Clearwater and Hudson River Maritime Museum Invite the Community to Witness the Official Barn Raising
The community is invited to join Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Hudson River Maritime Museum on Saturday, September 15 for a Celebration and Barn Raising for the much anticipated Kingston Home Port and Education Center. The public will be able to observe the carefully choreographed, pre-planned assembly, or “Amish-style” timber frame barn raising that will take place on the grounds of the Hudson River Maritime Museum, located at 50 Rondout Landing in Kingston, NY.
Members of the Timber Framers Guild will be on hand starting at 5:00 AM to begin the assembly. Working throughout the day, a secondary construction crew will assist with other vital parts of the structure such as bents, floor joists, purlins, diagonal braces, and posts.
The Barn Raising Ceremony will begin at approximately 3:00 PM. Members of the community are invited to assemble outside the safety fence to witness the festivities with state and local officials, key community members, donors, project stakeholders and visionaries, representing both Clearwater and the Hudson River Maritime Museum.
Clearwater and the Hudson River Maritime Museum are working closely together within this partnership to redefine the waterfront and continue to revive the historic Rondout district of downtown Kingston as a center for community and maritime interests. Already a maritime heritage destination, this waterfront attracts tourism to the region by hosting annual events such as Hudson River Day and the Antique and Classic Boats Show as well as visiting heritage and replica vessels. Kingston’s historic Rondout Creek, with its deep water port, is one of the best boating destinations on the Hudson River. As an educational center and an environmental hub for the region, the shared Kingston Home Port and Education Center will serve as the winter home for the sloop Clearwater and as a multi-purpose building for the Hudson River Maritime Museum.
The waterfront center will be a terrific addition to Kingston’s lively downtown district – already home to museums, restaurants, art galleries, antique and gift shops. As an important component to Kingston’s local economy, the center will serve as a catalyst attracting both business interests and heritage tourism to the entire region, truly supporting the idea of the Hudson as the “River that flows both ways.”
WHAT: Barn Raising and Celebration with the official Ceremony for the much anticipated Kingston Home Port and Education Center, a multi-purpose shared building serving as both the winter home for the sloop Clearwater and as an educational and community facility for the Hudson River Maritime Museum.
WHO: The community is invited to assemble outside the safety fence to witness the festivities with state and local officials, key community members, donors, project stakeholders and visionaries, representing both Clearwater and the Hudson River Maritime Museum.
WHEN: Saturday, September 15, starting at 5:00 AM; Barn Raising Ceremony to begin at approximately 3:00 PM
WHERE: Hudson River Maritime Museum and the historic Rondout waterfront located in downtown Kingston, 50 Rondout Landing.
The Hudson River Maritime Museum will be open Saturday, September 15 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Exhibits on view that day will be “The Face of Work TODAY in the Hudson Valley”, sponsored by Ulster Savings Bank; “TUGS!” and “Fishing the Hudson”.
