Kingston Stockade District
The old town that was New York State’s first capital, home to 17th- and 18th-century Dutch stone houses and the former State Senate building, with trendy restaurants and bars nearby.
Kingston served as New York State’s capital in 1777. The Stockade District was the old town that the Dutch fortified with a palisade in 1658, and all four corners of its intersection still have 18th-century stone houses, said to make it the only intersection in the United States where all four corners date from before the Revolution. Sights include the Senate House, the Old Dutch Church and Wall Street. In recent years cafés and restaurants have opened in the old town and the riverside Rondout district, which are busy on weekends. The Catskill Mountains are a short drive north.
Opening hours
Open all day (Senate site open Apr–Oct)
Nearby sights
- Rhinebeck
- Staatsburgh State Historic Site
- Fisher Center at Bard
- Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
- Home of FDR National Historic Site & Presidential Library
- Historic Huguenot Street
- Culinary Institute of America