Old Senate House, Kingston, N.Y.
Vintage Catskills postcard depicting the historic Senate House located in the Stockade District of Kingston, New York. The postcard was published by The Kingston News. The postmark shows that it was mailed in 1949.
The caption on the back of the postcard reads: “OLD SENATE HOUSE (Clinton Avenue near North Front Street) – oldest public building in the United States. Built in 1676, it was the meeting place of the first Senate of New York State in 1777. George Washington opened a Masonic Lodge here in 1782. Owned by the state, and contains a valuable collection of Colonial articles.”
