Scenic Hudson

Scenic Hudson’s leadership grant to helped transform the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge into the world’s longest elevated park. The largest environmental group committed to preserving the Hudson Valley’s

Scenic Hudson irreplaceable natural treasures, Scenic Gate Hudson initially protected Franny Reese – one of 40 parks and preserves it has created or enhanced throughout the region.

The Loop Trail is Today it’s engaged in Saving the marked by these directional signs. Land That Matters Most, a collaborative

Preserved and Managed by Scenic Hudson campaign to protect 65,000 acres of the highest scenic, ecological and agricultural significance.

To Mid-Hudson Bridge In partnership with: Town of Lloyd NYS Bridge Authority NYS Office of parks, recreation and historic preservation City of Poughkeepsie A Touring Guide walkway over the hudson rossing Walkway Over the Hudson state historic park and the Mid-Hudson CBridge, this 3.6-mile loop offers thrilling river views and connects riverside parks, cultural attractions and historic points of interest on the poughkeepsie and Highland waterfronts. Additional links provide easy access to 2.5 miles of nature trails in as well as miles of rail trails in Ulster and Dutchess counties.

Please Note: The Mid-Hudson Bridge is open to pedestrians, weather permitting, from dawn to dusk. HIGHLAND Poughkeepsie BROOKSIDE AVE

The commercial center 7 Nestled on the Hudson of the Town of Lloyd, 6 River, just 70 miles from Highland is located 10 both midtown Manhat- 12 9 8 5 in Ulster on 11 tan and Albany, the ST WASHINGTON 1 the west bank of the 14 13 City of Poughkeepsie is where the center of the arts, 2 15 Walkway Over the Hud- entertainment, higher son State Historic Park education, health care, Cunneen Hackett meets the Hudson Val- transportation, busi- 16 4 3 ley and Franny 3 ness and government Reese State Park. It’s for Dutchess County. a rural, family-oriented Metro-North commuter 4 2 5 community featuring trains run hourly to and 6 apple orchards and from Grand Central 7 18 17 plenty of open space Station. Whether it’s 9 8 with Illinois Mountain 1 to catch dinner and a serving as a backdrop show, play a round of and the beautiful Black 17 golf, explore a small 10 Creek Corridor acces- city rich in culture or 11 sible via the Hudson Walkway Over relax in one of our many 12 Valley Rail Trail. From the Hudson parks, see for yourself State Historic 13 16 waterfront dining to Park how natural beauty, his- hiking and everything tory, strategic location, in between, Highland and plenty of forward- offers a small-town feel, To Franny Reese thinking people offer a 14 yet is in close proximity State Park balanced lifestyle and a 15

(Enter from stairs at PL GARFIELD to everything. Mid-Hudson Bridge) sense of place.

Poughkeepsie Post Office - 1937, Dutch Colonial style. Adriance Memorial Library - 1897. French Renaissance 1 Railroad Station - West Shore Railroad 9 Wilcox Store - A house bought in 1866 by William Wilcox, and 1 10 completed in 1883 greatly enlarged. Was a general store, later a newspaper office Franklin Roosevelt helped design. Five murals depicting style. Heading its front steps is a gun turret from the Civil Poughkeepsie’s history highlight its interior War Iron Clad U.S.S. Monitor (1862) Highland Landing - A busy commercial Wilcox-Carpenter-House - c.1845. In addition to keeping a store, Poughkeepsie Journal - 1943, Dutch Colonial style. Third Fite House - 1812. Architect Andrew Jackson Downing, 2 10 2 11 district from the 1770s to the 1920s William Wilcox was an undertaker. Succeeded by Cliff Carpenter oldest newspaper in the U.S. and oldest in NYS (1785). In- father of landscape architecture in America side is a series of murals depicting the history of publishing Soldiers Memorial Fountain - Dedicated July 4, 1870. Mid-Hudson Hotel - c.1845, also known as The 1891 Block - These two commercial buildings replaced 12 3 11 Designed by I.P. Victor Andre. 26-foot high working Simpson’s Hotel and Cashdollar Hotel, brick section earlier ones that were destroyed in the great fire of 1891 3 Mid Hudson Civic Center & Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel - sculptural fountain is oldest part of building Concerts, exhibitions and public skating. Hotel houses a bar and restaurant 12 Methodist Church - 1869. Brick building replaced a wooden 13 Eastman Park - Circa 1870s. Today the park hosts mul- Dutchess County Courthouse - 1903, fifth courthouse. 4 Yelverton House - 1754, oldest wooden building church built here in 1821 4 tiple events yearly still standing in Ulster County, listed on National The third courthouse hosted the 1788 NYS Ratification Garfield Place National Historic District - Created 1836, 14 Register of Historic Places 13 Ossie Building - Fireproof building erected in 1988 on a site Debates for the U.S. Constitution for upscale homes to have a hilltop view of the Hudson where buildings had been destroyed by fires in 1891, 1948 Former Smith Brothers Restaurant - First established in River. In 1881, renamed to memorialize the assassination Philip Schantz House & Mill Site - c.1845. 5 5 and 1979 1847. Existed for almost 100 years. The famous recipe for of President Garfield A feed store was in the barns, Mill was south of Smith Brothers Cough Drop was developed here Circa 1880. Home dam across road First National Bank of Highland - Incorporated in 1900, the 15 Captain John H. Brinkerhoff House - 14 The site of Pough- corner building was erected in 1923 6 Poughkeepsie Savings Bank Building - of prominent steamboat owner of the “Mary Powell.” The keepsie’s first chartered bank (1831). Present structure house design is that of a steamboat prow 6 William Deyo’s Sash and Blind Factory - c.1855. Colonel Jacob J. Hasbrouck House - Built in 1846 out of built 1912 A specialty sawmill 15 16 Vassar-Warner Home - 1871. Greek Revival style. Home sandstone which was quarried behind the house Bardavon 1865 Opera House - The oldest continuously for senior residents 7 Lloyd Hotel - c.1825. Building later served as a 7 operating theater in NYS. It offers world renowned perfor- store, today houses apartments The Chance Theatre - Opened in 1912 as the Dutchess 16 Pratt’s Saw Mill - Building that straddles the creek was erected in mances and hosts Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra 17 Theatre, changed eight times, including a Vaudeville 1889. Business continued as a lumber yard until 1993 Old YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) - 1908. theatre. Today an entertainment complex 8 Cider Mill - Once owned by Lincoln Foods, apple 8 Constructed in a Renaissance Revival Style cider has been pressed and processed here since Ezekiel Elting House - c.1845. Later the residence of Luckey Platt Building - 1923. Classical revival style. De- about 1890 17 18 Clarence Elting (b.1860) and contractor Eugene Ossie 9 State Armory - 1891. Architect Isaac G. Perry. signed by Percival Lloyd. The former department store Continuously used for military training and local social events (1845-1980), has been newly renovated for multi-use