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The Armour-Stiner Octagon House 45 West Clinton Avenue Irvington, NY 10533

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The Armour-Stiner Octagon House 45 West Clinton Avenue Irvington, NY 10533

The Armour-Stiner Octagon House at Christmas time

The formal Dining Room

The Second Floor Christmas tree

The first floor Reception Room

The history of the Armour-Stiner Octagon House with the Irvington Historical Society

Columbia County Historical Society 5 Albany Avenue Kinderhook, NY 12106

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Don’t miss the Columbia County Historical Society with its interesting buildings and fascinating exhibits pulled from their own collections.

The main building of the Columbia County Historical Society

The ‘Federal Style in America’ exhibit at the Columbia County Historical Society

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Columbia County Historical Society

5 Albany Avenue

Kinderhook, NY 12106

(518) 758-9265

Columbia County Historical Society

Open: Sunday 11:00am-4:00pm/Monday-Friday Closed/Saturday 11:00am-4:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g60899-d12000596-Reviews-Columbia_County_Historical_Society_Museum_Library-Kinderhook_New_York.html

The Columbia County Historical Society Museum

The main building of the Historical Society contains an exhibition on farming. It also contains the society’s library and genealogy center.

The James Vanderpoel House Museum

The afternoon I visited the society, the Vanderpoel House was the only building open, but it was interesting to visit. I saw the early American portrait’s exhibition from New York State and the Federal Style exhibit as well. What is nice about the gallery space is that they display a lot of interesting artworks in a small gallery. The exhibits are not overwhelming like in a large museum.

The two small exhibitions at the Vanderpoel House were very intriguing as well as the historic house was well maintained. The exhibits were very interesting…

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