Byrdcliffe Colony

The Byrdcliffe Colony, also called the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony or Byrdcliffe Historic District, was founded in 1902 near Woodstock, New York by Jane Byrd McCall and Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead and colleagues, Bolton Brown and Hervey White.

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Type: Hamlet
Description: arts colony
Also known as: “Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony”, “Byrdcliffe Historic District”, “Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild”, and “Woodstock Guild/ Byrdcliffe Arts Colony”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Woodstock Artists Association and Museum and Town Hall (Woodstock, New York).

Woodstock Artists Association and Museum

Museum

Woodstock Artists Association and Museum

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Woodstock Artists Association and Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Byrdcliffe Colony.

Town Hall (Woodstock, New York)

Town hall

Town Hall (Woodstock, New York)

Photo: ajay suresh, CC BY 2.0.

Town Hall (Woodstock, New York) is situated 1½ miles southeast of Byrdcliffe Colony.

Woodstock Playhouse

Theater building

Woodstock Playhouse

Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Woodstock Playhouse is an American summer stock… Woodstock Playhouse is situated 2 miles southeast of Byrdcliffe Colony.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shady and Zena.

Shady

Hamlet

Shady is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States.

Zena

Village

Zena is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. Zena is situated 4½ miles southeast of Byrdcliffe Colony.

West Hurley

Village

West Hurley is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. West Hurley is situated 4½ miles southeast of Byrdcliffe Colony.

Byrdcliffe Colony

Categories: historic district, art colony, and locality
Location: Woodstock, Ulster County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.05259° or 42° 3′ 9″ north

Longitude

-74.14653° or 74° 8′ 48″ west

Elevation

879 feet (268 metres)

Open location code

87J73V33+29

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Byrdcliffe Colony” goes by many names.

Basque: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
Catalan: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
Dutch: “Byrdcliffe”
French: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
German: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
Italian: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
Portuguese: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
Spanish: “Byrdcliffe Colony”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bearsville and Lake Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Woodstock Fire Company 1 and Woodstock Library.

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Worth a closer look: Kingston and Marlborough.

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