Mileage between sites is bracketed, in bold and given in miles and tenths of miles, e.g. (2.6) for two and six tenths, or (0.1) for one tenth of a mile. The exception to this rule is the mileage for the full extent of SIDE TRIPS, which is neither bracketed nor bolded.

Municipalities are listed by letters in the guide and on markers; sites and historic areas are identified by numbers.

Sites visible from the Routes are in caps within the text.

Side Trips and other Off Route attractions are suggested at points marked by an asterisk (*) and italics. Directions to these sites are at the end of each tour. Because basic tours take several hours each, we suggest return visits to explore these additional sites. Dutchess County Farm Produce Maps and winery brochures are available at Tourism Information Centers county-wide.

Telephone numbers in Dutchess County are primarily in the 845 area code, with the exception of Millerton and Pine Plains, where some numbers are in the 518 area. Check the telephone directory for assistance.

Where the map indicates "Start" set your trip meter at "0" and begin. (Note that individual trip meters may vary slightly from mileage indicated.)

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Tour 3 begins on Rt. 9 in Hyde Park, at The Culinary Institute of America north entrance.

1 THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (CIA). Training ground for world-class chefs. Founded as The New Haven Restaurant Institute in 1946, its first class numbered 16 returning World War II veterans. Steady growth brought the Institute in 1972 to the former St. Andrew-on-Hudson Jesuit Seminary in Hyde Park. Every 3 weeks a new class begins training for Bachelor and Associate degrees. Four restaurants and a bakery are open to the public. Reservations needed for campus restaurants. Call 845/471-6608 for reservations.

Drive 1.7 miles north on Rt. 9 to entrance of FDR National Historic Site; note monumental gateposts, cut stone, rubble-filled walls.

2 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT HOME, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, HENRY A. WALLACE VISITOR CENTER (L). Estate of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States. “Springwood,” the family home where he was born in 1882, was often the northern White House where he hosted heads of state. He and wife Eleanor are buried in the Rose Garden. Since his death in 1945, the house and property have been managed as a National Historic Site by the National Park Service (NPS). The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, first of 11 presidential libraries and part of the National Archives, houses documents, manuscripts, photographs, tapes, films and artifacts relating to FDR and Eleanor. Built of fieldstone and inspired by Hudson Valley Dutch farmhouses, the facility is 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 (1933–40) 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-the-art 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. Tours. Call 845/229-9115 (home) or 800/FDR-VISIT (library) for (?).

Continue north on Rt. 9 and drive 0.6 mile to mile marker.

Mile marker on the west side, embedded in the stone wall that reads, “87 miles to New York City, 5 miles to Po’keepsie.”

COPPOLA’S OF HYDE PARK, www.coppolas.net, 845/229-9113. Experience Coppola’s 32 years in Historic Hyde Park Enjoy Italian and American cuisine. Open year-round, serving lunch, dinner and Sun. brunch. Just north of the Roosevelt Estate.

3 BERGH-STOUTENBURGH HOUSE (R). Diagonally across from the marker is a small fieldstone house, 1 of only 2 remaining, built mid-18th c. when the town was settled. It is now Edo Sushi Restaurant.

ROOSEVELT INN OF HYDE PARK, www.rooseveltinnofhydepark.com, 845/229-2443. The Roosevelt Inn, a family business celebrating 30+ years of operation, is a quaint comfortable inn with an air of old-world hospitality that guests will enjoy.

TWIST RESTAURANT, 845/229-7094. Chef Benjamin Mauk, CIA Alum. Contemporary American Cuisine. Full bar, wines, and beer. Located between Roosevelt and Vanderbilt Estates. Lunch, dinner, Tues.-Sat., Sun. brunch.

Proceed north 0.6 mile to Hyde Park village center.

4 VILLAGE CENTER (Harvey to Market Streets). Delightful 19th c. houses are found in a 4-block area. THE HYDE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (L), was built 1940 during the Roosevelt administration. The JAMES ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL LIBRARY (1927) (L), was given to the town by Sara Delano Roosevelt to honor her husband. The TOWN HALL (L) was built in 1968. Farther north is the HYDE PARK POST OFFICE (1940) (R), a WPA structure and personal project of FDR. Victorian commercial buildings mark this as the original business center. The REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH (R) was built 1826 by the congregation formed 1790.

Drive 0.2 mile north to entrance to Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.

5 VANDERBILT MANSION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (L). In 1895, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, grandson of “Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt, purchased the property and redesigned a Beaux-Arts limestone palace and filled it with art treasures from around the world. Until the 1930s, lavish parties and balls were held here summer and fall, with guests drawn from America’s wealthiest families and European nobility. In 1940 it became a National Historic Site. Admission. Tours. Call 845/229-9115 for (?).

Drive 0.4 mile north to St. James Episcopal Church.

