assar andmarks Designated a National Heritage Area by Congress, the Hudson Valley has more Founded in 1861, Vassar College paintings. Today the collection major historic sites per square is renowned for pioneering achieve- comprises over 20,000 works from mile than any other area in ments in education, for its long ancient Egypt to the present. the United States. Fabulous history of curricular innovation, and mansions of the Gilded Age, for the beauty of its campus. Over The Chapel, completed in 1904, the course of its history, the college is notable for its Norman-style quaint river towns, unparal- has expanded from its original two architecture and its 15 stained- leled hiking and climbing VASSAR glass windows: six from drawings buildings – Main Building and the sites in the Catskills and the Maria Mitchell Observatory, both by John La Farge, four by Robert Visitor’s Guide L. Dodge, and five by Louis Shawangunks, world-class art National Historic Landmarks – to museums – the valley is a na- over 100 academic and residential Comfort Tiffany. buildings designed by some of the The Maria Mitchell tional treasure. Poughkeepsie, most notable architects of their day. Observatory, where prominent Vassar’s hometown, is half way The Vassar Libraries are extraordi- astronomer Maria Mitchell lived, between Albany, the state nary and rank among the very best taught, and conducted research capitol, and New York City. at liberal arts colleges in the U.S. from 1865 to 1888, is now a The Vassar campus comprises The Thompson Memorial Library National Historic Landmark and home to Vassar’s Education over 100 buildings in archi- is one of the most exceptional ex- tectural styles ranging from amples of the collegiate gothic style Department. modernist to collegiate gothic in the country. The massive stained- The Shakespeare Garden was glass window that dominates its planted by students and faculty and 1,000 picturesque acres interior space depicts Elena Lucrezia in 1916 using seeds they obtain- ranging from the sweeping Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman ed from Stratford-upon-Avon. lawns of the main campus to to receive a doctorate (1678). Bridge for Laboratory Sciences, the meadows and woodlands Main Building, designed by James designed by Richard Olcott/ of the Vassar Farm. Main Renwick Jr., encompassed more Ennead Architects, is a state-of- Building, designed by James interior space than any building in the-art teaching and research Renwick Jr., and the Maria the U.S. at the time of its comple- facility that fosters multidisci- tion in 1865. Originally intended to plinary collaboration among Mitchell Observatory are both accommodate residential, aca- the sciences. National Historic Landmarks. demic, and administrative functions under one roof, Main today houses Belle Skinner Hall of Music administrative offices and student houses the Mary Anna Fox residences. The College Center, a Martel Recital Hall, one of the modern addition to Main, houses an best college music libraries in eatery, art gallery, computer store, the country, an electronic music and student organizations. studio, practice rooms equipped with Steinway grand pianos, and The Vogelstein Center for Drama a collection of rare and antique and Film, designed by Cesar Pelli, instruments. replaced Avery Hall, a 19th-century brick building that originally housed Vassar College a riding school and calisthenium. 124 Raymond Avenue In acknowledgement of the histori- Poughkeepsie, New York 12604 cal significance of Avery, the arched Main number 845-437-7000 Charles Herbert Moore, Down Italianate façade was retained and Admission 437-7300 the Hudson to West Point, 1861, incorporated into the new facility. Alumnae House 437-7100 Frances Lehman Loeb Art Athletics 437-7450 Center, Vassar College The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Alumnae/i Affairs Center, designed by Cesar Pelli, and Development 437-5400 includes Vassar’s museum and Financial Aid 437-5320 sculpture garden. Matthew Vassar Safety and Security 437-4221 donated the original collection of 400 works including a significant www.vassar.edu number of Hudson River School Fall 2016
