Our Community
Preserving history is a community effort. On this page, we showcase our valued friends —local non-profits and community groups — that work alongside the Saugerties Historical Society to foster a deeper understanding of our collective heritage.
Gravestone Guardians
Gravestone Guardians, Inc., is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization co-founded by David and Jenny Carr of Bellingham, MA. Since 2018, we’ve been dedicated to cleaning, repairing, and restoring headstones with skill, respect, and a deep appreciation for the history they represent.
Saugerties Artists Studio Tour
The Tour is a sub-committee within The Saugerties Hudson River Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit. It is made up of volunteer member artists, each lending a hand wherever they can to organize, promote and make the Tour into the successful event it has become. We are committed and love what we do. Each artist in his or her own right is dedicated to the pursuit of their art. The Tour features a wide range of artists with varied skills that include: painting in all its manifestations including oil, acrylic, watercolor and encaustics along with drawing, mixed media, photography, digital, sculpture, handmade furniture, printmaking, ceramic art and pottery, mosaic, collage, and upcycled art. Each artist has their own unique voice and life experience to share. Some of the artists’ are renowned with credits to their names from exhibits locally, nationally and worldwide. All of our artists are talented and many are yet to be discovered.
Saugerties Historic Preservation Comission
We implement the Town of Saugerties' Historic Preservation Ordinance by designating, protecting, enhancing and promoting landmarks and historic districts and historic and scenic transportation routes. To help preserve the historic, architectural, archeological and cultural heritage of the Town, we issue Certificate of Appropriateness for improvements to designated historic sties.
First Ulster County Milita
The First Ulster County Militia & Living History Organization, was organized in 1996 in the Mid Hudson Valley of New York State around Kingston. Our desire is to recreate the life & times of the people of Kingston & Ulster County in the years of the American Revolution 1775 - 1783, although our emphasis is on the early war years up to & including the British attack & burning of the City of Kingston in October 1777.