6 ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH (R). St. James is sometimes called “the President’s church” because FDR was a member and vestryman of this congregation, formed 1811. President and Mrs. Roosevelt brought King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain here for services during their 1939 visit to the United States and Canada. Destroyed by a fire in 1984, it is now reconstructed. Visitors welcome.

Drive 1.6 miles to Anderson School.

7 ANDERSON SCHOOL (L). A school for children and young adults with special needs. The house was named Mansewood because it was the original “Manse” of the parish of St. James in Hyde Park.

Drive 0.9 mile. Turn left at (Y) with Old Post Rd. Caution.

8 MARGARET LEWIS NORRIE STATE PARK & MARINA (L). One of 5 state parks in Dutchess County, it borders the Hudson parallel to the hamlet of Staatsburg. The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Taconic Region, operates the site. The property includes educational/recreational facilities, a yacht basin, picnic and overnight camping grounds, children’s play areas and a network of marked trails. The center, museum and fresh water aquarium are housed in a fieldstone structure built at the water’s edge. Call 845/889-4100 for (?).

Drive north on Old Post Rd. 0.7 mile.

9 HAMLET OF STAATSBURG. Thought to be the earliest settlement in Hyde Park, this hamlet along Old Post Rd. was developed around commerce generated by farms and estates. 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 structure, now houses the HAMLET LIBRARY (R).

Drive 0.5 mile north to entrance to Staatsburgh State Historic Site.

10 STAATSBURGH STATE HISTORIC SITE (L). The Ogden & Ruth Livingston Mills estate is a contiguous parkscape that almost surrounds Staatsburg. A massive stone wall leads to iron gates that lead to the main house. This is one of the few estates whose river view is uninterrupted by the railroad tracks. Generations of the same family lived here from 1792 when Morgan Lewis, New York State’s third governor, purchased the land, until 1938 when Mills heirs gave the property to the State. The 65-room mansion, third on the site, was redesigned and enlarged for Lewis’ great-granddaughter, Ruth Livingston, and her husband, financier Ogden Mills. This imposing Beaux-Arts structure was a country retreat. Operated by NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Tours. 845/889-8851 for (?).

11 DINSMORE GOLF COURSE (R). Said to be the nation’s second oldest private golf course, the original 9-hole course was used by the River families for their games and tournaments. Brick buildings near the road are part of the Mills’ farm complex. Now a public course. 845/889-4082 or 3126 for (?).

Drive 0.9 mile. Turn right on Rt. 9 south.

The route circles south to the DINSMORE GOLF COURSE, IRONWOOD GRILLE RESTAURANT (R) and parking area where one can see one of the most beautiful views of the river and mountains in the entire valley.

Drive 1.5 miles. Turn left on CR 37, North Cross Rd. Drive 1.4 miles to Rt. 9G. Turn left on Rt. 9G opposite Connelly Dr. Drive 1.3 miles to CR 14, Hollow Rd. Turn right on CR 14.

12 THE DEWITT HOUSE (R) (PVT). Built ca. 1773 by John DeWitt, Revolutionary War officer and delegate to the Ratification Convention in 1788. The former BATTENFELD STORE (L), opposite, and the mill site beyond were the business center.

Drive 1.2 miles. Bear right at the church.

13 PLEASANT PLAINS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH at the (Y) is a hamlet landmark. This white frame Greek Revival structure dates from the organization of the congregation in 1837. 18th and 19th c. farms line the road to the Hollow and Hibernia Mills, a main, east-west artery in this area.

Drive 2.7 miles to Clinton Hollow.

14 CLINTON HOLLOW, one of several hamlets in the town built up around commerce and industry at crossroads and waterways retains its 19th c. appearance. The GENERAL STORE (L) has operated since 1829. Several present-day houses that hug the road were originally intended for other purposes, i.e. a blacksmith shop. The MILL POND (R) on Salt Point Creek remains from a grist mill built in 1773.

Drive 0.3 mile. Turn right on CR 18, Centre Rd. Drive 3.3 miles. Turn left at (I) CR 18 and NYS 115, Salt Pt. Tnpk.

Center Rd. leads from Salt Point to Schultzville, two 19th c. hamlets. It passes the TOWN OF CLINTON RECREATION PARK (R) and parallels Little Wappinger Creek, a tributary of the WAPPINGER CREEK (View) (R).

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 1.7 miles past Taconic Parkway entrance. Continue on Salt Point Tnpk. 0.7 mile.

16 CREEK MEETING HOUSE (L). In the late 1700s Quakers settled in the area and began construction of the building now occupied by the UPTON LAKE GRANGE (L). Completed in 1782, the fieldstone CREEK MEETING HOUSE (L), home of the Clinton Historical Society, is identified as a Quaker site by separate entrances for women and men and by the adjacent burial ground, one of the oldest in the county. Exhibits. Call 845/266-5494 for (?).

