Historic Red Hook

1437 E. Market St Red Hook The next house was the home of George Hart and family, and Louis Gale and his mother. The first Mrs. Hart was a sister to Louis Gale, and she left two boys, Frank and George. The second Mrs. Hart was from Vermont and she was a very kind mother to the two motherless boys. She had two girls, Hattie and Esther. Original building still stands, on 1867 map C. Pulver Reminiscences of Red Hook, Edmund Basset 1926... See the full map at www.historicredhook.org/bassett

What does place mean to you? In this new blog post, Historic Red Hook Trustee Thea Burgess challenges us to think critically about what place means in our lives, how it shapes us today, and what it means for our study of people in the past. Visit www.historicredhook.org/blog/importance-of-place

Happy Women's History Month! Mrs. Roosevelt understood that in order to make things happen, you didn’t have to be a first lady of the world, or the first lady of the United States, or a king, or a president, you had the power to do that right where you are, right in your community. [She charges us] to make the world a better place right where we are, right in our local community, like right here in Tivoli and right here in Red Hook. Eleanor Roosevelt continues to be a powerful role model for us today, as Jeffrey Urbin attests in this short video on the Roosevelt’s and the responsibility we all share within our community to be good neighbors, leaders, and followers. This spring, enjoy the fair weather and swing by the Tivoli pocket park to spend some time with Eleanor yourself!

We need your help to decorate our tree! Starting next week, you can pick up one of our free, fillable ornaments from locations throughout the Village (list to come). Like mini time capsules, these ornaments open up and we’d like you and your family to write a note with a happy thought about 2020. Decorate and fill the ornament with other items as you wish. Then, come and hang it on our tree on the Elmendorph Green! Your memories will be archived in our collections. Thanks to our sponsor, Ulster Savings Bank, for making this project possible and to Battenfeld's Christmas Tree Farm for the tree!

We’re lighting up the Elmendorph! We wanted to spread some holiday cheer, so we put up lights and candles in each window, which we will light up tonight. The roping is courtesy of Battenfeld's Christmas Tree Farm. They also donated a beautiful Christmas tree, which we have set up on the Elmendorph Green. We will need the community’s help to decorate it and more details about this project will come!

Happy Thanksgiving! Though it’s been a tough year, we are thankful for all our friends and family. Thanksgiving is a time of remembrance, and in 1860, one writer from the Red Hook Journal reflected on a similar year of epidemic, finding joy in community: When we look back upon the past year we cannot but see that it has been to this community a prosperous, and in most respects ,a happy one.Peace and plenty have prevailed. Every department of business has flourished, and the... fields, the gardens and the fruit trees have groaned and glistened beneath their burden of products for our sustenance and gratification. In freedom from disease and death we have been a favored people. While in neighboring towns many a household has been made sad and many a mother‘s heart been torn with anguish at the loss of loved and cherished ones, by a fearful epidemic, this neighborhood has been preserved from its ravages, and comparatively few have been called to mourn the loss of friends. #redhookny

A sneak peak of the Fall gift bags going out to members attending our Annual Meeting this Wednesday 10/28 at 6pm on Zoom! There’s still time to join us! Visit the www.historicredhook.org/join to renew or purchase a membership and you will receive details to sign up for the Zoom meeting. Bags include local goodies graciously donated from Montgomery Place Orchards Farm Market, J B Peel Coffee & Tea, Little Pickles - Children's General Store, Papa's Best Batch and Holy Cow Ice Cream

Here's a walk through the Town Recycle Yard. Did you know you can take materials there and they will be recycled right? Courtesy of the @Bard Office of Sustainability BardE3 Program, Town of Red Hook Conservation Advisory Council - CAC ,and Red Hook High School Environmental Club This video was created as part of the 2020 #HardscrabbleOnline festival from #redhookny

If you don’t have the materials to build your own compost bin, learn how to use a pre-fabricated bin! Courtesy of theBard Office of Sustainability BardE3 Program,Town of Red Hook Conservation Advisory Council - CAC,and Red Hook High School Environmental Club This video was created as part of the 2020 #HardscrabbleOnline festival from #redhookny

Exploring Compost with the King of Compost Jeff Urbin-- Learn how to compost your greens and browns! Courtesy of theBard Office of Sustainability BardE3 Program,Town of Red Hook Conservation Advisory Council - CAC, and Red Hook High School Environmental Club This video was created as part of the 2020 #HardscrabbleOnline festival from #redhookny

Exploring Compost with the King of Compost Jeff Urbin--Make a home compost bin with found materials - then produce 'black gold' in your backyard! Courtesy of the Bard Office of Sustainability BardE3 Program, Town of Red Hook Conservation Advisory Council - CAC,and Red Hook High School Environmental Club This video was created as part of the 2020 #HardscrabbleOnline festival from #redhookny

Exploring Compost with the King of Compost Jeff Urbin Learn how to make a home compost bin with found materials backyard! Courtesy of theBard Office of Sustainability BardE3 Program, Town of Red Hook Conservation Advisory Council - CAC, stuff4hire, and Red Hook High School Environmental Club This video was created as part of the 2020 #HardscrabbleOnline festival from #redhookny

Follow along the The Village Fabric Shoppe's uplifting Heart in Hand Prayer Flag Tutorial! This video was created as part of the 2020 #HardscrabbleOnline festival from #redhookny

Goodie bags, prizes, presentations and more! Join us on Wednesday, October 28th at 6pm for our Annual Meeting. We’ve got an exciting evening lined up, starting with the introduction of our new Executive Director, Elisabeth Tatum. Then, we will review this year’s achievements, highlight the impacts of COVID-19, and share thoughts about the future. The meeting will conclude with a presentation by Will Tatum on Red Hook in 1798, as seen through the famous Thompson Map. Attendees... will receive their own version of that map on a tote bag filled with Fall-themed goodies and a raffle ticket, which can be picked up curbside at the Elmendorph Inn. Raffle prizes will range from advance offerings of our new merchandise to a chance to bring a picnic and host a party at the Elmendorph Inn for you and 5 friends! To receive the registration link, join or renew your membership at www.historicredhook.org/join

Peak foliage at the Elmendorph Inn

Have you been to the new cidery at Rose Hill Farm? It’s the perfect fall excursion! Enjoy this virtual tour with Bruce and Holly Brittain. This video was created as part of the 2020 Hardscrabble Online festival from Red Hook, NY

These goats are certainly ready for Halloween! Which costume do you like the best? It’s a goat costume contest fromHudson Valley Kinders Farm! This video was created as part of the 2020 #HardscrabbleOnline festival from #redhookny