Rhinebeck's Historic Beekman Arms

Brian Plumb, Matthew Plumb

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781626190368
• eBook ISBN: 9781625844927
• Topic: Storia
• Subtopic: Storia nordamericana

Nestled in the picturesque Hudson Valley town of Rhinebeck, the Beekman Arms began humbly as a stagecoach and mail stop on the Old Albany Post Road at the end of the eighteenth century. Of more than forty stage stops that operated along that path, it is the only one still in existence. Through the tenure of many landlords and several notable renovations, it has evolved into the stately inn it is today. Proclaimed the "oldest hotel in America" since the early 1900s, it stands proudly as a symbol of the area's Dutch and English heritage and a reminder of the history that made this area famous. Join authors Matthew and Brian Plumb to explore the storied past of this historic Rhinebeck institution.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. The Early Beekmans
• 2. The Albany Post Road
• 3. Days of Stage Travel, Eighty Years Later
• 4. Traphagen’s Early Settlement
• 5. Origins of the Beekman Arms
• 6. Bogardus and the Revolutionary War Era
• 7. The Legends and Myths of Washington, Lafayette, Burr and Traphagen’s Tavern
• 8. The Early 1800s: Potter and Jacques
• 9. The Mid- to Late 1800s
• 10. The Turn of the Century
• 11. The Foster and Dows Renovations
• 12. Beekman Arms Inc. after Dows
• 13. The Charles LaForge Era: “The Beek”
• 14. The Banta Family
• 15. Layout and Inside Descriptions
• 16. Oldest in America
• 17. Other Early Rhinebeck Taverns
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• About the Authors