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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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 include Woodstock Artists Association and Museum and Town Hall (Woodstock, New York).
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum
Museum
Photo: ajay suresh, CC BY 2.0.
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Byrdcliffe Colony.
Town Hall (Woodstock, New York)
Town hall
Photo: ajay suresh, CC BY 2.0.
Town Hall (Woodstock, New York) is situated 1½ miles southeast of Byrdcliffe Colony.
Woodstock Playhouse
Theater building
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Woodstock Playhouse is an American summer stock theater located at 103 Mill Hill Road in Woodstock, New York. Founded in 1938, the not-for profit theater hosts theatre, music and other presentations throughout the year. Woodstock Playhouse is situated 2 miles southeast of Byrdcliffe Colony.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shady and West Hurley.
Shady
Hamlet
Shady is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Woodstock and lies on New York State Route 212. The community was named for the fact nearby high ridges often block direct sunlight.
West Hurley
Village
West Hurley is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,917 at the 2020 census. West Hurley is located in the Town of Hurley and is inside the Catskill Park. West Hurley is situated 4 miles southeast of Byrdcliffe Colony.
Zena
Village
Zena is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,038. Zena is in the Town of Woodstock on County Route 30. Zena 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″ northLongitude
-74.14653° or 74° 8′ 48″ westElevation
879 feet (268 metres)Open location code
87J73V33+29OpenStreetMap ID
node 158813209OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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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 Arts and Crafts Colony”
- Dutch: “Byrdcliffe”
- Dutch: “Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild”
- French: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
- German: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
- Italian: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
- Portuguese: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
- Spanish: “Byrdcliffe Colony”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Woodstock Fire Company 1 and US Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Byrdcliffe Colony”. Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.