Outgoing
Senate House State Historic Site 1
Walking Tour
Senate House State Historic Site 2
Senate House State Historic Site 3
Senate House State Historic Site 4
Senate House State Historic Site 5

Senate House State Historic Site

Stockade District

Step into the 1676 house where New York's constitution was born, then burned by the British just weeks later. Expert guides bring the tumultuous birth of the state to life in this beautifully preserved stone building.

Revolutionary War history
Constitutional Convention site
Expert-guided tours
Dutch colonial architecture

Tips

🏛️"It was interesting to learn that the city of Kingston was the first capital of New York."
📜first building in Kingston on the National Register (1971)
🔥British burned the house and city one month after the Convention

Senate House State Historic Site

296 Fair St, Kingston, NY 12401, USA