History

Whatever brings you to the region – the farms, the food, the scenery – enjoy local historic sites for a glimpse into times gone by. Make discoveries about the people, places, and events that shaped Delaware County. Historic covered bridges, old schoolhouses and cemeteries, a vintage railroad, a working mill from the 1840’s, town museums with local memorabilia, Civil War re-enactments and more are waiting for you to connect the past with the present.

Andes Hunting Tavern Museum

288 Main St, Andes

The Andes Hunting Tavern is a spacious, two-level gray clapboard structure built in the 1820s, and ...

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Franklin Railroad and Community Museum

572 Main St, Franklin

The Museum has Franklin Historical items on display and a Warwick Car 30, which is presently being ...

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Kirkside Park

Kirkside Driveway, Roxbury

Kirkside Park is the former estate of Helen Gould Shepard, daughter of Roxbury native son, Jay ...

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Dairy Learning Center in Bovina

Livestock Foundation Dairy Learning Center

64 Creamery Road, Bovina Center

The Livestock Foundation Dairy Learning Center has opened to the public as a community center ...

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Walton Historical Society

Walton Historical Society, 9 Townsend St

The Walton Historical Society is open to the public every Saturday from 10am to 2pm. Please visit ...

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The Round Barn

46676 State Hwy 30, Halcottsville

The landmark Round Barn, built around 1893, is one of the earliest entirely round barns in New York ...

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Hobart Historical Society

57 Cornell Ave, Hobart

The Hobart Historical Society is headquartered in its restored building on Cornell Avenue, Hobart, ...

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Sidney Historical Museum

Sidney Civic Center, 21 Liberty St

Museum highlights: microfilm machines (1882 to present day), genealogy section, old yearbooks, ...

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Deposit Historical Museum

145 2nd Street, Deposit

Deposit Historical Museum is located in the village of Deposit, NY, just off route 17 in the ...

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John Burroughs Woodchuck Lodge

1633 Burroughs Memorial Road, Roxbury

Visit Woodchuck Lodge, summer retreat of the famed naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921), and then ...

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Historical Society of Middletown

778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville

The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown is a non-profit membership organization chartered ...

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Hanford Mills Museum

51 County Road 12, East Meredith

Hanford Mills Museum, listed on the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places, is ...

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Deposit Historical Museum

145 2nd Street, Deposit

We are located in the village of Deposit, NY, just off route 17 in the Catskill Mountains. Our ...

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Delaware County Historical Association

46549 State Highway 10, Delhi

The Gideon Frisbee Homestead was constructed in 1790 for Judge Gideon Frisbvee. The house is a fine ...

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Maple Shade Farm

2066 County Road 18, Delhi

The historic Maple Shade Farm, settled in 1785, is surrounded by rolling meadows and majestic stone ...

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Delaware & Ulster Railroad (DURR)

43510 State Highway 28, Arkville

Hop aboard! The Delaware and Ulster is an excursion train that combines railroad nostalgia with ...

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