Dutchess CountyWednesday, November 4
The Fjord Trail's visitor center at Dutchess Manor wins Planning Board approval
The Daily Poughkeepsie team
If you've been watching the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail take shape, the next piece is a historic one. The Fishkill Planning Board has approved the nonprofit's plan to turn Dutchess Manor, on Route 9D, into the trail's visitor center.
Mid Hudson News reports the Oct. 8 approval covers the site plan from Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail Inc., which is developing the trail between Beacon and Cold Spring. The manor sits near the trail's midpoint.
The visitor center is expected to open in 2027
- 7.5 miles
- of trail planned between Beacon and Cold Spring
- 67
- parking spaces at the visitor center
- 2027
- year the center is expected to open
Sources: Times Union, Mid Hudson News
“The Planning Board's site plan approval allows us to move forward to transform Dutchess Manor into the Fjord Trail Visitor Center and serve the community in a variety of new ways.”
- Architect: George Harney, who worked in Cold Spring and Newburgh
- Past life: event venue for more than six decades
- Neighborhood nickname: Timoneyville, after a brickyard owner
Dutchess Manor goes from 1867 estate to trail hub
- 1867Built as a country estate for grain merchant James Wade.
- 1982Added to the National Register of Historic Places.
- 2020Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail Inc. buys the property.
- Oct. 8Fishkill Planning Board approves the site plan.
- 2027Visitor center is expected to open.
Source: Mid Hudson News
Sources: Times Union, Mid Hudson News