Browse our  bookstore online, then visit the Museum Shop in the Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery. The shop has a selection of publications, many not listed here, and other items that celebrate the history and heritage of our area. The shop is open during regular site visitation hours: May-October, Friday-Saturday, 11-4. The FHK Gallery is located at the corner of Wall and Main Streets adjacent to the Fred J .Johnston House.

ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK: THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY & GUIDE

Dr. William B. Rhoads

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive history of the architecture of Ulster County. Featuring 325 sites with 340 illustrations, the book showcases three centuries of architecture from 1660 and the early European settlers’ simple limestone cottages to the Modernist glass structures of the mid-1950s. Histories of the architects, builders and owners give historical and social context to the featured sites.  Published by Black Dome Press, 2011.

$24.95 + tax.

STREET WHYS:
ANECDOTES AND LORE OF KINGSTON, N.Y.

Edwin M. Ford, City of Kingston Historian

More than half a century of research by City of Kingston Historian Edwin M. Ford produced this 343-page book that tells how approximately 365 Kingston streets got their names.   The listings are arranged alphabetically with each entry containing information on when and how the street developed, along with names of its notable buildings, businesses and residents. The book provides a composite portrait of the city’s development over the past 352 years. Published by Ford Printing 2010.

$19.95 + tax

KINGSTON NEW YORK: THE ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE

Dr. William B. Rhoads

This 205-page guide describes and illustrates over 134 sites covering more then 375 years of Kingston’s architectural history from Colonial times to the present. Authored by Dr. William B. Rhoads, Professor Emeritus of Art History at SUNY New Paltz, it reflects his 25 years of research into Kingston’s buildings and their architects. Organized in nine sections or “tours,” it can be read in a comfortable chair, or doing a driving or walking tour of Kingston’s neighborhoods. “Lost Kingston” is also represented in a section with historic photographs of buildings that might have been saved. Contemporary photos are by James Bleecker and historic photographs include many previously unavailable to the public from the William J. O’Reilly Collection. The foreword is by J. Winthrop Aldrich, retired Deputy Commissioner of Historic Preservation for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Published in 2003 by Black Dome Press.
$16.95 + tax

IMAGES OF AMERICA: KINGSTON

Edwin M. Ford, City of Kingston Historian

A photographic essay, the 128-page book illustrates four centuries of architecture, streetscapes and various aspects of life from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s. Nine sections show Kingston’s legacy of stone houses in the Stockade District, the city’s maritime history as a major Hudson River port and terminus of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, commerce and industry, public buildings, churches and private residences. Photos are from the Friends of Historic Kingston archives and several private collections. The text was researched and written by Edwin M. Ford, City of Kingston Historian and longtime board member of Friends of Historic Kingston. Published in 2004 by Arcadia as part of the Images of America Series.
$19.99 + tax

JULIA McENTEE DILLON

Sanford A. Levy
This lavish four-color essay covers the life and work of Kingston artist Julian McEntee Dillon (1834-1919) who was noted for her floral paintings. The 44 illustrations include many of the paintings from the major retrospective of her work featured in the Friends of Historic Kingston Museum Gallery in 2005. The text is by Sanford Levy of Jenkinstown Antiques, New Paltz, who was co-curator of the exhibition. . Contemporary photography is by John Lenz.
$20 + tax

TELLER & HALVERSON: Masters of the Colonial Revival in Ulster County, New York

Dr. William B. Rhoads

The contribution to the Colonial Revival Style by two late distinguished Ulster County architects, Myron Teller and Harry Halverson, is documented in this 35-page 8” x 11 ½” soft cover book. Dr. Rhoads writes and lectures extensively about the Colonial Revival Style and also authored Kingston, New York: The Architectural Guide. Photographs illustrate Teller and Halverson’s extensive work throughout Ulster County. Published in 2005 by Friends of Historic Kingston.
$10.00 + tax

JOSEPH TUBBY ARTIST: RONDOUT, NEW YORK

Sanford A. Levy

The lavishly illustrated book was produced to accompany the 2008 retrospective in the FHK Museum Gallery featuring the work of Joseph Tubby (1821-1896) ), a major nineteenth century Kingston artist noted for his paintings of local landscapes. Written by guest curator Sanford Levy, the 8 1/2″ x 10 1/2″i30-page book contains 21 plates.
$19.95 + tax

GEORGE CLINTON: FOUNDING FATHER OF NEW YORK STATE

Produced by Friends of Historic Kingston. 18-Minute DVD

Follow the footsteps of George Clinton from his birth on a Hudson Valley farm to his election as New York State’s first governor and vice-president of the United States under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. This 18-minute documentary shows Clinton as the heroic Brigadier General who led the defense of Fort Montgomery on October 6, 1777, and resolutely led the fight to add the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. It reveals the greatness of character of a man whose influence on New York State and the nation endures even today.
$20 + tax

KINGSTON’S GREATEST GENERATION

17-minute DVD

Photo and film footage features local troops departing for World War II and the homefront heroes.
$15 + TAX.

In addition to the books listed in our Virtual Bookstore, the FHK Museum has a large selection of brochures relating to Kingston and the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. The Local History Room at t the Kingston Area Library, 55 Franklin Street, houses a large collection of books on regional history.