Finding Us
The Herman Melville House is the headquarters of the Lansingburgh Historical Society. The first floor contains two connected parlors which are used for meeting and display. They are furnished with pieces from local historic homes. There is a doll house, a box which once held letters exchanged between the Melville and Gansevoort family members, a book collection, and items (photos, art works, models, tin ware, etc.) related to Lansingburgh people and industries. The third floor has a collection of artifacts from the brick, brush, and rope making industries along with street signs, toys, tools, and various other items from Lansingburgh’s past. Across First Avenue is Melville Park, once the site of ship building and a carpenter shop. (Detailed Directions HERE)
The "Old House"
(see below for a brief history of this Lansingburgh gem)
Welcome to our new website. All Historical Society Events will be posted in the Events section, in the top menu bar. Please note that all the archival content of the old website can be accessed HERE. Over the next year our archives will appear on this site in searchable fashion as topic focused blog posts. You will notice that not all of the links in the ABOUT US section are working. These will be slowly activated in the next few months. Please bear with us during this transition. Until the transition is complete all of our archival records can be found on the old website.
The Old House (pictured above) Michael Barrett provides this bit of history. “580 First Avenue. Identified as “the old house” on Lansing’s original map, this c. 1720 building is the oldest known building in Lansingburgh. Noted for it’s Dutch gambrel roof over 1 1/2 stories, rather than the 2 1/2 story style of the later 18th century."
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this photo is of One of our neighbors on 114th street
Who is Who at the Society
OFFICERS
President – John Ward
Vice President – Mary Ellen Ward
Treasurer – Beth Roy
Assistant Treasurer – Sue Busta
Recording Secretary – Linda Segreto
Corresponding Secretary – Kathy Fomuk
TRUSTEES
Elected 2015
Michael Barrett
Sue Busta
Pat Dorow
Byron Moak
John Ward
Mary Ellen Ward
Elected 2016
Kathy Fomuk
Linda Segretto
Elected 2017
Heidi Klinowski
Elected 2018
Toni Dickinson
Mary Ellen Kelleher
Elected 2019
Beth Roy