National Register of Historic Places
Vassar, Matthew, Estate
Vassar, Matthew, Estate is a historic place in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 1969, and designated a National Historic Landmark. Its National Register reference number is 69000141.
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Vassar, Matthew, Estate
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About this place
What is Vassar, Matthew, Estate?
Springside was the estate of Matthew Vassar in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. It is located on Academy Street just off US 9. Detailed plans for a landscape, villa, and complex of farm buildings were drawn up by the influential Andrew Jackson Downing with assistance of Calvert Vaux prior to the former's death. The landscaping was completed and remains Downing's most intact surviving landscape, but only a few of the buildings he planned were ever built; most have since been lost to fire and structural failure. A cottage where Vassar resided was dismantled and removed in the mid-1970s. Its facade is on display in the New York State Museum.
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Listing details
- Name
- Vassar, Matthew, Estate
- City
- Poughkeepsie
- County
- Dutchess County
- State
- New York
- Listed on the National Register
- August 11, 1969
- NRIS reference number
- 69000141
- Resource type
- building
- National Historic Landmark
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 41.68929, -73.92685
When was Vassar, Matthew, Estate listed on the National Register?
Vassar, Matthew, Estate was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 11, 1969.
Where is Vassar, Matthew, Estate located?
Vassar, Matthew, Estate is located in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York at approximately 41.68929, -73.92685. See the map above.
Is Vassar, Matthew, Estate a National Historic Landmark?
Yes. Vassar, Matthew, Estate is designated a National Historic Landmark, the highest federal recognition for a historic place.
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