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Hudson Falls

Hudson Falls is located along a dramatic bend of the Hudson River as it flows easterly, and then turns sharply south. Albert Baker settled near the falls of the Hudson in 1765, just below the present village center. The cascading falls are the highest on the Hudson River, dropping about 80 feet over the course of a mile. Baker established a small wing dam and saw mill, the first water-powered mill at the falls. The growing community came to be known as Kingsbury until the name was changed to Sandy Hill in early 1790's. After a century as Sandy Hill, the village was renamed Hudson Falls in 1910.

During the nineteenth century, foundries, saw mills and papers mills were mainstays of the local economy. Kingsbury Bluestone was quarried in the Town of Kingsbury, of which Hudson Falls is a part. This durable sedimentary dolostone had many architectural and structural applications, including canal walls, bridges and aqueducts. Portions of the Brooklyn Bridge towers are built of Kingsbury Bluestone. The Glens Falls Feeder Canal runs through Hudson Falls, and was an important conduit for sending local goods to markets far and wide, and for receiving shipments of coal from Pennsylvania, and rags and wood pulp for use in local paper mills.

Village of Hudson Falls

220 Main St.,

Hudson Falls 12839

Tel. 747-5426

Town of Kingsbury

210 Main St.,

Hudson Falls 12839

Tel. 747-2188, Ext. 3001

Town of Kingsbury Historian

Paul Loding

210 Main St.

Hudson Falls 12839