Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Hamlet
Annandale Road
Annandale Road
Annandale-on-Hudson is located in New York
Annandale-on-Hudson
Annandale-on-Hudson
Location in New York state
Coordinates: 42°0′46.08″N 73°54′29.52″W / 42.0128000°N 73.9082000°W / 42.0128000; -73.9082000
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyDutchess
TownRed Hook
Elevation
154 ft (47 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
12504
Area code845
GNIS feature ID942492 [1]

Annandale-on-Hudson is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States, located in the Hudson Valley town of Red Hook, across the Hudson River from Kingston. The hamlet consists mainly of the Bard College campus.

Municipal services

Emergency services at Annandale-on-Hudson are provided by the municipal Red Hook Police Department, the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, New York State Police, Red Hook Volunteer Fire Company, and Tivoli Volunteer Fire Company. Students, faculty, and staff of Bard College also receive on-campus emergency assistance from Bard College Safety and Security and the student-run Bard EMS.

History

The Munsee and Muhheaconneok people were the original inhabitants of this area and, due to forced migration, now reside in Northeast Wisconsin and are known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.[2]

The town takes its name from an estate donated by John Bard and his wife to Columbia University so that a college could be formed there. Today, Bard College stands on the land that John Bard donated. Bard College houses the only post office for Annandale-on-Hudson's ZIP code, 12504. The land comprising Annandale-on-Hudson, sometimes abbreviated to "Annandale", is mostly owned by Bard College. There are also a few private residences, small businesses, and undeveloped land controlled by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Annandale-on-Hudson, despite its size, has a significant history. Blithewood, a mansion designed by Francis L. V. Hoppin, an alumnus of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White for Andrew C. Zabriskie in 1899, replaced an earlier mansion by the same name remodeled for Robert Donaldson Jr. by architect Alexander Jackson Davis.[3] The current Blithewood was donated to Bard College in 1951 by the Zabriskie family and, today, houses the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College. The Estate was originally part of a 1660 land transfer from Native owners to Peter Schuyler.[4] The Manor Estate is another historical mansion located on campus.[5]

Bard College's resident archaeologist Christopher Lindner has extensively researched the history of this area.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
  2. ↑ Bard College. "DEI Resources at Bard College". www.bard.edu. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Robert Donaldson (1800–1872) | Cultivating a Taste for Scenery". omekalib.bard.edu. Stevenson Library Digital Collections. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Reamer Kline, Education for the Common Good: a History of Bard College-the first 100 Years, 1860-1960 (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: The College, 1982), 136.
  5. ↑ Berner, Nancy; Lowry, Susan (2010). Gardens of the Hudson Valley. Monacelli Press. ISBN 9781580932776. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ "About Bard Archaeology". www.bard.edu. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  7. ↑ Mervis, Scott (August 21, 2014). "Uncovering the mysteries of Steely Dan". The Detroit News. Retrieved July 29, 2021.

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