Dutchess County
Local History Resources
COUNTY LEVEL RESOURCES
Dutchess County Historian
William P. Tatum III
22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
845-486-2381 - fax 845-486-2138
[email protected]
Dutchess County Historical Society
Bill Jeffway, Executive Director
Post Office Box 88
Poughkeepsie, New York 12602
845-471-1630
[email protected]
Dutchess County Historian
William P. Tatum III
22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
845-486-2381 - fax 845-486-2138
[email protected]
Dutchess County Historical Society
Bill Jeffway, Executive Director
Post Office Box 88
Poughkeepsie, New York 12602
845-471-1630
[email protected]
CITY, TOWN, AND VILLAGE HISTORIANS AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Amenia
Amenia Town Hall
4988 Route 22
Amenia, New York 12501
Historical Society: Betsy Strauss
Post Office Box 22
Amenia, New York 12501
[email protected]
Beacon
Historical Society: Diane Lapis
Post Office Box 89
Beacon, New York 12508
845-831-1514
[email protected]
beaconhistorical.org
Beekman
Historian: Patricia Goewey
845-724-5300
Clinton
Historian: Craig Marshall
845-242-5879
[email protected]
Historical Society: Cynthia Koch
[email protected]
clintonhistoricalsociety.org
Dover
Co-Historian: Valerie LaRobardier
845-849-6025
[email protected]
Co-Historian: Caroline Reichenberg
[email protected]
Historical Society: Fran Braley
845-832-7949
[email protected]
East Fishkill
Historian: David Koehler
845-226-8877
[email protected]
Historical Society: Rick Soedler
845-227-5374
[email protected]
Fishkill (Town)
Historian: Paul Gromkowski
(845) 831-7800 ext. 3309
Historical Society (Van Wyck Homestead Museum): Steve Lynch
914 -525-7667
[email protected]
Fishkill (Village)
Historian: Antonia Houston
Local History Librarian
Blodgett Memorial Library
37 Broad Street
Fishkill, New York 12524
[email protected]
Hyde Park
Historian: Shannon Butler
[email protected]
Historical Society: Patsy Costello
845-229-2559
[email protected]
LaGrange
Historian: Georgia Trott-Herring
845-452-2911
[email protected]
Historical Society: Bob D’Amato
845-489-5183
[email protected]
Milan
Historian: Vicky LoBrutto
[email protected]
Millbrook (Village)
Washington (Town) Historian: David Greenwood
845-677-5767
[email protected]
Historical Society: Robert McHugh
[email protected]
Millerton/North East
Town Historian/Historical Society: Ed Downey
518-789-4442
[email protected]
Pawling
Town Historian: Robert Reilly
845-855-5040
[email protected]
Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Pawling: Jaclyn Wagner
[email protected]
Pine Plains
Historical Society: Dyan Wapnick
518-398-5344
[email protected]
Pleasant Valley
Historian: Fred Schaeffer
845-454-1190
[email protected]
Historical Society: Mary Ellen Cowles
[email protected]
Poughkeepsie (City)
Historian: Tom Lawrence
Poughkeepsie Public Library District
93 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
845-485-3445 x 3306
[email protected]
Poughkeepsie (Town)
Historian: John R. Pinna
845-485-3646
[email protected]
Red Hook
Town Historian: Emily Majer
[email protected]
Village Historian: Sally Dwyer-McNulty
[email protected]
Historic Red Hook: Elisabeth Tatum
845-758-1920
[email protected]
Rhinebeck
Town Historian: Nancy Kelly
845-876-4592
[email protected]
Village Historian/Town Deputy Historian: Michael Frazier
845-876-7462
[email protected]
Historical Society: David Miller
845-750-4486
[email protected]
Stanford
Historian/Historical Society: Kathie Spiers
845-868-7320
[email protected]
Tivoli
Historian: Emily Majer
[email protected]
Union Vale
Historian: Fran Wallin
Town Office 845-724-5600
[email protected]
Historical Society: Peter Gay (Vice President)
845-677-4837
[email protected]
Wappinger/Wappingers Falls
Historian: Joseph D. Cavaccini
Town Office 845-297-4158 ext 107
[email protected]
Village Historian: Brenda VonBurg
845-297-2697
Historical Society: Beth Devine
[email protected]
845-430-9520
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Val-Kill
54 ValKill Park Rd
Hyde Park, NY 12538
845- 229-9422
www.nps.gov/elro/index.htm
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
4097 Albany Post Rd.
Hyde Park, NY
845-229-5320
www.nps.gov/hofr/index.htm
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
119 Vanderbilt Park Rd
Hyde Park, NY, 12538
845-229-7770
www.nps.gov/vama/index.htm
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Val-Kill
54 ValKill Park Rd
Hyde Park, NY 12538
845- 229-9422
www.nps.gov/elro/index.htm
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
4097 Albany Post Rd.
Hyde Park, NY
845-229-5320
www.nps.gov/hofr/index.htm
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
119 Vanderbilt Park Rd
Hyde Park, NY, 12538
845-229-7770
www.nps.gov/vama/index.htm
NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION & HISTORIC PRESERVATION HISTORIC SITES
Clinton House State Historic Site
549 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
(845) 471-1630
parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/clintonhouse/details.aspx
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
75 Mills Mansion Dr.
Staatsburg, NY, 12580
(845) 889-8851
millsfriends.org
Clinton House State Historic Site
549 Main St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
(845) 471-1630
parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/clintonhouse/details.aspx
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
75 Mills Mansion Dr.
Staatsburg, NY, 12580
(845) 889-8851
millsfriends.org
MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AND HISTORIC SITES
Locust Grove Estate
2683 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601
845-454-4500
www.lgny.org
Madam Brett Homestead
50 Van Nydeck Avenue
Beacon, NY
845-831-6533
www.melzingahnsdar.org/madam-brett-homestead
Montgomery Place at Bard College
26 Gardiner Way
Red Hook, NY, 12571
845-752-5000
www.bard.edu/montgomeryplace
Mount Gulian Historic Site
145 Sterling Street
Beacon, NY, 12508
845-831-8172
mountgulian.org
Wilderstein Historic Site
330 Morton Road
Rhinebeck, NY, 12572
845-876-4818
wilderstein.org
Locust Grove Estate
2683 South Road
Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601
845-454-4500
www.lgny.org
Madam Brett Homestead
50 Van Nydeck Avenue
Beacon, NY
845-831-6533
www.melzingahnsdar.org/madam-brett-homestead
Montgomery Place at Bard College
26 Gardiner Way
Red Hook, NY, 12571
845-752-5000
www.bard.edu/montgomeryplace
Mount Gulian Historic Site
145 Sterling Street
Beacon, NY, 12508
845-831-8172
mountgulian.org
Wilderstein Historic Site
330 Morton Road
Rhinebeck, NY, 12572
845-876-4818
wilderstein.org
LIBRARIES WITH SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Culinary Institute of America
Archives and Special Collections
Conrad N. Hilton Library
1946 Campus Drive
Hyde Park, NY 12538
845-451-1747
library.culinary.edu/ciaarchives/cia
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
4079 Albany Post Road (Route 9)
Hyde Park, NY, 12538
1-800-FDR-VISIT
www.fdrlibrary.org
Marist College
Archives and Special Collections
James A. Cannavino Library, LB 134
3399 North Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845-575-3364
library.marist.edu/archives
Vassar College
Catherine Pelton Durrell ’25 Archives and Special Collections Library
Ingram Library
124 Raymond Avenue, Box 20
Poughkeepsie, New York 12604
(845) 437-5799
www.vassar.edu/specialcollections