Page 33 of Hudson Valley Region - County Scenic & Historic Drive Tours by Dutchess County Tourism

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 and feed growers turn left on innis ave drive 1.2 miles to light turn left on salt point tnpk and drive 0.3 mile turn right and follow to stop sign turn right on creek rd drive 1.2 miles to cottage rd 31 dutchess community college l visitors welcome to main campus public programs and the art gallery in 1957 samuel w bowne memorial hospital on the former pendell farm became the campus for the 2-year college offering associate degrees in liberal arts and technical fields as part of the state university system the college is supported in part by dutchess county call 845/431-8000 for bear left on curve to mountain rd drive 0.4 mile to overlook rd cr 46 turn left on overlook rd cr 46 drive 2.9 miles to degarmo rd cr 43 27 former sleight sleght farm r pvt a house on the site of this stone and brick one and a half story house built ca 1765 was replaced in 1798 victorian touches were added a c later by a dutch family from kingston who settled here before the american revolution 28 the former ayrault farm r now lewis country farms this farm specialized in cattle breeding in the 19th c when in 1870 it produced the 4 largest beef cattle ever raised on an american farm turn left on cottage rd and drive 0.6 mile to violet ave turn left on violet ave turn right on degarmo rd cr 43 drive 0.8 mile to rt 44 the wappinger creek named for the wappinger indians divides lagrange from poughkeepsie at the crossing in the 1960s the farm land l became arlington american legion post #1302 the former palen/platt home violet avenue school turn left on rt 44 rt 44 began as filkintown rd a path from poughkeepsie to the connecticut border in 1806 it was improved as a log paved toll road adams fairacre farms is on right 32 violet avenue school r one of 3 native fieldstone schools built during fdr s presidency influenced by his interest in hudson valley architecture 19th c violet greenhouses for new york city markets gave the road its name drive 2.5 miles to n white st turn left on n white st drive 0.1 mile to main st turn left on main st drive 0.5 mile to innis ave 29 clinton house r at the i with main st is a dutch colonial/georgian stone house known formerly as the clear everitt house and home to the dutchess county historical society built in 1765 it burned and was rebuilt in 1783 by army masons tradition holds it to have been george clinton s headquarters during the american revolution exhibits research library by appt call 845/471-1630 for 33 drive 0.6 mile to fulton st turn right on fulton st 33 children s home r founded 1847 as a private charity this institution now provides shelter and services to dependent children of distressed families drive 1.1 miles to marist college end of tour.

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