Hudson River Valley | Heritage Sites

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The Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area does not own or operate any of the sites listed below. They are owned and managed by the organizations listed in the site descriptions. Please call ahead for special accommodation needs or with any questions about their sites.

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Top Cottage (FDR's Retreat)

Top Cottage (FDR's Retreat)

Top Cottage is one of only two buildings designed by a sitting President and one of the first structures designed for a disabled person.

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98 Val-Kill Dr., Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601
Dutchess County
Open Year Round
Underground Railroad Education Center

Underground Railroad Education Center

Award winning Greek Revival Underground Railroad site recalling the anti-slavery activism of Stephen and Harriet Myers and their colleagues, the meetings of The Vigilance Committee, and the Freedom Seekers who stopped here to request assistance. Come experience history and its relevance for us today

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194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, 12210
Albany County
Open Year Round
Union Church of Pocantico Hills

Union Church of Pocantico Hills

Union Church contains modern stained-glass art created by Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall and commissioned as memorials by members of the Rockefeller family

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555 Bedford Road, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 10591
Westchester County
Open This Season
Untermyer Park and Gardens

Untermyer Park and Gardens

The garden was built in 1916 and was called "America's Most Spectacular Garden" in the 1920's by the national press. It had 60 gardeners and 60 greenhouses on 150 acres

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945 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY, 10701
Westchester County
Open Year Round
Free
USS Slater DE766

USS Slater DE766

The USS SLATER is the only World War II-era destroyer escort still afloat and the only one in existence with original battle armament

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Broadway & Quay Streets, Albany, NY, 12202
Albany County
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Van Cortlandt Manor

Van Cortlandt Manor

Van Cortlandt Manor, a museum of living history, offers glimpses into the life of a Hudson Valley Patriot family.

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525 South Riverside Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 10520
Westchester County
Seasonal Operation
Van Wyck Homestead Museum

Van Wyck Homestead Museum

Van Wyck Homestead Museum is the last remnant of the Fishkill Supply Depot which supplied the Continental Army during the American Revolution

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504 Route 9, Fishkill, NY, 12524
Dutchess County
Open This Season
Free
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

The Vanderbilt Mansion is a monument to the social and economic changes taking place afforded new industrialist during the Gilded Age.

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119 Vanderbilt Park Rd, Hyde Park, NY, 12538
Dutchess County
Open Year Round
Walkway Over The Hudson State Historic Park

Walkway Over The Hudson State Historic Park

The Hudson Valley's most unique state park, Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park crosses the river atop the former Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge.

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87 Haviland Rd., Highland, NY, 12528
Ulster County
Open Year Round
Free
Washington Irving's Sunnyside

Washington Irving's Sunnyside

Sunnyside is the charmingly Romantic home of Washington Irving, author of such classics as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle

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3 West Sunnyside Lane, Irvington, NY, 10533
Westchester County
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