Byline: BARBARA DELANEY Staff Writer
The Luykas Van Alen House in Kinderhook has been called ``the most instructive evidence'' of Dutch settlement in the Mid-Hudson region.
It features steep-pitched roofs, parapet gables and iron-tie rods that hold the brick facade to its wooden structure -- typical marks of Dutch architecture which also featured separate exterior doors to each room in the house.
At 6 p.m. Friday, the 1737 house and property will provide the setting for the ``First Columbians'' benefit for the Columbia County Historical Society which owns the property. The prestigious international auction house, Sotheby's, is the sponsor. …
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