Valatie New York Real Estate

This Chatham farmhouse has been given a modern interior makeover with all the right stuff! Historic home meets contemporary style for the win! Set on 18.7 acres between C...

3 Beds
2 Baths
139812 MLS

22 Lakeview Dr, Valatie $379,900

Meticulously maintained 2 bed 1 bath 1800 square foot home with your own dock & deeded parcel rights on Kinderhook Lake! This home boastshardwood floors throughout & upgr...

2 Beds
1 Baths
139219 MLS

3624 Mechanic Street, Valatie $184,900 ▼

Quaint and historic home built in the 1800's. This 3 bedroom home is walking distance to the historic village of Valatie. Because of its community spirit, institutions, ...

3 Beds
1 Baths
139082 MLS

149 West Shore Drive, Valatie $285,000 ▼

Spacious ranch style home with finished basement located in the highly sought after Kinderhook Lake area. The sellers have lovingly cared for their home over the last 14 ...

3 Beds
2 Baths
139192 MLS

270 County Route 17, Valatie $695,000

Former Schoolhouse Completely Redone1840s One room schoolhouse with the most amazing floors and exposed beams. Come in through the original entrance! The classroom is now...

2 Beds
2 Baths
137763 MLS

Valatie New York Real Estate

Valatie Homes for Sale map Valatie is a village at the center of the town of Kinderhook in Columbia County. Its population was of 1,819 as of the 2010 census.

Valatie was first named Pachaquak, or "cleared meadow" by the Algonquian Mohicans, the earliest Native American settlers, who lived along the banks of Valatie Kill and Kinderhook Creek.

Around 1665, the first European settlers to Kinderhook were the Dutch who named the area "Vaaltje" meaning "little falls".

The village was incorporated in 1856 when there 9 cotton mills operating on power derived from the waterfalls. Due to bustling Main Street, was the center of commerce in the county throughout the 1800's.

Valatie Homes for Sale santa Architectural landmarks include the First Presbyterian Church of Valatie formed in 1835. The Victorian Gothic Revival-style building built in 1878 and designed by Ogden & Wright Architects. It was made of red brick with limestone trim, a slate roof and slate dormer windows. It features a porte-cochère, open bell tower and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Beaver Mill Falls was location for "Haldane of the Secret Service", a film produced, directed by, and starring the famed escape artist Harry Houdini in 1923.

Founded in 1946, Valatie is home to the nation's first "Santa Claus Club" begun by 15 village veterans to provide holiday gifts for critically ill children. Since then, every Christmas Eve, Santa personally visits every child throughout the village under age the age of 10.

Mid-December every year "WinterWalk" parade and festival is hosted by the village and Valatie Economic Redevelopment Association. It features new and vintage fire trucks, marching bands from the local high school, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Valatie Free Library, begun in 1928.

Elves and marionettes march along with vintage and new vehicles, and hay rides stop along the route. A highlight is Santa Claus riding and waving from a sleigh during the parade, after which, he parks at the Valatie Community Theatre and listens to kids' requests.

The First Presbyterian Church, Wild's Mill Complex, and Nathan Wild House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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