New Baltimore Hamlet Historic District

New Baltimore Hamlet occupies a series of steep terraces on the west bank of the Hudson River in Greene County, about 15 miles south of Albany. The historic district covers roughly 103 acres and includes 95 contributing buildings and a cemetery, mostly houses built from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. The oldest documented dwelling is a stone farmhouse built around 1770 by Steven Parson. The hamlet began as a landing and grew into a shipbuilding and repair community, with milling, freighting and ice businesses. Fires destroyed most of its commercial center, known as The Square, and none of the industrial structures survive, though remains of the Sherman ship yard, including a sawmill, marine railroad and pier supports, are known. What remains is a varied collection of vernacular Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire and Queen Anne buildings. Notable public buildings include the Dutch Reformed Church, the former Methodist Church of 1874, Cornell Hall of 1906 and the 1909 public school.