traffic light onto Raymond Ave- Innisfree Garden Hudson Valley Renegades Upstate Films nue. Enter the college through 362 Tyrrel Road, 1500 Route 9D 6415 Montgomery Street the stone archway on the right. hings Millbrook, NY Wappingers Falls, NY Rhinebeck, NY ow From Route 9 Southbound ere to Stay & Eat to 150 acres of gardens, streams, Minor league baseball Foreign, independent, documen- to Exit at Spackenkill Road (Route waterfalls, terraces, walls, rocks, hvrenegades.com tary, and animated films as well 113). Proceed about 0.5 miles on See &Do and plants that merges the 845-838-0094 as lectures by guest filmmakers, Get The Artist’s Palate Alumnae House at Spackenkill Road. Turn left at Frances Lehman Loeb essence of Modernist ideas with Appalachaian Trail scholars, and critics Here the second traffic light onto Wil- 307 Main Street Vassar College Art Center traditional Chinese and Japanese 30 miles of the trail cross the upstatefilms.org Automobile bur Boulevard. Turn right when Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 161 Raymond Avenue 124 Raymond Avenue garden design principles. southeast corner of Dutchess 845-876-2515 Wilbur ends at Hooker Avenue. 845.483.8074 Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 Poughkeepsie, NY From the Taconic State Parkway innisfreegarden.org County. Mid-Hudson Children’s Turn left at first traffic light onto www.theartistspalate.biz 845.437.7100 Vassar’s collection of over 20,000 845-677-8000 www.nps.gov/appa/index.htm Exit at Route 55 westbound. Pro- Raymond Avenue. Enter the col- works spanning the history Museum BC Kitchen alumnaehouse.vassar.edu ceed six miles west to a left turn lege through the stone archway of art from ancient Egypt to Dutchess County Rail Trail 75 N. Water Street 1 Collegeview Avenue Best Western Plus Poughkeepsie, NY onto Route 376 Extension/Van on the right. present-day America, including 13-mile trail from the Walkway Wagner Road (which becomes Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 The Inn & Suites at the Falls A destination for families with an extensive collection of works Over the Hudson in Poughkeep- Raymond Avenue), and proceed Train 845.485.8411 50 Red Oaks Mill Road young children with exhibits from the Hudson River School sie to Hopewell Junction less than 1 mile to Vassar. A Metro-North Commuter Rail- bckitchenbar.com Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 that focus on early literacy, art, fllac.vassar.edu www.co.dutchess.ny.us/Coun- gothic stone archway, the main road connects New York City’s Beech Tree Grill 845.462.5770 and early STEM education 845-437-5632 tyGov/Departments/DPW- entrance, is on the left. Grand Central Terminal with 3 Collegeview Avenue www.bestwesternnewyork.com mhcm.org Franklin D. Roosevelt Home, Parks/17055.htm Poughkeepsie. For timetables, call Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 845-471-0589 From the New York State Courtyard by Marriott Presidential Library, and 845-298-4600 800-METRO-INFO or visit their 845.471.7279 Thruway Northbound 2641 South Road Museum Mohonk Preserve Trevor Zoo website. Poughkeepsie is also www.beechtreegrillpk.com Use Exit 17 (Newburgh) and Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 114 Estates Lane 3197 US-44 131 Millbrook School Road served by Amtrak. For schedules, take I-84 eastbound across the Brasserie 292 845.485.6336 Hyde Park, NY Gardiner, NY Millbrook, NY call 800.872.7245 or visit www. Newburgh-Beacon Bridge to Exit 292 Main Street www.poughkeepsiecourtyard.com National Historic Site: Spring- 8,000 acres of cliffs, forests, At the Milbrook School, the zoo amtrak.com. Taxi service is avail- 13 (Route 9 north). Drive 9.5 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 wood, FDR’s lifelong home, fields, ponds, and streams in was founded by Frank Trevor, the able from the Poughkeepsie train Days Inn by Wyndham miles north from the intersec- 845.452.4545 and the presidential library the Shawangunk Mountains school’s first biology teacher, and station to campus. 536 Haight Avenue tion of I-84 and Route 9 to the www.brasserie292.com and museum (operated by the www.mohonkpreserve.org today houses 80 different spe- exit for Spackenkill Road (Route Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 National Archives) 845-255-0919 cies including nine endangered Bus BurgerFi The Frances Lehman Loeb 113). Proceed about 0.5 miles on 845.454.1010 www.nps.gov/hofr/ Art Center contains one of species. Service is available from the Port 60 Raymond Avenue www.daysinn.com 1-800-FDR-VISIT Walkway Over the Hudson trevorzoo.org Spackenkill Road. Turn left at Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 the finest college collections Authority Bus Terminal in New in America. 