Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center

Poughkeepsie, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Built in the 1880s by the nephews of Matthew Vassar, founder of Vassar College, this Renaissance Revival structure in Poughkeepsie originally served as a home for elderly men, though it remained underutilized until the early twentieth century. Designed by architect J.A. Wood, who also created the architecturally similar Vassar Institute across Main Street, the building exemplifies the era's revival style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and contributing to the Mill Street–North Clover Street Historic District the same year, it transitioned in the 1970s from a retirement home to the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center. Today, managed by a local arts organization, it continues to serve the community by providing space for nonprofit tenants alongside its arts programming.