Lecture: Still Standing: The Friends of Historic Kingston and the Local Preservation Movement

Still Standing:

The Friends of Historic Kingston and the Local Preservation Movement

Date: Wednesday, May 21st, 2025

In-Person Event
$10/person | HRMM Members $5/person

Program Topic:

The Friends of Historic Kingston is a volunteer membership organization founded in 1965 to support the preservation of our community’s historic and architecturally significant places. FHK fulfills this mission through guided walking tours, educational programming, preservation advocacy, and annual exhibits. Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery is located facing Wall Street beside the historic Fred J. Johnston House, an 1812 Federal-style mansion bequeathed to the organization in 1993. Additionally, FHK maintains the recently restored Louw-Bogardus Ruin at Frog Alley and the adjoining public park. The group’s decades of advocacy include purchasing and reselling several threatened buildings including 95 John Street (the Luke Kiersted House) and 292 Clinton Avenue (the Amelia Westbrook House). Our members were instrumental in saving Kingston City Hall and sponsoring the city’s historic districts: Clinton Avenue Historic District (1969), Kingston Stockade Historic District (1974), Rondout-West Strand Historic District (1978), and Chestnut Street Historic District (1984). Join us for a presentation with Friends of Historic Kingston’s assistant director Dean Engle to learn more about the organization’s history and the legacy of our city’s preservation activists. 

Presenter:

Dean Engle

This program is being presented in-person at the Hudson River Maritime Museum's Homeport Barn. The Homeport Barn is located at 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY 12401.

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