Ulster County, New York


Founding: 1683
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Ulster, Ireland
Seat: Kingston (1683–)
Land area: 1,124 square miles
Population (2020): 181,851
Population (historic): 29,370 (1790); 45,822 (1840); 84,075 (1870); 88,422 (1900); 80,155 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1910; 1920–2010
Subdivisions: One city; three villages; 34 CDPs; 20 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 22,990 (26.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 70.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 24%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.9%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,479
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,022
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,311
Average farm size (1920): 46.5 acres
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Kingston
 
Namesake: Either Kingston-upon-Hull or Kingston-upon-Thames, England
Founding: 1661 (founding as Wiltwijck); 1792 (post office); 1805 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 24,069
Population (historic): 6,315 (1870); 21,261 (1890); 25,908 (1910); 28,088 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1960; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,544 (52.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Jones–Pollock Estate (c. 1760/1840/1860). 14 Lamont Landing Road. Esopus. Italianate.
  2. House (c. 1875). 8 Ulster Avenue. Esopus. Second Empire.
  3. Klyne Esopus Reformed Church (1827). 764 US Highway 9W. Esopus. Gothic Revival.
  4. Oliver Payne Estate (1905). 1455 US Highway 9W. Esopus. Renaissance Revival.
  5. Solomon Gidney House (c. 1855). 1835 US Highway 9W. Esopus. Italianate.
  6. Joseph Hasbrouck House (c. 1850). 707 Albany Post Road. Gardiner. Italianate.
  7. Crines Jenkins Farm (1831). 128 Crispell Lane. Gardiner. Federal.
  8. Cornelius LeFevre Farm (1816). 430 State Route 208. Gardiner. Federal.
  9. Locust Lawn / Josiah Hasbrouck Farm (1814). 436 State Route 32. Gardiner. Federal.
  10. Samuel Coykendall Lodge (1899). Alder Road. Hardenburgh. Shingle. Razed.
  11. Clove Chapel (1876). 984 Clove Road. Marbletown. Stick.
  12. Oliver House (c. 1855). 2455 US Highway 209. Marbletown. Gothic Revival.
  13. James Oliver Farm (1861). 3050 US Highway 209. Marbletown.
  14. House (c. 1885). 444 Old Indian Road. Marlborough. Queen Anne.
  15. George Wygant House (c. 1870). 601 Lattingtown Road. Marlborough. Italianate.
  16. Hallock Farm (c. 1760/1800). 152 North Road. Marlborough.
  17. Jacob Hasbrouck House (1786/1876). 193 Huguenot Street. New Paltz.
  18. The Locusts / Peter Eltinge House (1826/1850s). 160 Plains Road. New Paltz. Federal/Italianate.
  19. Jacob Hasbrouck Farm (1826). 200 White Duck Road. New Paltz. Greek Revival.
  20. Johannis Shuart House (c. 1775). 41 Allhusen Road. Plattekill.
  21. Peter Brink Farm (c. 1840). 599 Kings Highway. Saugerties. Greek Revival.
  22. Wynkoop House (c. 1740/1760). 2769 State Route 32. Saugerties.
  23. Marion Borden House (1906). 846 Borden Road. Shawangunk. Tudor Revival.
  24. Shawangunk Reformed Church (1752–1755/1833–1834). 1166 Hoagerburgh Road. Shawangunk. Greek Revival.
  25. Isaac Terwilliger House (1732). 16 Myers Road. Shawangunk.
  26. Johannes Decker Farm (c. 1725/1750/1784/1787). 337 Red Mills Road. Shawangunk.
  27. Brodhead Farm (1753/1849). 8595 US Highway 209. Wawarsing. Gothic Revival.
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