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This section reserved for parcels owned or operated by
Marist College away from the main campus. Several of the
items relate to housing for student Marist Brothers. Visit
here
to see a history of brothers' housing; visit
here
to see
an overview of lay student housing. Several sites depict the
presence of the Marist Brothers or faculty or students in the
mid-Hudson area.
Click on the underlined word(s) to go directly to that space:
Shamrock Field
- parcel straddling Washington
&
Delafield
2 Eden Terrace
- faculty Brothers' housing
165 Academv. Street
- president Murray home
110 Academv. Street
- student Brothers housing
St JoseQh Convent
- student Brothers housing
Talmadge Court
- student housing.
Canterburv. Garden AQartments
- student housing
12 Dwight Street
- president Foy home
Leonidoff home
- 80 South Hamilton Street
Leonidoff gift
of land in Fairview
Edward Mack
donation in Lagrangeville



Marist East
- Western Publishing Building
Fishkill
Extension Center
Goshen
Extension Center
Marist Hall
- Cold Spring NY
Dover Plains
- Vista outreach center
HY.de Park
- Vista outreach center
Ulster CountY.
- Vista outreach center
CamQ Sunset
, Plattekill, Ulster County
Dominican CamQ.
, Hyde Park, Dutchess County
Our LadY. of Lourdes High School
(former)
Our Lady of Lourdes
Brothers' residences
(former)
Saint Peter's School
- downtown Poughkeepsie
HolY. TrinitY. ElementarY. School
- Arlington
Cuneen-Hackett Arts Center
Shamrock Field
Shamrock Field was an 8 acre parcel
between Delafield Street and
Washington Street given to the
College in 1960 by the Church of Saint
Peter when the church moved from its
Poughkeepsie location to Hyde Park


(1960 liber 1030 page 458). The parcel consisted of two
levels, one even with Washington Street, the other even
with Delafield Street.
The acreage bordering on Delafield Street had room for a
small softball field. Parking was difficult as it had to be along
Delafield. The field itself was about twelve feet higher than
the roadbed, and there was no access for vehicles. The
space along North Road (Washington Street) was larger but
not well developed and difficult for construction.
At first we thought of using the area for student dormitories.
As the north-south arterial highway neared completion in
1963, we judged it not advisable to ask students to cross
busy streets to reach the main campus, and the idea of
student housing was placed on hold.
Around 1966, Jerry Resnick, the
director of Rehabilitation Programs
Inc. approached Linus Foy to inquire
about the availability for a site for his
programs. After consulting with Daniel
Kirk, head of the psychology academic
field, Foy was convinced that the Rehabilitation Programs
unit would be an excellent source for internships for the
students in the psychology - and perhaps the biology -
programs.
As negotiations progressed Dutchess
County stepped in and became the
principal backer of the project, which
was enlarged to encompass mental
health programs, but also to include
the Rehabilitation Programs (now
called Abilities First). The college agreed to donate 5.6 acres
of Shamrock Field adjoining the North Road to the County.





