Resources
LOCAL GOVERNMENT HISTORIANS
There are almost 1,600 local government historians in New York State. The state historian law requires that a local historian is appointed in each city, town, village. To contact your local historian, refer to the FIND A HISTORIAN list provided by the Association of Public Historians of New York State which is updated annually. If there is a vacancy in your municipality, you should advocate with your local elected officials to have one appointed.
LIST OF HISTORICAL PARTNERS IN ORANGE COUNTY
Federally Managed Historic Sites
West Point Academy Museum
• Fort Putnam
• Constitution Island
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Managed Historic Sites
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Site
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site
Purple Heart Hall of Honor
Trailside Museum and Zoo at Bear Mountain
Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site
Orange County Managed Historic Sites
Office of the Orange County Historian
• 1841 Courthouse Archive
Orange County Parks and Recreation
• Brick House Museum
• Hill-Hold Museum
• Neversink Valley Area Museum of History and Innovation
SUNY Orange
• Morrison Hall
• Sugar Loaf Mastodon
Museums/ Archives Managed by Towns & Villages
(Cornwall) Sands-Ring Homestead
(Cornwall on Hudson) Village Museum
(Deerpark)1863 Huguenot Schoolhouse and Town of Deerpark Museum
(Maybrook) Maybrook Railway Museum and Caboose Visitor Center
(Minisink) Town of Minisink Historical Commission (cabin and museum)
(Montgomery) Village of Montgomery Museum at Wesley Hall
(Wawayanda) The Pines Museum
Museums in Orange County
Gomez Foundation for the Mill House
Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame
Hudson Highlands Nature Museum
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
Motorcyclepedia Museum
• Velocipede Museum
Museum Village at Old Smith’s Clove
Orange County Farmer’s Museum
Orange County Firefighters Museum
Patent Model Museum
Pine Bush UFO and Paranormal Museum
Port Jervis Firemen Museum
Rest Haven, Inc
Storm King Art Center
Historical Society Type Membership Organizations
Bull Family Association
• Bull Stone House
Chester Historical Society
• 1915 Erie Station
Cornerstone Masonic Historical Society
• McGarrah’s Tavern
Cornwall Historical Society
Drowned Lands Historical Society
Florida Historical Society
• The Green House
Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands
• Crawford House Museum and Archive
Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct
• Edwin Welling Van Duzer Memorial House
Historical Society of Walden and Wallkill Valley
• Jacob T. Walden House
Maybrook Railway Historical Society
Minisink Valley Historical Society
• Fort Decker Museum of History
Middletown and New Jersey Railroad Historical Society
Monroe Historical Society
• F86L Sabre
Mount Hope Historical Society
• Eleazer Harding House
National Temple Hill Association
• Last Encampment
• Edmonston House
Orange County Historical Society
• Clove Furnace
Ontario and Western Railway Historical Society
Seward Mapes Homestead
Tuxedo Historical Society
Warwick Historical Society
• 1810 House
• Baird’s Tavern
• Buckbee Center
• Carriage House
• Ketchum House
• L&H Caboose Visitors Center
• Old Baptist Meeting House
• Old Union AME Church
• Shingle House
• Sly Barn
Woodbury Historical Society
• The Gatehouse
Other History Membership Organizations
Brigade of the American Revolution
• 5th NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment
• 3rd NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment
• Lamb’s Artillery Company
Constitution Island Association
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Minisink Chapter
• Old Stone Schoolhouse
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Quassaick Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Old Mine Road Chapter
Friends of the Colden Ruins
Friends of Hathorn House
Friends of Hill-Hold and Brick House
Friends of the Historic Sites of the Hudson Highlands
Incorporated Orange County Chapter of the NYS Archaeological Association
Newburgh Preservation Association
Orange Blossoms 124th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Orange County Genealogical Society
West Point Chapter of the Company of Military Historians
Regional Advocacy Groups that Cross into Orange County
Calvert Vaux Preservation Alliance
Mid-Hudson Historic Destinations
Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
Public Libraries in the County with Dedicated History Rooms
Cornwall Public Library
Goshen Public Library and Historical Society
Thrall Public Library District of Middletown and Wallkill
Montgomery Free Library
Newburgh Free Library
Port Jervis Free Library
Tuxedo Park Library
Albert Wisner Public Library Warwick
Moffat Library Washingtonville