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In 1839, when Martin Van Buren bought this property, the Old Post Road was the main route on the east side of the Hudson River between Manhattan and Albany, the state capital. Prominent citizens and politicians traveling along the Old Post Road stopped at Lindenwald to pay their respects to the former president. Van Buren had many reasons for choosing to buy this old house and farm in his hometown during the waning days of his presidency, and chief among them must have been its location along this important and highly traveled thoroughfare.
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Kinderhook, New York · United States
