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Books on Architecture of the Hudson Valley and the Dutch Colonies:  

 

Dutch Vernacular Architecture in North America 1640-1830
449 pages, paperback by John R. Stevens. From the author of the "The Architectural Historian" comes this definitive tome on primarily pre-1780 buildings, filled with photos of the structures and their details, as well as line drawings and descriptive text of the surviving treasures of our architectural heritage. Includes several of the Huguenot Street houses.
$50.00

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Dutch Colonial Homes in America
240 pages, hardcover, by Geoffrey Gross and Susan Piatt with text by Roderic H. Blackburn and introduction by Harrison F. Meeske. This lavishly illustrated volume provides an unprecedented look at a number of 17th and 18th century houses and barns in the Hudson Valley and elsewhere, exploring the structures in their broader social context by focusing on the historical and religious forces of the times. Includes the Jean Hasbrouck and Abraham Hasbrouck houses among its 200 spectacular color photographs.
$60.00

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The New World Dutch Barn
224 pages, paperback by John Fitchen, edited and with new material by Gregory D. Huber. This book, subtitled The Evolution, Forms, and Structure of a Disappearing Icon, contains a systematic and detailed description of Dutch Barns, an analysis of their structural system, and a conjectural recreation of the erection procedures and the progression that was probably followed in their construction. Greg Huber updates this classic with extensive new material including a listing of the 13 Dutch Barn Museums located in New York and New Jersey.
$29.95

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The Hudson Valley Dutch and their Houses
414 pages, paperback by Harrison Meeske. With photos, illustrations, and diagrams this book will interest Dutch house owners, scholar historians, preservationists, and the curious.
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French America: French Architecture from Colonization to the Birth of a Nation
223 pages, hardcover by Ron Katz with 200 photographs by Arielle de La Tour d'Auvergne. This exciting new book, published by the French Heritage Society, explores the rich architectural and cultural hertiage in the United States from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. Tales of explorers, colonists, movers and shakers, features on French culture in the United States, with photos of remarkable structures - including some at HHS - French America will appeal to the layman, as well as to historians, architects, and all lovers of French culture and civiliztion. A delight for the mind and eye!
$45.00

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Building with Stone
192 pages by Charles McRaven. Nothing rivals stone for its beauty and durability, as any visitor to Huguenot Street can easily see. This book, filled with practical methods and ideas, inspires confidence to pick up a trowel, and allows even a novice to begin to lay stone right away. Instruction for walls, fireplaces, barbecues, a bridge, a spring house, even a home or barn.
$17.95

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The Jean Hasbrouck House, New Paltz, New York
13 pages, paperback by Leslie LeFevre-Stratton. Celebrating one hundred years as a museum, illustrated with photographs from the Huguenot Historical Society Archives.
$5.00

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Kingston, NY, The Architectural Guide
208 pages, paperback by William B. Rhoads with photography by James Bleeker.
Discover the rich history of New York's first capital in nine illustrated walking tours. From venerable Dutch and French houses that survived the burning of Kingston in 1777, right through to the 20th-century, readers are guided by detailed maps to over 130 sites, revealing the varied fabric of a city vital to the Hudson Valley for 400 years.
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Books on History of the Hudson Valley and the Dutch Colonies:

 

Researching the American Revolution at the Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY: A Guide to the Society’s Collections
20 pages, paperback by Ian K. M. Stewart. Designed to aid academic or recreational researchers of the Revolutionary War, this guide identifies the primary sources, manuscripts, diaries, letters, biographies, town and county histories, scholarly works, and periodicals available. Artifacts from the Society’s collections are also listed. Produced by the HHS Library with generous financial support from the Deyo Family Association.
$9.95

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Images of America: New Paltz 128 pages, paperback by Carol Johnson and Marion Ryan, with photographs from the Haviland-Heidgerd Collection, spanning three centuries to tell a story of Historic New Paltz. A great gift!
$19.99

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History of New Paltz, NY and its Old Families from 1678-1820
594 pages, paperback by Ralph LeFevre. Lost your old copy? Want to give a copy to a family member or friend? It is available again as a reprint of the 1903 original. A great gift idea for Mother's Day, Father's Day or Graduation.
$44.00

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A History of Ulster County Under the Dutch
From the early Native American tribes to the 1663 burning of Kingston. 146 pages paperback by Augustus Van Buren.
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The Early History of Kingston and Ulster County, NY
by Marc B. Fried. 206 pages paperback
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History of Ulster County
with Emphasis on the Last 100 Years by Kenneth E. Hasbrouck and Ulster County Historians. 468 pages hardcover
$32.00

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The Palatines of Olde Uster
by Benjamin Myer Brink. 84 pages, paperback
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Shawangunk Place Names - Indian, Dutch and English Geographical Names of the Shwangunk Region: Their Origin,Intrerpretation and Historical Evolution
196 pages by Mark B. Fried. The title says it all! From Awosting to Wallkill, from Bontecou and Kyserike to Gertrude's Nose and beyond, all place name mysteries are explained in Marc's inimitable style.
$18.95

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Growing Up in Tillson, NY
Second edition by Judith Clark Renker. Paperback
$16.95

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Dutch Village Communities on the Hudson River
by Irving Elting. Reprint of an 1886 study of Dutch influence in the development of the Hudson Valley. 68 pages paperback
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Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography
228 pages by Douglas Keister. Cemetery enthusiasts know that cemeteries are a vast treasure trove of art and architecture, and this ultimate resource book decodes the meanings of all the symbols you're likely to encounter. Dead men may tell no tales but the symbols on their tombstones do. Exquisite photographs.
$24.95

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Indian Tribes of the Hudson River to 1700
by E.M. Ruttenber. 208 pages, paperback - Volume 1
$12.95

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Indian Tribes of the Hudson River II 1700- 1850
by E.M. Ruttenber. 208 pages, paperback - Volume 2
$12.95

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History of Pirates
192 pages, paperback by Angus Konstam, traces piracy from the seas of antiquity to the New World and beyond. An informative and entertaining full-color chronicle with timelines, maps, charts, and illustrations for ages 14 or 104 by the former Curator of Arms and Armor at the Tower of London and chief curator the the Mel Fisher Museum in Key West, Fl.
$19.95

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