Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
1895 - Poughkeepsie

Poughkeepsie, a handsome city, the capital of Dutchess co., N.Y., is on the E. bank of the Hudson River, 74 miles north of New York City, and 70 miles south of Albany. Lat. 41° 40' N.; lon. 73° 55' W. The site is a plateau or plain which is nearly 200 feet higher than the water and is enclosed on the E. side by high hills. The plan of the city is regular, and the streets cross one another at right angles. It is connected with New York and Albany by the Hudson River Railroad, and is a terminus of the Poughkeepsie & Eastern Railroad, which extends to Millerton,-47 miles. At this point is a bridge across the Hudson River, which is said to be the largest in America. It is operated by the Philadelphia, Reading & New England Railroad, which connects with the railroad systems on the W., and extends to Hartford, eastward 110 miles. There is also a steam ferry. Two miles N. of the city are the large and imposing buildings of the Hudson River State Hos £ for the Insane, erected at a cost of over $2,000,000. Poughkeepsie is distinguished for the number and quality of its educational institutions. It is the seat of Vassar College (for women), which was organized in 1865, and was founded and liberally endowed by Matthew Vassar, after whom it was named. Large additions to its buildings and endowments have since been made by the nephews of the founder, Matthew Vassar, Jr., and John Guy Vassar. It has about 45 professors and instructors, a library of 20,000 volumes, and accommodates about 500 students. This city contains, besides many handsome residences, 20 churches, a high school, Lyndon Hall School (for girls), the River view Academy, Berkeley School (for boys), an opera-house, public library, home for the friendless, home for aged men and women, Vassar Brothers' Institute, Vassar Brothers' Hospital (both largely endowed by the gentlemen whose names they bear), a comprehensive electric railroad system, extending to Wappinger's Falls (8 miles S.), 6 national banks, the capital of which amounts to $1,125,000, a savings-bank, a blast-furnace, manufactures of mowing machines, milk-separators, and other farming-implements, horseshoes, machinery, glass, shoes, ironware, water-heaters, clothing, hardware specialties, fishing-rods, wood-work, silk thread, carriages, &c. Four daily and 6 weekly news papers are published here. College Hill Park, comprising 80 acres, is situated in the northeastern part of the city. Pop. in 1875, 19,859; in 1880, 20,207; in 1890, 22.206.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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