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Amenia City Historical Markers

Map of New York State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Amenia
 

Amenia City Historical Markers

Amenia Historical Marker

US 44, North of Amenia, Amenia, NY, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 41° 51' 28.49904", -73° 33' 12.52008"

Named from the Latin Amoena, Pleasant to the Eye, by Dr. Thomas Young, Early Settler, who Also named Vermont.
US 44, North of Amenia
Amenia Churches
Beth David Synagogue
Beth David Synagogue is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Amenia Schools
Indian Rock Schoolhouse
Indian Rock Schoolhouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Amenia Historic Homes & Houses
Hendrik Winegar House
Hendrik Winegar House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Lewis Mumford House
Lewis Mumford House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Red Meeting House
Red Meeting House Carmel in Nine Partners, First Church in Amenia, was Formerly Near Cemetery. George Whitefield, Famous... [click for more]

Amenia General Interest
Amenia Seminary
Site of Amenia Seminary built in 1835; It was Directed by the Methodist Church. It Had a High Reputation and Many Noted Graduates.... [click for more]

Amenia Union
Home of Dr. Thomas Young, who named Amenia, and Vermont; a Revolutionary Patriot, and Friend of Ethan Allen.... [click for more]

Amenia City Historical Marker
Named from the Latin Amoena, Pleasant to the Eye, by Dr. Thomas Young, Early Settler, who Also named Vermont.... [click for more]

Dutchess County
Created in 1638, and named for the Dutchess of York. the T in Original Name is Still Used... [click for more]

New York State
Explored by Dutch, 1609, Settled by Dutch, 1624;k. under English Rule after 1664. named for Duke of York, later King James Ii... [click for more]

Richard Sackett
Fist Settler of Amenia, about 1711, Had Farm here and is Buried on Hill to North. He was Commissioner on Palatine Settlement.... [click for more]

Troutbeck
Former Home of Myron B. Benton, Poet-naturalist, friend of John Burroughs, Emerson and Thoreau... [click for more]

Uldrick Winegar
And his Son Capt. Garrett Winegar, who came from the East Camp of the Palatines, Germantown, N.y. Settled here in 1724.... [click for more]