This church organized in 1659 and chartered November 17, 1719 under His Majesty George King of Great Britain was served until December 1808 by pastors educated in the Universities of Holland and Germany who preached in Dutch. The first sermon by the first pastor was delivered September 12, 1660 by whom the Lord’s Supper was first administered on the 26 of the following December. A “Minister’s House” was built in 1661 which subsequently was used “both for religious dutyes and civill affayres.” In 1679 a stone church was erected on the south-west corner of this lot which edifice was notably improved in 1721 and was rebuilt and dedicated November 26, 1752 N.S. The latter which is here represented was burned by the British October 16, 1777 was renewed extended in 1790 and was finally demolished in 1836. The next church was built of brick, dedicated August 20, 1833 and was located on the south-east corner of Wall and Main Streets. The last and present edifice (Lecture-room on the north enlarged 1882) was dedicated September 28, 1852 during the pastorate of

John Cantine Farrell Hoes   D. D. 1845 – 1867

to whose memory and that of his wife

Lucy Maria Randall of Cortland New York

this tablet as a record of the church and their association

with it is lovingly inscribed and presented by their daughter

Mary S. Hoes Burhans   Easter-Day 1900

[ Lower Marker : ]

First Reformed Protestant

Dutch Church of Kingston

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America

Dedicated in 1852, this church is an outstanding expression of mid-19th century architectural eclecticism by American architect Minard Lafever. It is one of the most intact and fully developed examples of Lafever’s renaissance revival work, a style he helped pioneer in America.2008

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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