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Town Clerk's Office

Philipstown Town Hall

• 238 Main Street
• Cold Spring, NY 10516
• Phone: 845-265-3329

Cold Spring Village Hall

• 87 Main Street
• Cold Spring, NY 10516
• Phone: 845-265-3611

Nelsonville Village Hall

• 258 Main Street
• Cold Spring, NY 10516
• Phone: 845-265-2500

Town Library

Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library

• Morris Avenue
• Cold Spring, NY 10516
• Phone: 845-265-3040

Alice and Hamilton Fish Library

• P.O. Box 286, Rtes. 403 & 9D
• Garrison, NY 10524
• Phone: 845-424-3020

Putnam County Historical Society & Foundry Museum

• 63 Chestnut Street
• Cold Spring, NY 10516
• Phone: 845-265-4010
• e-mail: [email protected]
• For a list of the Society's Surname file, see the List compiled and donated to this site by Drew Dubler.

Cemeteries

Some inscriptions for the following cemeteries have been listed in Pelletreau's "History of Putnam County" and the links given will take you to the transcribed pages on this site. Additionally, you should view the cemetery page to see what else is available on microfilm at the Family History Centers or what has been published.

• South Highland Methodist Church Burying Ground
• St. Philip's Church in the Highlands Burying Ground
• Cemeteries at Cold Spring

History

In 1886, William S. Pelletreau published his "History of Putnam County, New York with Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men". Check the Table of Contents for this book and find out what pages may have been transcribed and posted to this site such as that which follows below:

• William Garrison (biographical sketch, pages 617 through 620.)

French's Gazetteer of the State OF New York is an important resource for researchers in New York State. It was published in 1860 and, as its title identifies, it gave a "...Comprehensive View of the Geography, Geology, and General History of the State and A complete History and Description of Every County, City, Town, Village, and Locality."

Cultural and Historic Sites

• Photos of Cold Spring, NY
• Boscobel Restoration, Inc.
• http://www.pojonews.com/enjoy/stories/0514931.htm

Area Map

• http://www.pcnr.com/areamap.htm

Some Houses of Worship

• Philipstown Area Houses of Worship, courtesy of the Putnam County News and Recorder: http://www.pcnr.com/church.htm

Miscellaneous Other Links of Interest

• Putnam County Visitors' Bureau Philipstown site.
• Philipstown: The Hudson Valley Gateway has the following site dedicated to Philipstown: "Where the Country Begins"
• Cold Spring-on-Hudson: The Hudson Valley Gateway has the following site dedicated to Cold Spring: "Star of the Hudson"

Bibliography

___. Peekskill, Fishkill, Matteawan and Cold Spring, their representative business men, and points of interest. [Newark, NJ: Mercantil Publ. Co., 1892]

Pelletreau, William S. History of Putnam County, New York with Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men [Philadelphia, PA: W.W. Preston & Co., 1886]

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