| 1899 |
The Kirkland Hotel Building is built on the site of the former lumberyard owned by Cornelius Burhans and Titus Felton. The structure was operated as a boarding house by Mrs. Margaret S. Conklin as proprietor until 1917. |
| 1922 |
Owners Samuel & Alice Saulpaugh name the 75-room establishment the Kirkland Hotel and install a restaurant to the premises. |
| 1952 |
New owners, Max & Ruth Brugmann open the Dutch Rathskeller restaurant in the basement. Hotel accommodations end in 1968. (Brugmann’s own building from 1950-1972) |
| 1972 |
Extensive renovations remove the full width one-story porch and domed cupola on the tower over the front entrance. |
| 1973 |
Larchmont Diner Inc. purchases building. |
| 1976 |
John L. Fahey Restaurant Properties, Inc. purchase building in 1976. Later in 1976 the Cleaver Steakhouse closes its doors, as the last restaurant to occupy the former Rathskeller space. |
| 1985 - 1988 |
Kingston’s Historic Landmarks and Preservation Commission makes moves to establish the Kirkland as a designated landmark structure. The designation never makes it through approval during this time. |
| 1986 |
Arthur Green purchase building to add to portfolio of Kingston Brickyard and Forst Meat Packing Plant. |
| 1988 |
Olga Berde Mahl purchase building with plans to renovate it into offices and a restaurant. Kirkland Hotel is painted cream and green during this time, but no further work is completed. |
| 1996 |
Ownership reverts to City of Kingston. The vacant structure has been the subject of a continuous debate between City and County officials. The hotel bounces from being demolished for a parking garage to being saved by a series of unsuccessful proposals by various developers. |
| 2002 |
The late Mayor T.R. Gallo pledges his support to assist RUPCO in its proposed renovation of the buillding. This pledge is presently upheld by Mayor James Sottile. |
| 2002 |
The building receives State Historic Designation as a landmark structure. |
