Strong House

Strong House is a dormitory at Vassar College named after Bessie Rockefeller Strong, the oldest daughter of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, who was largely responsible for funding the building's construction.

Type: Dormitory
Description: Vassar College dormitory
Also known as: “Strong Hall”
Address: 7 North Campus Drive, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and Lathrop House.

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Arts center

Photo: Poughkeepsieman, Public domain.

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 980 feet south of Strong House.

Lathrop House

Dormitory

Photo: Bobamnertiopsis, CC BY 4.0.

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.

Raymond House

Dormitory

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Raymond House is one of five quadrangle residence halls at Vassar College, located in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. Designed by Francis R. Allen, Raymond House was erected in 1897 in response to the popularity of Strong House and named after the second president of Vassar College, John Howard Raymond. Raymond House is situated 330 feet west of Strong 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. As of the 2020 census, Arlington had a population of 3,010.

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.

Titusville

Hamlet

Titusville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of LaGrange, New York, in Dutchess County, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 729. Titusville is situated 2 miles southeast of Strong House.

Strong 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

41.68859° or 41° 41′ 19″ north

Longitude

-73.89636° or 73° 53′ 47″ west

Elevation

171 feet (52 metres)

Open location code

87H8M4Q3+CF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 329316370

OpenStreetMap feature

building=dormitory

GeoNames ID

7203773

Wikidata ID

Q14707377

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