Jewett House
Jewett House is a nine-story Tudor-style dormitory on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. Built in 1907 to accommodate increasing demand for residential space, the dorm was designed by Vassar art professor Lewis Pilcher of the architectural firm Pilcher and Tachau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dormitory
- Description: dormitory of Vassar College
- Address: 15 Josselyn Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Davison House and Lathrop House.
Davison House
Dormitory
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Davison House is a five-story dormitory on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. Designed by Boston architecture firm Allen & Vance and built 1902, it was the fourth dorm built on Vassar's residential quadrangle. Davison House is situated 340 feet southwest of Jewett House.
Lathrop House
Dormitory
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Lathrop House was the third quadrangle dormitory built on Vassar College's campus in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. Constructed in 1901 and designed by Boston-based Allen & Vance, the brick dorm stands five stories tall. Lathrop House is situated 330 feet southeast of Jewett House.
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Arts center
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The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, commonly known as the Loeb, is a teaching museum, major art repository, and exhibition space on the campus of Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is situated 1,500 feet south of Jewett House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arlington and Poughkeepsie.
Arlington
Town
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Arlington is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, and United States. At the 2010 census, the CDP population was 4,061.
Poughkeepsie
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Poughkeepsie is the name of both a town and a city in Dutchess County in New York's Hudson Valley. The City of Poughkeepsie is along the Hudson River on its eastern shore, where the river marks the boundary of the city and of the county.
MacDonnell Heights
Village
MacDonnell Heights is a census-designated place in the town of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. MacDonnell Heights is situated 2 miles northeast of Jewett House.
Jewett House
- Categories: university dormitory, building, and residential building
- Location: Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.69017° or 41° 41′ 25″ northLongitude
-73.89716° or 73° 53′ 50″ westElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
87H8M4R3+34OpenStreetMap ID
way 319175695OpenStreetMap feature
building=dormitory
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