Stuyvesant Falls Mill District Explained

Stuyvesant Falls Mill District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:New St. and SR 22, Stuyvesant Falls, New York
Coordinates:42.3564°N -73.7342°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:September 15, 1976
Refnum:76001210

Stuyvesant Falls Mill District is a national historic district located in the town of Stuyvesant in Columbia County, New York. The district includes six contributing buildings, five contributing sites, and two contributing structures. They are the industrial sites and power sources from which the adjoining hamlet of Stuyvesant Falls derived its livelihood. It includes the Upper and Lower Falls and mill dams; on the east bank of Kinderhook Creek the sites of a grist mill and paper mill, cotton mill, woolen mill complex and extant hydroelectric plant; west bank operations including three extant 19th century cotton mills and several dwellings. Also included is an iron truss bridge erected in 1899.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Stuyvesant Falls Mill District. March 1976. 2010-06-26 . Raymond W. Smith. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying nine photos.