On Sunday, an event that was supposed to take place in February but was rescheduled for March took place at the Hudson Area Library. That event was "If This Old House Could Talk."
The old house of the title is the early 18th-century Jan Van Hoesen house on Route 66, one of the most significant historic sites in Columbia County. It is believed that, more than a hundred years after it was built, the house was the home of Quaker abolitionist Charles Marriott, and it was a station on the Underground Railroad. It was this period in the life of this house that was the subject of the presentation on Sunday by Fergus Bordewich and Ed Klinger, hosted by the African American Archives of Columbia County and the Hudson Area Library.
If you missed the presentation on Sunday, do not despair. Lance Wheeler videotaped the event, and it can be viewed on YouTube by clicking here.
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