Catskill Region Delaware County

The Gideon Frisbee Homestead was constructed in 1790 for Judge Gideon Frisbvee. The house is a fine example of early Federal architecture with noteworthy features including the original grained woodwork in the tavern room, a parlor fireplace with flanking arches, large Christian Cross doors and nine-over-nine paned windows containing much of the original blown glass. The property features 6 historic buildings in additional to the Frisbee house, including a blacksmith shop, the Husted Hollow school house, the Amos Wood gun shop, tollgate, Frisbee Family Cemetery and nature trail. The museum hosts historical exhibitions and special events throughout the year.

From Bach to bluegrass, fiction to fashio, Roches to rockabilly, The West Kortright Centre sponsors performances, workshops, gallery exhibits, and community gatherings in an historic country church in a rural valley in the western Catskill Mountains.

Hanford Mills Museum, listed on the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places, is one of only a handful of operating water powered mills in the country. The historic site features mill tours demonstrating the sawmill and other mill machines, the John Hanford Farmhouse (which recreates home life in the 1920s), and other historic buildings. Visitors can explore the nature and rail trails that wind through the Museum’s 70-acre site and are welcome to picnic beside the millpond. The Museum also features a gift shop with Mill-made crafts, books and local products. A full schedule of Hanford Mills events, workshops, children’s camps and activities, the Summer Lecture and Performance Series, and Summer Steam Saturdays is available on the web site, www.hanfordmills.org. The Museum is open Wednesday - Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm - May 15 through October 15 and on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. ADMISSION FEES: Individuals 13 and over: $8.50 Seniors: $6.50 Children 12 and younger: Free Members: Free