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Charles McCabe: A Lifetime of Service

Yvonne2023-06-15T15:55:58-04:00June 15th, 2023|Local History Blog|

George Sherman and the Doll Babies!

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:35-04:00June 2nd, 2023|Local History Blog, The Arts|

Gardens in Poughkeepsie

Yvonne2023-05-31T13:07:32-04:00May 19th, 2023|Local History Blog|

J. Schrauth’s Sons: Poughkeepsie’s Ice Cream Makers

Yvonne2023-05-05T09:58:38-04:00May 5th, 2023|Local History Blog|

The Dutchess Manufacturing Company and The Indestructible Trousers

Yvonne2023-04-21T09:02:51-04:00April 21st, 2023|Local History Blog|

Percival Lloyd

Yvonne2023-03-31T13:28:10-04:00March 31st, 2023|Local History Blog|

Ellen C. Roosevelt: An Early Legend of Tennis

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:10-04:00March 17th, 2023|Local History Blog, Women's History|

The Stove: Center of the Home

Yvonne2023-03-03T12:47:48-05:00March 3rd, 2023|Local History Blog|

LaMar Turpin: A Profile of Service

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:11-04:00February 16th, 2023|Black History, Local History Blog, Women's History|

Vincent A. Walker: Black, White, or Passing?

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:39:34-04:00February 3rd, 2023|Black History, Local History Blog|

Murder in Poughkeepsie’s Little Italy

Yvonne2023-01-20T10:58:30-05:00January 20th, 2023|Local History Blog|

A Murder and a Suicide in the Tower Family

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:11-04:00January 6th, 2023|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Herman’s Christmas Wonderland

Yvonne2024-12-18T10:30:03-05:00December 23rd, 2022|Local History Blog|

Christmas Card Time!

Yvonne2023-01-10T14:25:43-05:00December 9th, 2022|Local History Blog|

Time to Shop!

Yvonne2023-01-10T14:26:07-05:00November 22nd, 2022|Local History Blog|

General Custer was here! (well, parts of him)

Yvonne2026-01-05T11:08:56-05:00November 10th, 2022|Local History Blog|

Thomas Weeks Barrett Jr. – (1902-1947)

Yvonne2023-05-09T14:12:16-04:00October 14th, 2022|Local History Blog|

The Trial and Execution of Lucy Ann Hoag

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:50:08-04:00October 14th, 2022|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Mark Twain at the Bardavon

Yvonne2025-12-09T11:43:08-05:00September 30th, 2022|Local History Blog, The Arts|

The Sad Story of Carlotta Eastman

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:12-04:00September 16th, 2022|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Elizabeth Weeks Barrett and PHOIS Yearbook 1922

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:12-04:00September 9th, 2022|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Take a Look Inside… Again!

Yvonne2022-09-02T09:55:26-04:00September 2nd, 2022|Local History Blog|

The 176th Dutchess County Fair

Yvonne2022-08-26T09:55:10-04:00August 26th, 2022|Local History Blog|

The Local Architecture of Frederick Clarke Withers

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:29-04:00August 19th, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog|

The Lumb Brothers

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:29-04:00August 12th, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog|

A Vacation at Mohonk Mountain House

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:45:19-04:00August 5th, 2022|Local History Blog|

The Dutchess County S.P.C.A.

Yvonne2022-12-05T12:45:19-05:00July 29th, 2022|Local History Blog|

Pit Stop in Poughkeepsie: Glenn Curtiss and His “Hudson Flyer”

Yvonne2022-07-22T10:11:44-04:00July 22nd, 2022|Local History Blog|

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Adriance Memorial Library

93 Market Street
Free parking behind the library off Noxon Street.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Monday: 9 am – 8:30 pm
Tuesday: 9 am – 8:30 pm
Wednesday: 9 am – 8:30 pm
Thursday: 9 am – 8:30 pm
Friday: 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday: 2 pm – 5 pm (except for May 24 – August 30, when we are closed)

Boardman Road Branch Library

141 Boardman Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

Monday: 9 am – 8:30 pm
Tuesday: 9 am – 8:30 pm
Wednesday: 9 am – 8:30 pm
Thursday: 9 am – 8:30 pm
Friday: 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm
Sunday: Closed

Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Branch Library

29 North Hamilton Street
Room 224
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Monday: 9 am – 5 pm
Tuesday: 1 pm – 5 pm
Wednesday: 9 am – 5 pm
Thursday: 1 pm – 5 pm
Friday: 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday: Event days only (10 am – 2 pm)
Sunday: Closed

(845) 485-3445

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