St. Margaret's Home, Red Hook

Name: St. Margaret's Home
Address: Red Hook, United States

#9 among attractions in Red Hook

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St. Margaret's Home, also known as Mrs. Astor's Orphan Asylum, is a historic Episcopal orphanage located at 7260 South Broadway in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1852, and is a two-story, Italian Villa style brick building with brownstone trim. It features a front porch with fluted cast iron columns, French windows, and round arched center double entrance. Its construction and operation until 1872 was supported by Margaret Rebecca Armstrong Astor, wife of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. From 1872 to 1875, its patron was Margaret Astor Ward Chanler, wife of John Winthrop Chanler, after which Congressman Chanler until his death in 1877 and afterwards the Chanler Estate. The orphanage closed in 1932. ()

Built: 1852 (172 years ago)Coordinates: 41°58'51"N, 73°52'57"W

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Red Hook United States

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St. Margaret's Home – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Equis Art Gallery, St. Christopher's Church.

1.2 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Red Hook
31 min walk • The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome is a living museum in Rhinebeck, New York. It owns many examples of airworthy aircraft of the Pioneer Era, World War I and the Golden Age of Aviation between the World Wars, and multiple examples of roadworthy antique automobiles.
0.8 miN
Church, Romanesque architecture
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Red Hook
21 min walk • St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church is the official name of what is usually referred to as St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Red Hook, New York, United States. Its six buildings and cemetery are on a 15-acre lot on South Broadway just south of the village center.
1.1 miN
41°59'44"N • 73°52'34"W
Equis Art Gallery, Red Hook
28 min walk • Art gallery, Museum, Shopping
0.8 miN
Church
St. Christopher's Church, Red Hook
21 min walk • The Parish of St. Christopher and St. Sylvia is a parish under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. In November 2014, the Archdiocese of New York announced that the parish of St. Sylvia's Church in Tivoli, New York would merge with St. Christopher's.