Poesten Kill Gorge Historic District, also known as Poesten Kill Gorge Conservation Area, is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...

Rensselaer County, New York Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the l ...

. It consists of two contributing buildings, eight contributing sites, and two contributing structures. The district encompasses extant structures, ruins, power sources, and archaeological sites associated with industrial development in this area from the 17th to mid-20th centuries. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1978.

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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Buildings and structures in Rensselaer County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer County, New York {{RensselaerCountyNY-NRHP-stub