Join us at Paramount Country Club, the former estate of Adolph Zukor, a co-founder of Paramount Studios, for an evening of celebration. Guests will enjoy a cocktail hour, award presentations and musical entertainment. An array of items will be available at a silent auction. 

Explore one of the most beautiful gardens in America, once part of the Yonkers estate of the attorney Samuel Untermyer and his wife, Minnie, philanthropists who supported cultural institutions and the causes of Zionism and women’s suffrage in the early 20th century.

American quilts have decorated our beds and kept us warm for two centuries. They tell stories about women and their communities. In this special presentation, Peggy Norris explores the great variety of quilts from 1800 to 1976, with a special look at quilts made in Rockland and Bergen counties.

From before the U.S. Civil War to the nation’s Revolutionary War Bicentennial anniversary in 1976 and beyond, women have shared their pride, friendship, and community by adding names to quilts.

Highlighting the Onderdonk-Tallman-Budke and Vanderbilt-Budke-Traphagen Houses

Listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places 131 Germonds Road, West Nyack

Larry Kigler will present his popular visual tour of towns, villages, and hamlets of Rockland County, including places that no longer exist or are now “ghost towns,” such as Rockland Lake.

The order of business will include reports of the committees and Elections of Trustees. 

Our first stop is the stately 1820s Neoclassical home of Captain David Crawford, a civic leader and maritime entrepreneur who played a key role in Newburgh's transition from small riverside community to thriving shipping and industrial city.

We'll take a 45 minute to one hour tour of Boscobel, exploring the cultural and historical significance of its “million dollar view” overlooking the Hudson River and Highlands, Constitution Marsh, and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Visit the Historical Society of Rockland County for an unforgettable experience of wonder and fun! We're opening our 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House to welcome children of all ages to celebrate Saint Nicholas as we've done since 1961.

To commemorate the birthday of Rockland artist Henry Varnum Poor, the Rockland Center for the Arts and Historical Society of Rockland County will screen the new film The Murals.

Spend an enchanting evening at the historic 1832 Jacob Blauvelt farmhouse, illuminated with candlelight and lanterns, fragrant with traditional sweets, and decorated with festive greenery.

We’re celebrating winter and its holidays in this year’s exhibition, showcasing items from our collections that include children’s toys, books, and games; holiday cards and décor; snow-themed works of art; and more.

Weather and temperature permitting, we will hold the meeting outdoors, under the History Center's patio roof. In case of inclement weather, the meeting will be held in the lower-level Community Room.

Learn about how renowned artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Jo Davidson, and Miriam Schapiro factored into the county’s remarkable place in art history and hear how they all interconnected with other important art world figures and movements.

Since the 1970s, when it was donated to our collection by the late Dr. Anthony Pavia, D.C., of New City, the HSRC has had in our possession the horse-drawn wagon used by Postman Frank Eberling to carry mail on New City’s Rural Free Delivery routes at the turn of the 20th century.

Co-sponsored by the Historical Society of Rockland County and the Northwest Bergen History Coalition.

We are privileged to have William M. Ferraro, Research Associate Professor and Editor of The Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia, as our guest speaker.

We’ll take a combined bus and walking tour of the West Point Campus with a special on-board guide who will tell us about the U.S. Military Academy’s role in the Revolutionary War and other famous conflicts and about many of the graduates who have shaped our nation.

The Trustees of the Historical Society of Rockland County Cordially Invite You to the

2023 ANNUAL DINNER, When: Sunday, September 10, 2023, 6-10 pm, Where: Nyack Seaport Restaurant, 21 Burd Street, Nyack

Come meet up with other history/historical architecture lovers to tour the Lustron House in nearby Closter, New Jersey. Jennifer Rothschild, the HSRC's director of programming, will greet you at the house, which is set up as a mid-century-styled house museum. The tour is free of charge.

This history-rich hike led by Gordon Wren and Tony Benedict will take you to a 200-year-old cemetery inside Harriman State Park. Due to the sensitive nature of the site, the location of our ultimate destination will be revealed only once your reservation has been confirmed.

Robert R. Meehan (1930-2004) served as the District Attorney of Rockland County from 1965 to 1974. He would later go on to become New York State's Special Assistant Attorney-General for Medicaid Fraud and a Rockland County and New York State Supreme Court Judge until his retirement in 2000.

The multiple murders of James (Husted) Germond; his wife, Mabel; and their two children, Bernice and Raymond, at their Dutchess County farm in November 1930 is one of the most famous crimes ever committed in the Hudson Valley.

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