Friday-Saturday, June 26-27, 2026 One of preservationists’ most common cries is to “save wood windows!” Understanding how to implement vital maintenance and repair of wood windows conserves their functionality and helps preserve a building’s historic character. Join AARCH at Wevertown’s Robert and Electa Waddell House to learn how to repair, restore, and preserve wood windows…
Monday, August 24, 2026 Home to small-scale agriculture, tanning, and burgeoning timber industries in its 19th-century era, Johnsburg exhibits numerous storied structures that tell the story of this town’s evolution over time. Developer John Thurman lured people to the area in hopes of sustaining several industries at the turn of the 19th century. Although these…
Monday, August 31, 2026 For almost 200 years, the Glens Falls Feeder Canal has supplied water from the Hudson River to the Champlain Canal and helped to transport people and goods between Glens Falls and Fort Edward. Today, the Feeder Canal still serves its original function of sending water to the Champlain Canal, but also…
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 Our most requested outing from the last two years is back! Quietly tucked in a serene corner of the Town of Chester, Friends Lake hosts a range of historic buildings, scenic views, and Adirondack stories. Sandwiched between the Hudson River to the west and the charming hamlet of Chestertown to the…
Thursday, August 8, 2024 The charming community of Warrensburg boasts the Adirondack Park’s largest National Register-listed historic district. It features some of the most beautiful examples of high-style architecture and inspiring grassroots historic preservation stories. What’s more, new and seasoned property and business owners are tapping into the rich character and opportunities that the town’s…
Thursday, September 26, 2024 At its height in the 1950s, Lake Luzerne’s storied dude ranches drew tourists in droves. In the 1920s, developer Earl Woodward began amassing properties on 1,400 acres of forest, fields, and streams between the villages of Lake George and Lake Luzerne for a recreational haven he called Northwoods Dude Ranch. The…
Last Offered 2021 Bolton Landing and Lake George offer beauty, historic buildings, and stories all in one spectacular setting. We will start this special summer day with a visit to the Bolton Historical Museum, housed in the adaptively reused 1890 Church of the Blessed Sacrament, to view a vibrant new exhibit of historic Lake George…
Last Offered 2021 Some of our region’s best historic and preserved outdoor learning and recreation-based camps are in Warrensburg, and have plenty of stories to tell. For this tour, we will spend the day at Pack Demonstration Forest, a regionally-renowned educational camp owned and operated by SUNY-ESF. The original site was established and built throughout…
Last Offered 2020. Not currently being offered. Some of our region’s best historic and preserved outdoor learning and recreation-based camps are in Warrensburg, and have plenty of stories to tell. For this tour, we will start our day at Forest Lake Camp, which still operates today as a brother-sister camp, but whose major buildings have…
Last offered 2018. Not currently being offered. The Hyde Collection has a special exhibit celebrating the American painter, printer, and illustrator Rockwell Kent who lived and worked in the Adirondacks from 1928 until his death in 1971. Many of Kent’s sketches drawn during travels to Greenland, Alaska, and other remote destinations were transformed into finished…