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Recent Acquisition: Poughkeepsie Bridge Building Photos

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:45:19-04:00July 15th, 2022|Local History Blog|

More Long Lost Buildings of Poughkeepsie: Cedarcliff

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:30-04:00July 8th, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Local History Discussion: Germond Family Murders

Yvonne2023-01-10T14:27:10-05:00July 1st, 2022|Local History Blog|

James Bowne: Mayor of Poughkeepsie

Yvonne2024-09-11T09:03:54-04:00June 24th, 2022|Local History Blog, Politics|

Grandpa, Is That You? – Learning Your Family’s History (with Stories and Some Research Tips)

Yvonne2022-06-16T16:40:11-04:00June 17th, 2022|Local History Blog|

Andrew Billings: Silversmith

Yvonne2022-06-13T13:39:45-04:00June 10th, 2022|Local History Blog|

Arnout Cannon, Jr. – Poughkeepsie’s Architect

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:45:20-04:00June 3rd, 2022|Local History Blog|

Carving Out a Legacy: George Edmund Bissell

Yvonne2022-05-31T11:24:34-04:00May 27th, 2022|Local History Blog|

Smead Mausoleum: The House That Delia Built…and Rebuilt

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:13-04:00May 20th, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog, Women's History|

Helen Wilkinson Reynolds: Our Patron Saint of Local History

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:13-04:00May 13th, 2022|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Doctor Sara Josephine Baker: Fighting for Life

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:14-04:00May 6th, 2022|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Murder on Main Street – Part Two

Yvonne2022-04-29T11:22:24-04:00April 29th, 2022|Local History Blog|

Murder on Main Street – Part One

Yvonne2022-04-22T10:21:30-04:00April 22nd, 2022|Local History Blog|

More Long Lost Buildings of Poughkeepsie: The Reynolds Houses on Mill Street

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:31-04:00April 15th, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog|

The Poet with the Annoying Husband

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:14-04:00April 8th, 2022|Local History Blog, Women's History|

April Fool’s Day in Poughkeepsie

Yvonne2022-03-31T14:08:56-04:00April 1st, 2022|Local History Blog|

Sadie Peterson Delaney and the Work of Bibliotherapy

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:15-04:00March 25th, 2022|Black History, Local History Blog, Women's History|

The Famous Smith Brothers (and their famous beards)

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:32-04:00March 18th, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Poughkeepsie Architecture: Academy and Old Ladies’ Home

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:15-04:00March 11th, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog, Women's History|

Are You Insane? Common Reasons to Be Admitted to the Hudson River State Hospital

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:54:22-04:00March 4th, 2022|Local History Blog|

John Van Benschoten: A Man on Wheels

Yvonne2022-02-25T10:50:42-05:00February 25th, 2022|Local History Blog|

Black History is Local History: Theodore and Doris Mack

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:39:34-04:00February 18th, 2022|Black History, Local History Blog|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – The Old Post Office

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:32-04:00February 11th, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog|

“A dark gloomy day for Pokepsie” – The Destruction of the Henry Clay

Yvonne2022-05-11T12:33:52-04:00February 4th, 2022|Local History Blog|

The Gallows Tree: Executions or Legends?

Yvonne2024-09-11T09:03:55-04:00January 28th, 2022|Local History Blog, Politics|

The Poughkeepsie Savings Bank Building

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:33-04:00January 21st, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – The Poughkeepsie Hotel

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:33-04:00January 14th, 2022|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Poughkeepsie Architecture: The Poughkeepsie Station

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:34-04:00January 7th, 2022|Architecture, 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

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