Duties:
- Implement the Town's Historic Preservation Ordinance
- Designate, Protect, Enhance and Promote landmarks and historic districts and historic and scenic transportation routes
- Help preserve the historic, architectural, archeological and cultural heritage of the Town
- Issue Certificate of Appropriateness for improvements to designated historic sties
Contact:
845-246-2800 x16 (Town Clerk)
Meetings:
3rd Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. in the Frank D. Greco Senior Center (207 Market Street). (The meetings can also be attended via Zoom.)
In 2024, the dates for the HPC meetings are: January 22, February 26, March 18, April 15, May 20, June 17, July 15, August 19, September 16, October 21, November 18, December 16.
Useful Links to Useful HPC Information:
If you are interested in the agenda for an Historic Preservation Commission meeting taking place soon (and info on how to connect to it), visit the HPC Agenda/Zoom Page.
You can find the Historic Preservation Commission meeting minutes here.
Interested in Town of Saugerties Historic Preservation laws? Visit the e360 Code page covering Historic Preservation.
For an online readable copy of the HPC's publication, click this title: "Honoring the Past and Looking to the Future: Guidelines for Identification and Preservation in Saugerties, New York".
Members:
- Ken Myer Jr. (kmj098@hvc.rr.com)
Term: 3-31-28 - Peigi Mulligan (themulliganstwo@gmail.com)
845-853-2509
Term: 3-31-28 - Susan Puretz (puretzs@newpaltz.edu)
845-246-1823
Vice Chairperson
Term: 3-31-25 - Stefan Yarabek (styarabek@yahoo.com)
Chairperson
Term: 3-31-26 - Phyllis Clarke
Term: 3-31-25
Alternate - Jason Nelson (jason@nelsonstampandcoin.com)
Term: 3-31-27
An alternate member position is currently open.
The HPC secretary is Jeremy Russell (jeremy@thingsrelevant.com). His phone number is 845-399-4725.
Ex-officio (An ex-officio member is a member of a body who is part of it by virtue of holding another office):
- Town Historian: Audrey Klinkenberg (genie2@hvc.rr.com)
- Town Board liaison: Peg Nau (pnau@saugertiesny.gov)
Links:
- Historic Preservation Commission Agenda/Webex page (agenda usually posted the day before a Commission meeting, or the day of)
- Historic Preservation Commission meeting minutes
- Historic Preservation Commission website
- Town of Saugerties historic preservation laws
- Application for the Certificate of Appropriateness
- Honoring the Past and Looking to the Future: Guidelines for Identification and Preservation in Saugerties, New York
(Local Ordinance creating the Historic Preservation Commission (See Appendix pages 57-69)) - Michael Sullivan Smith Interactive PDF - Saugerties Historic Resources Survey (2005)