61 Parker Avenue 845-677-3704 the second traffic light onto Wil- York City via Short Line Bus. 845-473-7200 Hampton Inn & Suites Eleanor Roosevelt National Poughkeepsie, NY bur Boulevard. Turn right when Historic Site (Val-Kill) Poughkeepsie Galleria 800-631-8405 or www.ShortLine- burgerfi.com 2361 South Road Dia: Beacon The longest elevated pedestrian Wilbur ends at Hooker Avenue. 54 Valkill Park Road Bus.com Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 bridge in the world (212 feet tall, 2001 South Road (Route 9) Turn left at first traffic light onto Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park, NY 3 Beekman Street 845.463.7500 Beacon, NY 1.28 miles long) Poughkeepsie, NY Raymond Avenue. Enter the col- Air Route 9 National Historic Site: Stone Premier shopping destination www.hamptoninn1.hilton.com/ Dia’s collection of art from the walkway.org lege through the stone archway Scheduled passenger service is Hyde Park, NY 12538 Cottage at Val-Kill, the home of with department stores, specialty en_us/hp/index.do 1960s to the present, with major 845-454-9649 on the right. available from Stewart Interna- 845-471-6608 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt shops, restaurants, and a multi- www.ciachef.edu Holiday Inn Express works by artists such as Andy tional Airport (SWF) in New- www.nps.gov/elro/index.htm Powerhouse Theater plex theater From the New York State Warhol, Richard Serra, and Dan burgh, New York, 35 minutes Shadows on the Hudson 2750 South Road 845-229-9422 124 Raymond Avenue poughkeepsiegalleriamall.com Thruway Southbound Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Flavin from Vassar. www.panynj.gov/ 176 Rinaldi Boulevard, Poughkeepsie, NY 845-297-7600 Use Exit 18 (New Paltz) and 845.473.1151 Vanderbilt Mansion www.diabeacon.org airports/stewart.html Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 119 Vanderbilt Park Road New plays, musical workshops, proceed east on Route 299. Turn www.poughkeepsiehi.com 845-440-0100 Tourism Links 845-486-9500 Hyde Park, NY and readings of works-in-progress right onto Route 9W south. Exit Other nearby airports include: Olana State Historic Site on the Vassar campus each sum- Hudson River Valley National shadowsonthehudson.com Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel National Historic Site: 54-room onto Route 44/55 east. Cross Westchester County Airport in 5720 State Route 9G mer. A collaboration between Heritage Area 40 Civic Center Plaza mansion of Frederick and Louise the Mid-Hudson Bridge and White Plains, Albany Interna- Sushi Village Hudson, NY Vassar College and New York www.hudsonrivervalley.com Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Vanderbilt, built between 1896 continue on Route 44/55 east tional Airport in Albany, or the 8 Raymond Avenue, Home of Frederic Edwin Church, Stage and Film Dutchess County Tourism 845.485.5300 and 1898 for approximately 2 miles. Turn three major airports in the New Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 one of the major artists of the powerhouse.vassar.edu www.dutchesstourism.com www.pokgrand.com www.nps.gov/vama/index.htm right onto Raymond Avenue. York City metro area (LaGuardia, 845-471-5245 Hudson River School of land- 845-437-5907 I Love New York sushivillages.com 845-299-7770 www.iloveny.com Enter the college through the JFK, Newark Liberty). Residence Inn by Marriott scape painting Bardavon 1869 Opera House stone archway on the left. The Tomato Café 2525 South Road Locust Grove, the Samuel www.olana.org 35 Market Street For travelers flying into a New 15 Collegeview Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Morse Historic Site 518-828-0135 From Route 9 Northbound 2683 South Road Poughkeepsie. NY York City airport, the easiest Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 845.463.4343 Drive 9.5 miles north from the Poughkeepsie, NY Storm King Art Center The oldest continuously oper- 845-473-7779 intersection of I-84 and Route 9 way to get to Vassar is by Metro- marriott.com/hotels/travel/ The home of inventor Samuel 1 Museum Road ating theater in the state, the tomatocafeny.com to the exit for Spackenkill Road North Train to Poughkeepsie pouri-residence-inn-poughkeepsie