8. Stone Henge

WALKING TOUR

8. STONE HENGE

“Look up to the left among the trunks and branches of tall trees…, and see, on the summit of this high knoll, how weird appear these huge upright stones standing like palisades, and there like solitary sentinels guarding some mysterious spot.”

— Benson J. Lossing, Vassar College and Its Founder, 1867

Downing wound the carriage trail tightly around this rocky knoll. Today, the stones are overturned and scattered about the base. Some of these stones are inscribed “Whitehouse”, the name of the family that owned Springside after Vassar’s death.

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SITE LOCATION:
185 Academy Street
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
845.454.2060

HOURS:
Dawn Until Dusk

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The Springside Walking Tour is funded, in part, by a grant from the Hudson River Valley Greenway.

The land that now comprises Springside is part of the homelands of the Munsee Lenape, Indigenous peoples who have an enduring connection to this place.

Springside Landscape Restoration, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, owns and stewards Springside.
Mail to: P.0. Box 4915, Poughkeepsie, NY 12602