Turn around and drive 0.7 mile back to enter Taconic Parkway South. Drive 3.6 miles and turn right at Poughkeepsie/Millbrook exit on Rt. 44 West.

The name “Taconic” is said to come from an Indian root word and may be translated as “forest” or “forest clearing”.

Rt. 44, one of the oldest roads in the county, originated as a footpath. The 18th c. saw the beginnings of a county road system. Private companies built roads as investments and were repaid by tolls. Early roads, often constructed of log planks, provided a dry surface for carriage wheels and riders. Rt. 44, first know as Filkintown Road, became the Dutchess Turnpike, a toll road, in 1806. Tollkeepers and their families living in houses next to the road operated toll gates and collected fees.

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.

18 ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH (L), located across the highway from Albrecht’s, is little changed since it was built in 1842.

Drive 0.2 mile to Wappinger Creek and bridge.

19 VILLAGE OF PLEASANT VALLEY. Quakers and Presbyterians from New England and Long Island first settled here in the 1740s where the Wappinger Creek was easily forded. Late 18th c. maps refer to a “great bridge,” and open bridge near the fording site, south of the present structure. A covered bridge built over the creek was replaced in 1841 and 1911. This area is the site of former textile mills.

Continue 0.2 mile to Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church.

20 PLEASANT VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND BURIAL GROUND (L). The congregation, formed 1765, constructed its first church in 1770. The present, brick Greek Revival structure was built in 1848. The adjacent burial ground contains many early stones.

Turn right at light on CR 71, West Rd. Drive 1.0 miles to West Road School.

21 WEST ROAD SCHOOL (L). In former years Pleasant Valley was a farm and railroad center and a summer vacation retreat. Sawmill Plaza was the site of THE RAILROAD STATION for the Poughkeepsie and Eastern RR (1870). The station was removed in 1990 to the school grounds.

Drive 0.3 mile. Turn left on Rt. 115, Salt Pt. Trpk.

Along Salt Point Turnpike farmhouses and farm buildings reclaim the landscape and cattle graze nearby.

Drive 0.7 mile. Turn right on CR 16, Quaker Ln. Drive 3.8 miles to Crum Elbow Meeting House.

22 CRUM ELBOW MEETING HOUSE (R), a simple, 2-story white frame structure with separate doors for the sexes, dates back to the late 1700s when Friends settled the eastern hills of Hyde Park, then part of Clinton. A narrow porch with milled supports was added mid-19th c. The burial ground contains many early stones.

Turn around and drive 0.9 mile to CR 41. Turn right on CR 41. Drive 0.1 mile to Camp Victory Lake.

23 CAMP VICTORY LAKE (R). A nonprofit Christian camp, owned and operated by the Northeastern Conference of Seventh Day Adventist for the express purpose of providing a safe, atmosphere for young people of all races, religions and faiths.

Continue on CR 41. Drive 2.6 miles to East Park to Rt. 9G. Turn left on Rt. 9G south at the light.

Until the 1930s, Rt. 9G was a quiet country road bordered on both sides by violet greenhouses and family farms.

Drive 0.1 mile to William Stoutenburgh Stone House.

24 WILLIAM STOUTENBURGH STONE HOUSE (R). This Dutch vernacular, stone farmhouse, probably the oldest in the town, was home to generations of the Stoutenburgh family, ca. 1750.

Drive 1.7 miles south on Rt. 9G to entrance of Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site at Val-Kill.

25 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AT VAL-KILL (L). The name translates to “stream of falls”. This 180-acre wooded plot on the Fallkill was a favorite Roosevelt family picnic spot. In 1924 FDR deeded it to his wife and friends to build a weekend retreat. The first building on the site, Stone Cottage, was inspired by 18th c. Hudson Valley Dutch farmhouses. Val-Kill Industries, a crafts training and rural economic development experiment, began and ended here in a simple stucco building called “the factory” that eventually was remodeled into Eleanor Roosevelt’s home, now a museum. In 1977 Congress passed legislation creating the first National Historic Site in American history dedicated to a president’s wife. Tours. Call 845/229-9115 for (?).

Drive 0.1 mile and go past former Val-Kill Tea Room.

26 VAL-KILL TEA ROOM (L). In the 1930s and ’40s this restaurant contained a weaving shop and showroom. The Tea Room was an adjunct to Val-Kill Industries featuring examples of
fine crafted furniture, pewter and handwoven items. After the factory closed in 1936, the Tea Room continued as a private business.

Drive 0.3 mile. Turn right on CR 40A, St. Andrews Rd., to Rt. 9.

Land previously owned by the Jesuits was deeded to the County in 1974 to build a connector road between Rt. 9G, Violet Ave., and Rt. 9, King’s Highway.

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