Stockade Walkabout 2013

 

Today I went with Sharon Maughan and Nancy Crapo to the
Stockade Walkabout.  I've been wanting to go for years!

  The Stockade is where Schenectady began, as a cluster of houses behind a wooden stockade in the 1660s. The neighborhood was burned by the French and Indians in the massacre of 1690. But Stockade residents rebuilt. About a hundred years later, George Washington stopped by. The Marquis de Lafayette visited, too. The National Park Service says the Stockade has "the highest concentration of historic period homes in the country." And it was designated as New York's first historic district.

 This is a picture of the First Presbyterian Church.  It was built in 1760.

 

Isn't it beautiful.  They said its history includes Presidential visits, notable theologians and prominent people from around the area.

Here's a picture of one of the inside of one of the houses we was.  It was totally amazing.  I loved how they'd restored it!

 This is a photo of the First Reformed Church. It is the first church organized in Schenectady.  It was founded before 1680 and known then as the Dutch Reformed Church.

This is a picture of the St. George's Episcopal Church, which is the oldest church building in the area.  It was founded in 1735.

This is a picture of the statue of Lawrence the Indian.  He is said to have been a great friend to the early settlers. He helped track the French and Indians who attacked the Stockade in 1690 and was a Christian. The statue is a central feature to Schenectady's Stockade area.

We walked around.  They had 18 different things to see.  Houses, Inns or churches were open to go inside.  A couple houses were in the process of being restored.  One we saw had been re-done and was totally awesome.  I wanted to live there.  We ate at a little table by Arthur's Market.  It was a beautiful day for our bag lunch!  Fall in New York is the BEST!!!