Drive Through History: Sacred Spaces, Part Two

As Dutch immigrants settled northern Columbia County in the late 1600s, the Reformed church was the first Christian denomination to take firm root in this part of the County. Soon thereafter, other immigrant groups began arriving with their own faiths: Congregationalists from New England, Presbyterians from Great Britain, Quakers from Dutchess County and Nantucket, and eventually Roman Catholics and Jews from points throughout Europe.

Their legacies live on at these historically significant sacred spaces, which preserve not just the religious traditions, but the cultural and social life of these diverse communities.