The Van Alen Homestead, Where Katrina Van Tassel Lived (1736), Kinderhook, N.Y.

A photographic postcard capturing the Luykas Van Alen House located on 9H in Kinderhook, N.Y. In the foreground are several small plants, and beyond the grass in the middle ground is the home. Three tall pine trees stand directly in front of it. A prime representation of Dutch Colonial culture in the Hudson Valley, the Luykas Van Alen home was built c. 1737. Up until the 1960s, the Van Alen family owned the residence. In 1964, the Columbia County Historical Society acquired the home. Tradition, according to some, holds that Washington Irving possibly used the home as inspiration for The Legend... Mehr ...