Church of Shawangunk ComplexBruynswickBuilding1982
Reformed Dutch Church of New HurleyWallkillBuilding1982
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Klyne EsopusEsopusBuilding2002
Rest Plaus Historic DistrictMarbletownDistrict1995
Rider, Johannes, Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1995
Rondout-West Strand Historic DistrictKingstonDistrict1979
Roosa HouseHigh Falls (Marbletown)Building2025
Sahler Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1999
Sahler Stone House and Dutch BarnRochesterBuilding1999
Sahler, J., HouseRochesterBuilding2000
Saugerties LighthouseSaugertiesStructure1979
Saugerties and New York Steamboat Company WarehouseSaugertiesBuilding2017
Savage, Augusta, House and StudioSaugertiesBuilding2001
Schoonmaker Stone House and FarmRochesterBuilding1997
Schoonmaker, C. K., Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1997
Schoonmaker, Joachim, FarmAccordDistrict2013
Second Reformed Dutch Church of KingstonKingstonBuilding2001
Senate HouseKingstonBuilding1971
Shady Brook FarmMarlboroBuilding2012
Sharp Burial GroundKingstonSite2002
Shuart-Van Orden Stone HousePlattekillBuilding1995
Slabsides (John Burroughs Cabin) NHLWest ParkBuilding1968
Smith, George J., HouseKingstonBuilding2002
Smith, John, HouseKingstonBuilding2002
Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic DistrictRosendaleDistrict1992
Spring Glen SynagogueSpring GlenBuilding1999
St. Joseph's Parish ComplexKingstonDistrict2024
Stilwell Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1999
Stilwill-Westbrook Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1999
Ten Broeck, Benjamin, HouseKingstonBuilding2005
Ten Broeck, Jacob, Stone HouseKingstonBuilding2002
Terwilliger HouseShawangunkBuilding1983
Terwilliger-Smith FarmRochesterBuilding2002
The Home for the Aged in Ulster CountyKingstonBuilding2025
The LocustsNew PaltzBuilding1996
Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic DistrictGardinerDistrict2000
Trinity Episcopal Church ComplexSaugertiesBuilding1998
Trumbull, John H. and Sarah, HouseKingstonBuilding2018
Trumpbour Homestead FarmSaugertiesBuilding1985
Tuthilltown GristmillGardinerBuilding1982
US Post Office-EllenvilleEllenvilleBuilding1988
Ulster Heights SynagogueUlster HeightsBuilding2001
Ulster House HotelPine HillBuilding2002
United States Lace Curtain MillsKingstonBuilding2013
Van Keuren, Benjamin House RuinShawangunkSite2000
Van Steenburgh, Tobias, HouseKingstonBuilding1999
Van Wagenen Stone House and Farm ComplexRochesterBuilding1999
Van Wagenen, Jacobus, Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1999
Vernooy-Bevier Stone House and BarnsWawarsingBuilding2018
Vosburg Turning Mill ComplexWoodstockDistrict2002
West Strand Historic DistrictKingstonBuilding1974
Westbrook, Dirck, Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1995
William H. and Mary M. Romeyn HouseKingstonBuilding2024
Winfield Corners Stone HouseRochesterBuilding1999
Woodstock Artists AssociationWoodstockBuilding2022
Wynkoop HouseSaugertiesBuilding1984
Wynkoop, Cornelius, Stone HouseMarbletownBuilding1996
Yelverton, Anthony, HouseHighlandBuilding1983
Yeomans, Moses, HouseKingstonBuilding2009

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ulster was formed in 1683 (1683-11-01) from unknown / original county.

ULSTER created from non-county area in New York.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Ulster County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

182k104k25k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
29,39724,85530,93445,82276,38185,83888,42274,97987,01792,621118,804158,158177,749181,851

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Vanderbilt MansionNational Historic Site31.7 km
Home of Franklin D. RooseveltNational Historic Site33.8 km
Eleanor RooseveltNatioinal Historic Site36.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

61 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 61 of 61 listed
NameLatLon
Accord Cemetery41.78458-74.22449
Anning Smith Cemetery41.66717-73.95456
Ascension Church Cemetery41.81376-73.96421
Baker Cemetery42.11395-74.53333
Banks - Eighmy Cemetery42.0322-74.70355
Beaver Cemetery41.81981-73.96653
Benton-Bar Cemetery41.81037-74.16209
Bruynswick Rural Cemetery41.65288-74.21332
Chestnut Hill Cemetery42.06381-74.05433
Clintondale Friends Cemetery41.69829-74.05125
Coxing Cemetery41.83204-74.11237
Dubois Cemetery41.68785-74.13107
East Plattekill Cemetery41.67357-74.05825
Fairview Cemetery41.84758-74.15487
Fantinekill Cemetery41.7287-74.38766
Ferris Cemetery41.71765-73.95522
Friends Cemetery41.6051-74.07695
Furman Cemetery41.83112-74.44987
Hicksite Cemetery41.65069-73.95939
High Falls Cemetery41.81662-74.14666
Highland Cemetery41.71008-73.97526
Hudler Cemetery42.03371-74.27665
Hutton Cemetery41.74216-73.99269
Krumville Cemetery41.88816-74.24282
Lake Hill Cemetery42.10648-74.55878
Lattingtown Baptist Cemetery41.64374-74.00115
Lefever Cemetery41.87754-74.0526
Longyear Cemetery42.05212-74.29323
Modena Rural Cemetery41.67353-74.10441
Montrepose Cemetery41.91814-73.99792
Mount Calvary Cemetery41.94387-73.9879
Mount Marion Cemetery42.0312-73.98875
Mount Pleasant Cemetery42.02944-74.27167
Mountain View Cemetery42.07702-73.95867
Mulford Cemetery41.63008-74.18014
New Hurley Cemetery41.63868-74.14305
New Paltz Rural Cemetery41.74034-74.10049
Old Presbyterian Burial Ground41.69437-73.98582
Palentown Cemetery41.87902-74.30977
Pine Bush Cemetery41.9745-73.99481
Pine Bush Cemetery41.78342-74.28297
Plattekill Valley Community Cemetery41.61711-74.07543
Relyea Ground41.69663-74.04719
Riverside Cemetery41.60237-73.97193
Riverview Cemetery41.90068-73.97315
Rochester Center Cemetery41.81719-74.28462
Rochester Reformed Church Cemetery41.7908-74.24375
Rosendale Plains Cemetery41.83319-74.07898
Saint Mary of the Snow Cemetery42.06311-73.95248
Saint Marys Cemetery41.62265-73.9899
Saint Marys Cemetery41.93758-73.99486
Saint Peters Cemetery41.83921-74.08301
Saint Peters Cemetery41.92453-74.00291
Shandaken Rural Cemetery42.10558-74.34998
Shoub Cemetery42.13238-74.01702
Tongore Cemetery41.9241-74.21238
Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery42.06441-73.94848
Union Cemetery of Lloyd41.74063-74.03897
United Methodist Church Cemetery41.65928-73.95534
Whitfield Cemetery41.81798-74.21896
Wiltwyck Cemetery41.92192-74.00514
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Longyear42.05222-74.29222

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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