Greene County, New York



Founding: 1800
Parent counties: Albany and Ulster
Namesake: Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general
Seat: Catskill (1800–)
Land area: 647 square miles
Population (2020): 47,931
Population (historic): 12,584 (1800); 30,446 (1840); 31,832 (1870); 31,478 (1900); 25,808 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1850; 1870s; 1930–2010
Subdivisions: Five villages; 15 CDPs; 14 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,758 (29.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 82.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 39.3%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,874
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,888
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,248
Average farm size (1920): 73 acres
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Catskill

Namesake: Catskill Creek
Founding: 1800 (post office); 1806 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,745
Population (historic): 3,701 (1870); 4,920 (1890); 5,296 (1910); 5,082 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1920–1940; 1950s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,112 (60.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Sylvester Hitchcock Farm (c. 1840). 447 North Settlement Road. Ashland. Greek Revival.
  2. Benjamin Haxton House (c. 1812). 84 Howard Hall Road. Athens. Federal.
  3. Bronck–Schuneman–Newkirk Farm (1793/1849). 160 Sandy Plains Road. Athens. Greek Revival.
  4. Whitbeck Farm (c. 1870). 1695 State Route 385. Athens. Second Empire.
  5. Jeremiah Rushmore House (c. 1780/1820/1840). 8748 US Highway 9W. Athens.
  6. Farm (c. 1855). 5845 Cauterskill Road. Catskill. Italianate.
  7. Abraham Salisbury House (c. 1730/1760/1823). 1516 County Road 23B. Catskill.
  8. Bronck House (c. 1663/1738/1792). 90 Peter Bronk Road. Coxsackie.
  9. Windrift Hall / Bronck House (c. 1795). 256 Smith Road. Coxsackie. Federal.
  10. Stephen Storm Farm (c. 1855). 2125 State Route 385. Coxsackie. Gothic Revival.
  11. Ezra Fitch House (1853). 2864 State Route 385. Coxsackie. Gothic Revival.
  12. Ely–Lampman House (1802/1902). 2924 State Route 385. Coxsackie. Eastlake.
  13. Pratt House (c. 1810). 252 Saybrook Hill Road. Durham. Federal.
  14. Henry Winans Farm (c. 1840). 325 Saybrook Valley Road. Durham. Greek Revival.
  15. Haskins House (remodeled 1883). 3364 State Route 145. Durham. Greek Revival/Italianate. Razed.
  16. William Baldwin House (c. 1820). 858 Stone Bridge Road. Durham. Federal.
  17. House (c. 1820). 3658 County Road 26. Greenville. Federal.
  18. Augustine Prevost House (1793–1794). 5440 State Route 81. Greenville.
  19. House (c. 1855). 5869 State Route 81. Greenville. Greek Revival.
  20. All Souls Episcopal Church (1894/1910s). 1107 County Road 25. Hunter. Gothic Revival.
  21. Martin Miller Farm (c. 1840). 563 County Road 54. New Baltimore. Greek Revival.
  22. Benjamin Lisk Farm (1868). 802 Roberts Hill Road. New Baltimore. Italianate.
  23. Peter Van Bergen House (1786/1820s). 89 Scheller Park Road. New Baltimore. Federal.
  24. House (c. 1885). 274 State Route 144. New Baltimore. Stick.
  25. Burton Morss House (c. 1830). 13590 State Route 23. Prattsville. Greek Revival.
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