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Bicycles in Poughkeepsie

Yvonne2024-05-17T09:45:31-04:00May 15th, 2020|Local History Blog|

Art in the Time of Covid

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:38-04:00May 8th, 2020|Local History Blog, The Arts|

Steaming North – The Hudson River Day Line

Yvonne2024-05-16T16:22:17-04:00May 1st, 2020|Local History Blog|

The Many Inhabitants of St. Andrews-On-Hudson

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:47-04:00April 24th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

The Death of FDR – 75 Years Later

Yvonne2025-12-23T10:37:46-05:00April 17th, 2020|Local History Blog, Politics|

Industrial Poughkeepsie – Schatz Federal Bearing Corp.

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:47-04:00April 10th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Fun with Family Photo Albums

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:38-04:00April 3rd, 2020|Local History Blog, The Arts|

Public Works of Art – Olin Dows

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:38-04:00March 27th, 2020|Local History Blog, The Arts|

19th Century Diseases in Dutchess County

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:54:24-04:00March 20th, 2020|Local History Blog|

Collection’s Spotlight – Margaret DeMott Brown

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:45:20-04:00March 13th, 2020|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Upcoming Local History Discussion Night – Luckey, Platt, and Co.

Yvonne2024-09-10T13:45:32-04:00March 6th, 2020|Local History Blog|

Hidden Mansions: Tioronda/Craig House

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:47-04:00February 28th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Hidden Mansions: Wyndclyffe

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:48-04:00February 21st, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Hidden Mansions: Maple Grove

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:48-04:00February 14th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Bertha M. Round – Music Lover

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:39-04:00February 7th, 2020|Local History Blog, The Arts, Women's History|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – Gone But Not Forgotten: The Old County Court House

Yvonne2024-09-11T09:03:56-04:00January 31st, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog, Politics|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – Gone But Not Forgotten: Riverview Military Academy

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:49-04:00January 24th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – Gone but not Forgotten: Poughkeepsie Collegiate School

Yvonne2025-12-09T12:19:24-05:00January 17th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – Gone But Not Forgotten: Lindmark’s Bookstore

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:39-04:00January 10th, 2020|Architecture, Local History Blog, The Arts|

The New Year’s Tradition of the Carriers’ Address

Yvonne2024-05-16T15:28:35-04:00January 3rd, 2020|Local History Blog|

Christmas Cards of the Victorian Era

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:56:39-04:00December 27th, 2019|Local History Blog, The Arts|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – Gone But Not Forgotten YWCA Building, Cannon Street

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:50-04:00December 20th, 2019|Architecture, Local History Blog|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – Gone But Not Forgotten: Eastman Business College and Mansion

Yvonne2024-09-11T08:34:50-04:00December 13th, 2019|Architecture, Local History Blog|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – Gone But Not Forgotten – The Nelson House

Yvonne2025-12-09T12:11:43-05:00December 6th, 2019|Architecture, Local History Blog|

“Franksgiving”: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Messes with a Tradition

Yvonne2024-09-11T09:03:56-04:00November 29th, 2019|Local History Blog, Politics|

Historic Houses: The Livingston Home, aka Locust Grove

Yvonne2025-12-09T12:09:09-05:00November 22nd, 2019|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Dutchess County Quaker Meeting Houses – The Oblong Meeting House at Quaker Hill

Yvonne2024-09-11T09:03:56-04:00November 15th, 2019|Architecture, Local History Blog, Politics|

From the Latest Fashions to the Dead: The Vail Brothers Photography Studio

Yvonne2025-12-09T12:07:27-05:00November 8th, 2019|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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