page_title: Columbia County Historical Society
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Columbia County Historical Society / History
caption_attribution_description: English: c.1819 James Vanderpoel 'House of History', Kinderhook, NY
context_page_description: Founded in 1916, the Columbia County Historical Society and CCHS Museum & Library collects, preserves, interprets, and presents the history, heritage, and culture of Columbia County, New York, and serves residents of all eighteen Columbia County towns and the city of Hudson.
  CCHS collections include important and rare genealogical materials, archives, paintings, textiles, furniture and decorative arts relating to Columbia County's heritage.
  The Columbia County Historical Society owns and maintains four historic properties including a museum & library at its headquarters located in the village of Kinderhook, New York at the corner of Broad Street and Albany Avenue. It also publishes a biannual magazine, Columbia County History & Heritage.
context_section_description: The Columbia County Historical Society was founded in 1916 as a women' social and philanthropic club.  The historical society first admitted men with a men's auxiliary in 1917 and became fully coed when it incorporated in 1924 as the Columbia County Historical Society, Inc.  In 2016, the CCHS celebrated its centennial with publication of its institutional history and exhibition, "100 Years of Collecting". The Historical Society generally focuses on New York State and Dutch Colonial history and culture.
caption: c.1819 James Vanderpoel 'House of History', Kinderhook, New York. Collection of the Columbia County Historical Society, acquired in 1924.
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