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Exploring Old Cookbooks

Yvonne2024-05-06T14:40:32-04:00November 27th, 2020|Local History Blog|

From Collingwood to Bardavon: Poughkeepsie’s First Theater

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:37-04:00November 20th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog, The Arts|

The Mid-Hudson Bridge – 90 Years of Crossing the Hudson

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:45:28-04:00November 13th, 2020|Local History Blog|

Adriance, Platt, and Company

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:43-04:00November 6th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Happy Halloween!

Yvonne2025-12-09T12:05:13-05:00October 30th, 2020|Local History Blog|

Christ Church – Poughkeepsie

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:43-04:00October 23rd, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Bowne Memorial Hospital

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:43-04:00October 16th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

The American Fiat – Built in Poughkeepsie

Yvonne2025-12-23T11:27:45-05:00October 9th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Dr. Clarence O. Cheney

Yvonne2025-12-09T10:30:28-05:00October 2nd, 2020|Local History Blog|

Suffrage Meetings in Poughkeepsie

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:18-04:00September 25th, 2020|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Hidden Mansions: Pelton/Hill House

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:44-04:00September 18th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

George Clinton’s Home

Yvonne2024-09-11T09:03:55-04:00September 11th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog, Politics|

The Artist of the First PHOIS

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:37-04:00September 4th, 2020|Local History Blog, The Arts, Women's History|

Postcards of the Gilded Age

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:37-04:00August 28th, 2020|Local History Blog, The Arts|

Hidden Mansions: Crumwold

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:45-04:00August 21st, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Charles Barnes and His Adorable Dog

Yvonne2024-04-18T16:23:56-04:00August 14th, 2020|Local History Blog|

The Murder of Richard Wall – 1848

Yvonne2024-04-18T16:22:52-04:00August 7th, 2020|Local History Blog|

The Murder of Elizabeth Russell – 1848

Yvonne2024-04-18T16:21:05-04:00July 31st, 2020|Local History Blog|

Adriance Memorial Library

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:46-04:00July 24th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Springside: Matthew Vassar’s Home

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:46-04:00July 17th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Popular Ladies’ Hairstyles of the 1870’s

Yvonne2025-12-09T09:41:07-05:00July 10th, 2020|Local History Blog, Women's History|

The Eccentric Patriot: Boots Van Steenburgh

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:58:47-04:00July 3rd, 2020|Local History Blog|

Charles Gilbert Spross – Local Musical Celebrity

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:38-04:00June 26th, 2020|Local History Blog, The Arts|

Happy Father’s Day

Yvonne2024-05-17T09:49:18-04:00June 19th, 2020|Local History Blog|

Historical Views on Racism in Poughkeepsie

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:39:35-04:00June 12th, 2020|Black History, Local History Blog|

Letters to Home – Robert Verplanck in the Civil War

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:58:47-04:00June 5th, 2020|Local History Blog|

Mustaches, Beards, and Sideburns!

Yvonne2024-05-17T09:47:00-04:00May 29th, 2020|Local History Blog|

Memorial Day

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:58:48-04:00May 22nd, 2020|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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