Hudson Almshouse

United States historic place


Hudson Almshouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


42°15′09″N 73°47′13″W / 42.25250°N 73.78694°W / 42.25250; -73.78694
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1818 (1818), c. 1884-1889
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	08000921^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 6, 2007

Hudson Almshouse, also known as the Hudson Lunatic Asylum, Hudson Orphan and Relief Association, and Hudson Area Association Library, is a historic almshouse located at Hudson, Columbia County, New York. It was built about 1818, with a substantial rear addition built between about 1884 and 1889. It consists of a three-story central section with two-story flanking wings constructed of dressed limestone. Originally built as an almshouse, it subsequently served as a mental health asylum, female academy, private home, and from 1959 to 2016, the local association library.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes William E. Krattinger (April 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hudson Almshouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs
^ "Library Set to Move". Hudson Area Library. 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-16.