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The Death House, Sing Sing Correctional Facility (Execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg)

354 Hunter Street, Ossining A little after 8 p.m. on June 19, 1953, New York State executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in the death house at Sing Sing Correctional Facility for crimes of espionage conspiracy. Smoke rose from Ethel’s head after five electrical pulses rushed through her veins.  There may not have been a more… Continue reading The Death House, Sing Sing Correctional Facility (Execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg)

Park Street AME Zion Church

1220 Park Street, Peekskill Built by formerly enslaved persons in 1852, the Park Street American Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church was part of the Underground Railroad. At the time of the church’s construction, New York State was nearing a quarter century of abolition. However, the United States as a whole would not follow suit for… Continue reading Park Street AME Zion Church

Hudson River Maternal Health Center

173 North Broadway, Yonkers In June 1939, a women’s group at St. John’s Riverside Hospital founded the Hudson River Maternal Health Center. The organization included a committee of medical professionals in Westchester Country dedicated to providing women with information about and access to birth control. The Hudson River Maternal Health Center hosted educational programs about… Continue reading Hudson River Maternal Health Center

Sing Sing Correctional Facility

354 Hunter Street, Ossining If you are on a Metro North Hudson Line train, take a look out the window just south of  the Ossining station. For a brief moment, you will notice tall limestone walls, concertina wire, and watch towers. The train tracks bisect New York State’s second oldest, second largest, and most infamous… Continue reading Sing Sing Correctional Facility

Tioronda Hat Works Factory

555 South Avenue, Beacon In the early twentieth century, Beacon was the hat manufacturing capital of New York, second in the country only to Danbury, Connecticut. At Beacon’s manufacturing height, there were eleven hat factories in the small city. The factories were situated along the Fishkill Creek, which powered factory turbines and was a convenient… Continue reading Tioronda Hat Works Factory

Letchworth Village

Letchworth Village Road (at Ridge Road), Thiells Letchworth Village was a residential institution for people of all ages with disabilities. When the Village opened in 1911, many considered it as practicing a progressive way of caring for people with disabilities. At over 2000 acres of land and 130 buildings, the Village was intended for a… Continue reading Letchworth Village

Masjid Al-Ikhlas

25 Washington Terrace, Newburgh Founded in 1992 to serve Newburgh’s growing Muslim community, Masjid Al-Iklhas is located in a what was once a warehouse. In 2009, the mosque became the focus of national media attention, involving one of the FBI’s most notorious sting operations: a terrorist plot that never was. In the aftermath of the… Continue reading Masjid Al-Ikhlas

Hudson Garden Apartments/Smith Street Housing Project

Smith Street (between Weed St. and Salt Point Turnpike), Poughkeepsie Formerly known as the Smith Street Housing Project, the Hudson Garden Apartments are a public housing development in Poughkeepsie. The apartment complex opened to its first residents in 1952, becoming the city’s first public housing project. The 185-unit complex was named after Poughkeepsie cough drop… Continue reading Hudson Garden Apartments/Smith Street Housing Project

Sojourner Truth Birthplace

153 Carney Road, Rifton A small brick house standing on Carney Road is the birthplace of Sojourner Truth, a famous African American abolitionist and feminist. Born, circa 1797, to an enslaved, Dutch-speaking couple, Elizabeth and James Baumfree, Truth (originally named Isabella Baumfree) exemplified resistance against slavery in the Hudson Valley, while her legacy of anti-slavery… Continue reading Sojourner Truth Birthplace

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