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tour 1 tour 1 old rhinebeck aerodrome richard b fisher center for the performing arts bard college st john the evangelist episcopal church welcome to the towns of rhinebeck red hook and milan travel through three beautiful dutchess towns rhinebeck and red hook bordering the hudson are among the earliest settled portions of the country milan inland presents a sparsely settled rural contrast rhinebeck covers 34.9 square miles of meadowland red hook was part of rhinebeck until 1812 and the small streams and wooded hills with lovely mountain vistas principal centers are the village of rhinebeck and ...

tour 1 turn right on cr 85 morton rd and drive 2.4 miles to hutton st 8 rokeby l this working family farm formerly called labergerie was built in 1811 by general john armstrong and his wife aida livingston and remains in the livingston family 9 st john the evangelist episcopal church r a gray wooden carpenter gothic structure 10 montgomery place l river rd continues to annandale passing by montgomery place the estate built by janet livingston montgomery in 1805 after the death of revolutionary war hero general richard montgomery the main house overlooking the hudson is one of the finest examples ...

tour 1 turn left on robbins rd drive 0.6 mile to return to river rd 13 richard b fisher center for the performing arts l designed by internationally acclaimed architect frank gehry the 110,000-square-foot world-class facility houses two theaters and four rehearsal studios for dance theater and music tours/performances call 845/758-7900 for turn right on woods rd continue on columbia county cr 6 and drive 2.8 miles to rt 9g 17 clermont state historic site l en route note st paul s episcopal church l parish to a number of livingston related families some of who are interred in the graveyard ...

tour 3 an important research library for roosevelt-era scholars and the museum appeals to history buffs of all ages the henry a wallace visitor and education center opened in 2003 and named for the former secretary of agriculture 1933­40 and vice-president during fdr s third term enables visitors to purchase tickets at one location for all local nps sites it features multipurpose rooms for conferences state-of-theart audio-visual facilities an auditorium and a new museum store the historic hyde park trail connects 8.5 miles of hiking trails between this site and others along the hudson river admission ...

tour 3 the narrow lane lined by trees and stone walls passes the former union free school l wooden barns with unique trefoil and quadrifoil windows victorian-era houses and a former stage stop the former bodenstein ice tool factory l and a cluster of earlier stores and an inn stand near the town fire house l and post office l on the r side of the road is a sandstone mile marker st margaret s episcopal church r nearby is a mid-19th c english gothic adaptation noted for its french medieval stained glass windows a gift of ogden mills the original home of the congregation a small carpenter gothic ...

tour 3 15 salt point a transportation center for grains and cattle two traditions account for the name the first holds that indians and early settlers set out salt licks to attract deer the second recalls a cattle drover s trick of fattening herds on the way to market by feeding cattle salt before their final fording increasing sale weight by adding water today farms are devoted to horse cattle and sheep breeding drive 3.1 miles on rt 44 west to albrecht s dairy 17 albrecht s dairy r main house ca 1797 an early structure on approach to the village drive 0.2 mile to st paul s episcopal church ...

tour 4 52 miles 2 hours start this tour begins at route 44 east exit off of taconic parkway drive 1.8 miles to rt 44a 1 cornell cooperative extension of dutchess county l provides educational programs for youth adults families and communities while enhancing the economic social agricultural and natural resources of dutchess county call 845/677-3488 for turn left on franklin ave drive 0.8 mile to rt 44 east 5 millbrook village flourished as a result of local businessmen such as george h brown owner of the united states condensing co est 1864 who brought in the newburgh dutchess columbia rr ...

tour 4 11 troutbeck country inn r formerly a gathering place for the literati and liberals of the twenties this gentle upscale 600-acre english estate hosts weddings conferences and country inn visitors www.troutbeck.com 845/373-9681 a romantic european country house on the ny/ct border site of the 1916 amenia conference that unified the naacp glorious grounds and gardens babbling brook 42 guestrooms tennis courts dover turnpike rt 343 leading over the fishkill range was a branch of the dutchess turnpike a toll road 13 dutchess day school r founded in the 1950s by a group of parents interested ...

tour 5 26 freedom plains presbyterian church l the congregation formed in 1827 met in a barn until the lumber for the church arrived by sloop from albany in 1828 30 glebe house l a small brick house museum built 1767 as a farm/rectory or glebe for christ episcopal church open by appt call 845/471-1630 for turn right on freedom rd cr 47 bear right and continue on freedom rd cr 47 drive 1.7 miles to mountain rd freedom the original name of the town in 1821 was also given to the old road to oswego farms along the route date from the 18th c working farms today include orchards dairies vegetable ...

tour 7 turn left on east main st rt 9d caution 6 zion episcopal church i the first in the village ca 1833 this late gothic revival was constructed of brownstone from benjamin clapp s local quarry continue on wheeler hill rd for 0.6 mile to stop sign keep right the road rises sharply to the top of the van wyck ridge where there are scenic vistas east and south continue 1 block turn right at light on rt 9d south ave turn right at the bottom of wheeler hill on unmarked old state rd turn right on north river rd 200 feet farther drive 1.6 miles on north river rd to bank st 11 scenic river vistas ...

tour 7 29 derick brinckerhoff house l built ca 1719 the large white 2nd empire still owned by the same family began as a modest cottage during the revolution lafayette recuperated from pneumonia here and was also headquarters for gen mcdougall s 1st new york regiment bear right on rt 52 at light at i drive 2.4 miles to cr 31 palen rd 30 nimham monument center island l daniel nimham last sachem of the wappinger was a friend of catharyna brett he fought heroically in the american revolution was injured at the battle of cortland ridge and died with his son in the battle of kingsbridge it is thought ...