Greenwich Village, Washington County, New York (NY) 12834

Greenwich Village

Washington County, New York

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Village of Greenwich municipal offices are located at 2 Academy Street, Greenwich NY 12834.
Phone: 518‑692‑7137.

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Beginnings [1]

The Village of Greenwich is located on both sides of the Battenkill River, a noted trout and recreation stream, which empties into the Hudson River at Clarks Mills in the Town of Greenwich. Prior to European contact, tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy known as the Horizons, travelled and fished this river. Along the western border of the township and through the village lies a portion of the Great War Trail. Armies used this trail up to and during the Revolutionary War. Colonel Baum followed it on his way to the Battle of Bennington and General Burgoyne on his way to the Battle of Saratoga. The falls in the Battenkill, which enticed settlers, descend 17 feet at Center Falls, 15 feet at Greenwich, and 40 feet at Middle Falls; Dionondahowa (The Great Falls), named by the Native Americans, drops 70 feet about one-half mile below Middle Falls.

The first Europeans in the area were Dutch who settled on the Saratoga Patent. Later, the Scotch-Irish came to the Argyle Patent. These early settlers were soon followed by Baptists and Quakers from Rhode Island, some of whom came to what is now Greenwich. Prior to the Revolutionary War, the Quakers established a masting house in a log cabin built over the Battenkill in the community of Easton a few miles to the south. (In 1795 the log cabin was replaced by the present clapboard structure which is still used by area Quakers). In 1783 the Baptists established their first church in a log cabin built below the village on land obtained from General Philip Schuyler. (In 1795 it was replaced with a church of wood on the site of the present brick church).

  1. Garofaline, N. Y. State Department of Historic Preservation, Village of Greenwich Historic District, Washington County New York, 1995, nomination document, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.

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