Main Building
The Main Building of Vassar College is the oldest surviving building on its campus in Poughkeepsie, New York, and the center of academic life. It was built by James Renwick Jr. in the Second Empire style in 1861, the second building in the history of what was one of America's first women's colleges.Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and Ely Hall.
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 680 feet southwest of Main Building.
Ely Hall
College building
Photo: Bobamnertiopsis, CC BY 4.0.
Ely Hall is a two-story Richardsonian Romanesque classroom and laboratory building on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, US. Ely Hall is situated 490 feet northeast of Main Building.
Strong House
Dormitory
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. Strong House is situated 710 feet northwest of Main Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arlington and Titusville.
Arlington
Town
Photo: Dtobias, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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 Main Building.
Poughkeepsie
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
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.
Main Building
- Type: College building
- Description: building in New York, United States
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.68683° or 41° 41′ 13″ northLongitude
-73.89524° or 73° 53′ 43″ westElevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
87H8M4P3+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 318878148OpenStreetMap feature
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“Main Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “主建筑”
- Chinese: “主建築”
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