Description: (1) Louis DuBois lived from 1626 to 1696 and founded the neighborhood where this New Paltz blockhouse would be built just years after his death. The Ulster County fort, erected in 1705, was built from stone. The British fortification brandished gun ports, and a lookout window. After further construction in 1935, the site came to be known as DuBois House. (2): In Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York, a blockhouse was built in 1779. It was named for Colonel Lewis DuBois, of the Continental Army. This fort is not to be confused with the fortification of the same name, built in New Paltz, which, coincidentally, was likely named for Lewis’ grandfather, Louis, who was the family’s patriarch.

County: 1) Ulster County 2) Schoharie County

City, State: 1) New Paltz, New York 2) Cobleskill, New York