The deed was signed in 1957 (18 July 1967, liber 1268,
page 230 of the county records).
The college retained the portion of
Shamrock Field along Delafield Street.
Around 1979 Foy was approached by
representatives of Saint Francis
Hospital and Vassar Hospital (Foy and
Jack McEnroe (Marist Board Chairman)
were trustees of Vassar, and Jack
Gartland Jr a trustee of Saint Francis) with the idea of using
the space for a computer system servicing both institutions
and possibly others in the Dutchess and Ulster counties.
Negotiations continued during 1979
and the land was deeded to the
Hospital Shared Services Inc entity in
late 1979 or early 1980. The venture
did not last long. I don't know when
the building was erected. The parcel is
now owned by a third party that rents space to the Heart
Center and the Saint Francis auditory and communications
center.
The main entrance to the building is
occupied by the Heart Center. At the
far end of the building another
entrance leads to the
Communication and Balance
Disorders facility
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The property just north of Shamrock
Field is now occupied by Mike Arteaga
Health
&
Fitness Center. It sits directly
across the south entrance/exit of the
main Marist College campus, and has
a long history connected to the
college. Mike Arteaga is a 1970 graduate of Marist College.
Shortly after graduating, Mike teamed up with William
Austin, who had been a physical education teacher at Marist
and coach of the crew team. Mike was captain of the crew
during his senior year. A third partner was Herbert Redl, a
local businessman who provided the capital to get them
started. They were helped by Mary Murphy, wife of Donald
Murphy of class of 1964. The group began several health
units under the name of Allsport.
At present there is no legal connection between Marist
College and Mike Arteaga's Health
&
Fitness Center. But
there is a link in a curious way. I was able to trace the deeds
back to 1865. The property changed hands several times
until it was sold in 1904 by Alfred Frost to Eleanor A
Sheckelford. She sold it to St Faith's Academy, an Albany
school where her father was the headmaster.
In some of the deeds the Shamrock
Field neighbor to the north was given
the right of ingress and egress across
the shamrock field territory. Visitors to
Arteaga enter by one small road, but
exit down a ramp which leads to the
Mental Health Center, and traverse a road through the
Mental Health Center leading to Washington Avenue.
Arteaga Health
&
Fitness Center attracts a clientele which
includes many administrators and faculty and alumni from
Marist College, despite the presence of a health and fitness



center in the Mccann Center. This
includes the present President (Dennis
Murray) and the former president
(Linus Richard Foy).
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In the late 1960s the trend was for
large religious institutions to break
down into more livable units. Several
Brothers on the Marist College faculty
looked in the city of Poughkeepsie for
a facility which would house six to
eight Brothers, all faculty or administration. They identified a
house at 2 Eden Terrace which was part of a development
along Livingston Street extending from Academy Street to
South Hamilton Street. The parcel had been pieced together
by Daniel W Wilbur and Mary Wilbur and was intended for
living for the wealthier citizens of Poughkeepsie. (In the
previous century, Academy and South Hamilton Streets had
been the prestige locations for upper class housing.) The
Wilbur tract was divided into three sections separate from
each other by entrances along Livingston Street. Eden
Terrace was the first cul-de-sac east of Academy Street. The
houses were unusually large; as time went by the wealthy
sought housing in more suburban areas outside the city and
town of Poughkeepsie and the market for these houses fell.
The owners of 2 Eden Terrace were: (1926) Otis A Allen
&
wife M Allen; (1934) Herbert Buckley; (1938) Herman E
&
Jean Johnson ( of Johnson Plumbing Co, then located at the
lower end of Main Street); (1956) Henry and Elizabeth
Kowal.
In 1969, the Kowals sold the parcel to the Marist Brothers,
who lacked the capital to purchase the property outright.


Marist College agreed to sponsor a
mortgage for $36,000 from the
Poughkeepsie Savings Bank using 2
Eden Terrace as collateral. The College
became the owner of the property, but
executed a side agreement with the
Marist Brothers which provided for
transfer of the parcel to the Brothers
after the mortgage was released. During this time the
Brothers were responsible for expenses related to the
property as well as satisfaction of the mortgage. The
transfer of ownership occurred June 1973.
The Brothers occupied the parcel until about 1984, in which
year the Brothers sold the property to Anthony and Ruth
Cenera. Anthony had been hired as an executive reporting
directly to President Dennis Murray. In 1988 Cenera took the
position of President of Sacred Heart University in Bridgeport
CT. He sold the property at Eden Terrace to Marist College in
1988 (liber 1807 page 374). The college then sold the parcel
to Paul and Sarah Browne. Paul had been hired as vice
president for Advancement. The Browns family occupied the
building until Paul took a position as assistant to the
Commissioner of Police in New York City in 1993.
The property remains owned by Marist College. Currently is
is occupied by several Marist Brothers, some of whom are
students at Marist.
165 Academy Street / President's Home
Tucked behind 2 Eden Terrace with a
driveway entrance from Eden Terrace
but street address of 165 Academy
Street is the home of the President
Dennis and his wife Marilyn Murray.


