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This is intended to be a complete list of the 130 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York outside of Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a map by ...
Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. [3] The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. [4] The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, [A] and later organized in 1713.
The Bloomvale Historic District is located east of the hamlet of Salt Point, New York, United States.It is a collection of buildings and structures around the intersection of Clinton Corners Road (Dutchess County Route 13), state highway NY 82 and the East Branch of Wappinger Creek.
Beacon is a city located on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States.As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,769.Beacon is part of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area.
The Dutchess County Fairgrounds is the home of the annual Dutchess County Fair. Open for over 160 years, the fairgrounds are open year-round and host a number of events. Annual events include: Crafts at Rhinebeck; New York State Sheep and Wool Festival; Hudson Valley Wine and Food Festival; Rhinebeck Antiques Fair; Classic car shows
The Dutchess County Agricultural Society, formed in 1841, first organized the fair in 1842 at Washington Hollow in Pleasant Valley, New York. [1] The fair was mainly started as an old-fashioned agricultural event in which farmers would come and show off their livestock, crops, and tools with a popular event being a plow competition. [2]
The Great Nine Partners Patent, also known as the "Lower Nine Partners Patent," was a land grant in Dutchess County, New York, made on May 27, 1697, by New York governor Benjamin Fletcher. The parcel included about four miles (6 km) along the Hudson River and was eight to ten miles (13 to 16 km) wide, extending from the Hudson River to the ...
Among those eager to found such an organization at the time was Dutchess County resident Franklin D. Roosevelt.He laid out his vision for the Society in a letter dated December 10, 1914, mentioning a number of elements which came to fruition including an annual yearbook, occasional publications, and transcriptions of cemetery headstones. [7]