Barrytown, New York

Barrytown is a hamlet within the town of Red Hook in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is considered a part of the Hudson Valley Historic District, and comprises four of the Hudson River Valley estates: Edgewater, Messina, Rokeby, and Sylvania. The Messina Property, formerly owned by the Christian Brothers, is now owned by the Unification Church, where its Unification Theological Seminary is located. [http://www.tparents.org/unews/unws0103/byrne_UTS.htm] The majority of the houses in Barrytown were built in the mid to late nineteenth century, often with the purpose to house workers at the local estates and accompanying farms.

Popular culture

The rock-jazz band Steely Dan wrote a song named after Barrytown, which can be found on their album "Pretzel Logic." Founding members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen met at nearby Bard College, which is approximately 2 miles away from the hamlet in neighboring Annandale-on-Hudson.