Barrytown, NY, USA

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Barrytown is a hamlet within in the town of Red Hook, New York. 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. [1] 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.

[edit] Popular Culture References

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, New York.