Stuyvesant 3700SF Contemporary.  This magnificent home is on 86+acres.  In addition to main house there is a 5BR Guesthouse and carriage house with an apartment above.

Stuyvesant 3700SF Contemporary

Stuyvesant 3700SF Contemporary

Stuyvesant NY Real Estate houses land includes the hamlets of  Stuyvesant Landing and Stuyvesant Falls, on a spectacular waterfalls on the Kinderhook Creek. Between the two hamlets and comprising most of the town are the hundreds of acres of rolling farmland for which the Town of Stuyvesant is most known.

The Town of Stuyvesant is in the north of Columbia County, with the Hudson River to the west, Rensselaer County to the north, the Town of Kinderhook to the east and the Town of Stockport to the south.

A town of approximately 2,300 people, Stuyvesant is an agricultural community dotted with single family residences and small businesses. The predominance of farming within the community has left its rural character much the same as it’s been for over the last 100 years. Stuyvesant’s bucolic landscape belies the fact that it is located less than 20 miles south of the state capital of Albany, New York. Centrally located in the state and the region, the town is approximately two and a half hours from both New York City and Boston.

According to the U. S. Census for 2000, the town has a total area of 26.8 square miles and a population of 2,188 people, 97% white. The median income for a household is $49,904 and the per capita income for the town is $21,314.

Explorer Henry Hudson visited the region in 1609. The area, being next to the Hudson River, was settled before 1650. In the 1700s fur traders used the river at Kinderhook Landing. Stuyvesant became a separate township in 1823.

Stuyvesant 3700SF Contemporary

An agricultural community, it is also home to the Stuyvesant Falls a two stop natural waterfalls in the Kinderhook Creek which was used by paper and textile mills in the 1800s. Brickmaking was also a local industry, as well as ice havesting. Freight sloops made regular trips to New York City. Stuyvesant had freight and passenger service through the World War II years. Today residents commute to Albany and Hudson for work and have second homes in the area.

Spectacular views of the upper and lower falls can be viewed from the historic iron truss bridge in the hamlet that spans the creek. The area at the north end of town became known as Poolsburgh, named after the VanderPoel family who settled there. They were instrumental in planning the course of the Farmer’s Turnpike (now Route 9J) which was charted in 1813.

Stuyvesant Falls had rail service from 1891 to 1929. At first powered by steam, the railroad was electrified by the turn of the century and extended to Albany. The power that operated the third rail for the Albany & Southern Railway Company was generated at Stuyvesant Falls.

Today, just over 2,000 people call Stuyvesant home. Community pride is reflected by many active volunteer groups and celebrated yearly on Historic Stuyvesant Day held the second Saturday of August.

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