Alex Wade Exhibit Opening Weekend

Event held inside the Kiersted House and in the Dutch Barn.

Alex shepherded many key Saugerties projects from start to finish.  He was on the original Saugerties Lighthouse Board and was the Lighthouse Conservancy architect and construction manager.  (When he was 82, he wrote a history of how the lighthouse was saved from extinction, for the Saugerties Historical Society newsletter.)  Alex teamed with Mayor Robert Yerick to begin a "Village Streetscape" project that is still ongoing. The project largely eliminated unsightly overhead utility wires from Main and Partition Streets and has involved the selective replacement of damaged Village bluestone sidewalks. 

Alex was an expert consultant as well as an author.  He was on the board of directors of the Saugerties Historical Society, where he was its first vice president and remained an officer for almost 20 years.  He consulted for projects such as the Saugerties Bike Routes, the Saugerties Area…