F.B. Morse, designed by Andrew New Windsor, NY Bardavon is home to the Hudson (Route 113). Proceed about from Grand Central Station. To Twisted Soul Jackson Davis, with an extensive Open-air museum with the larg- Valley Philharmonic and the 0.5 miles on Spackenkill Road. get to Grand Central Station 47 Raymond Avenue collection of art and period fur- est collection of contemporary primary venue for touring artists Turn left at the second traffic from the metro area airports, take Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 nishings outdoor sculptures in the U.S. and musicians. light onto Wilbur Boulevard. the NYC Airporter (LaGuardia 845-454-2770 www.lgny.org stormking.org/ www.bardavon.org Turn right when Wilbur ends at and JFK) or the Newark Airport twistedsoulconcepts.com 845-454-4500 845-534-3115 845-473-2072 Hooker Avenue. Turn left at first Express (Newark). A B C D E F G H I J K L M
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Va s sa r C ollege 19 Frances Daly Fergusson Quadrangle J-6 40 Pratt House J-4 Facilities / Offices Observatories (Class of 1951 L-9) and (Maria Mitchell J-4) 20 Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center G-6 41 President’s House H-7 Admission Office (Kautz Admission House J-6) Palmer Gallery (College Center I-6) Buildings 21 Gordon Commons H-2 42 Raymond House G-4 Alumnae/i Affairs and Development Office Post Office (College Center I-6) 1 ALANA Center J-6 22 Infant Toddler Center J-11 43 Rockefeller Hall G-5 (Alumnae House D-2) Safety and Security For information on accessibility, or if you are in need of 2 Alumnae House D-2 23 Ingram Library G-5 44 Sanders Classroom I-7 Art Center (Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center G-6) Campus Response Center (Main Building I-6) any special accommodations because of a disability, please call the Office of Campus Activities, 845-437-5370, during 3 Athletics and Fitness Center M-6 24 Jewett House G-3 45 Sanders Physics I-8 Athletic offices (Athletics and Fitness Center M-6) and Main Offices (39 New Hackensack Road J-11) (Walker Field House M-7) the academic year; or, during the summer, the Office of 4 Baldwin House J-5 25 Josselyn House F-3 46 Shakespeare Garden I-8 Religious and Spiritual Life Office (Chapel Tower G-7) Summer Programs and Special Events, 845-437-5900. 5 Bayit (Jewish Student Center) H-2 26 Kautz Admission House J-6 47 Skinner Hall of Music H-8 Career Development (Main Building I-6) Retreat grill (College Center I-6) 6 Blodgett Hall K-4 27 Kendrick House F-6 48 South Commons J-10 College Store (E-1) Theaters This publication will be made available to the visually impaired in an accessible format upon request. 7 Bridge for Laboratory Sciences H-8 28 Kenyon Hall L-3 49 Strong House H-4 Computer Center (J-6) Fergusson Dance Theater (L-3) Martel Theater (J-7) Please call Communications, 845-437-7400. 8 Chapel G-7 29 Lathrop House H-3 50 Susan Stein Shiva Theater J-6 Concert hall (Skinner Hall H-8) Counseling Service (Metcalf House J-5) Powerhouse Theater (J-6) 9 Chicago Hall F-4 30 Lockwood Library F-5 51 Swift Hall J-5 Rosenwald Film Theater (J-7) 31 Main Building I-6 52 Taylor Hall G-6 Dance studios (Kenyon Hall L-3) Susan Stein Shiva Theater (J-6) 10 Class of 1951 Observatory L-9 Printed on recycled FSC Certified paper, 11 College Center I-6 32 Maria Mitchell Observatory J-4 53 Terrace Apartments K-6 Dining center (Gordon Commons H-2) Visitor Parking 25% post consumer waste, elemental chlorine free. 12 Computer Center J-6 33 Metcalf House J-5 54 Thompson Library F-5 Financial Aid Office (Main Building I-6) North Lot (H-2) South Lot (I-10) 34 New England Building H-7 55 Town Houses B-4 Geology museum (Ely Hall I-4) 13 Cushing House J-3 Kautz Admission House (I-6) 35 New Hackensack Building J-11 56 Vassar College Store E-1 Health Service (Baldwin House J-5) 14 Davison House G-3 WVKR radio station (College Center I-6) 15 Doubleday Studio Art Building J-6 36 Noyes House I-3 57 Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film J-7 Libraries Archives and Special Collections (Ingram G-5) 37 Old Laundry Building I-5 58 Walker Field House M-7 16 Ely Hall /Aula I-4 Art (Taylor Hall G-6) 17 Facilities Operations I-10 38 Olmsted Hall H-8 59 Weinberg Field Sports Pavilion C-6 Main (Thompson F-5) 18 Ferry House I-6 39 Powerhouse Theater J-6 60 Wimpfheimer Nursery School L-4 Music (Skinner Hall H-8)