Ulster County history

The D&H Canal Historical Society and Museum is housed in a former Episcopal Church (completed in 1855) in the historic hamlet of High Falls.

The Saugerties Lighthouse is a landmark beacon on the Hudson River, constructed in 1869 at the mouth of the Esopus Creek.

To remedy this undemocratic system, the Local Government Act of 1888 established county councils, with members elected by local residents, to take over the legislative and executive duties of the magistrates.

Terwilliger House: A late nineteenth century Queen Anne Victorian house built in 1895 by George Deyo, Terwilliger House is the perfect setting for Ellenville Public Library & Museum's local history collection.

Built in five phases from 1161 to 1922, the house has witnessed the entire history of Kingston, was burned at least twice and was home to doctors, tailors, grocers, druggists and innkeepers.

Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland an administrative reorganization in 1973 replaced that country’s six administrative counties and two county boroughs with 26 single-tier, or “unitary,” administrative districts.

After 1974 in England and Wales, administrative counties provided police and fire services, education, social welfare services, public transport, traffic regulation, consumer protection, libraries, and some highways and parks.

In 2000, however, the metropolitan county of Greater London regained some of its administrative powers.