Unlike 2 Eden Terrace, 165 Academy Street was owned
between 1926 and 1980 by the Peelor family. Originally lot
#31 of the development plan, it was augmented by lot# 30
in 1940. Although there is a stairway to Academy Street,
normal and vehicle access is via a driveway adjacent to 2
Eden Terrace. The location allows for greater privacy than
some of the other site in the Garden Park Development.
110 Academy Street at corner of Barclay Street
The late 1960s experienced several
experiments in small group living for
candidates to religious orders,
including the Marist Brothers. One
such experiment was small group
living on a house along Academy
Street at the corner of Barclay Street.
I was able to track previous owners
back in time to 1865, when J Spenser Van Cleef pieced
together two parcels (liber 131 page 72 and liber 134 page
325).
In 1906 the Van Cleefs sold the parcel
to Ellen S Jones. It remained in the
Jones family until 1926, then passed
through some other owners until
Marist College purchased the property
in 1966 (liber 1210 page 871). The
agreement was that Marist College student brothers would
live in the house with a Brother teaching at the College as
housemaster. The experiment lasted about two years, but
terminated when smaller size housing for Student Brothers,
(Benoit and Gregory Houses) were occupied in 1968 and
1969).



The college sold the house to Donald Price in 1969. (liber
1273 page 70)
St. Joseph's Convent, Lafayette St. Poughkeepsie NY
J
David Kammer
was the
housemaster for
several student
brothers who
studied at
Marist College in the late 1960s
and/or early 1970s. Later information
indicates that the house operated
1968 to 1969 and was terminated
when Benoit and Gregory Houses were ready in summer
1969.
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Leonidoff Home 80 South Hamilton Street
When Doctor Leonidoff died, he willed
his house on South Hamilton Street to
Marist College to support studies in
the Russian Language. The house was
later sold and proceeds added to a
fund to further studies of Russian.
This is simply enough text to match
the thumbnail for the house at 60
south goes and goes and goes.
Fairview property donated by Leonidoff
Alex Leonidoff donated a parcel in Fairview directly east of
the George Bennett estate. Richard and Mary Foy considered


the site as a president's house in 1971
but decided to purchase the house at
12 Dwight Street instead.
Edward Mack donated land near route 55
In 1972 Edward Mack donated his 1/4 ownership of a parcel
in Unionvale along route 55 to Marist College (liber 1348
page 346). He (along with three others) had inherited the
parcel from the deceased John E Mack in 1942 (liber 600
page 467). As far as I know, the college still owns its share
of this parcel.
Talmadge Court Student Housing
In the late 1960s or early
1970s Marist leased or
rented apartments along
Talmadge Street for student
housing. This usage
continues today (2011). The
apartments were purchased
in 1996 by Marist Real
Property Services Inc from
BMR Associates Inc, which
entity purchased the parcel
in 1987 from Antonio and Margaret Provenzano, who
purchased the apartments from M Shepherd Jackson in
1985. Previous owners in descending chronological order
were Samuel Siegel who purchased the apartments in 1972
from Ella M James
&
Emery Hey. The apartments border
both Talmadge Street and Delafield Street.
Kings Court Motel - Cannon Street
Marist College recruited the first group of resident lay
students for entry to the college in Fall 1959. Since there


were no dormitory accommodations
on campus, the College rented a block
of rooms at the Kings Court Motel, on
Cannon Street just east of Market
Street. The most prestigious hotel in
the city was the Nelson House along
Market Street. The arrangement
lasted only a semester, and the small
group was transferred to campus to St. Mary's a small
bungalow building adjacent to the former Bech house, once
used as a novitiate then a juniorate and now only used for
Brothers work crews during the summer. Use of St. Mary's
was only for the Spring 1960 semester. Meanwhile
temporary dormitory and cafeteria space was constructed in
Donnelly Hall. Sheahan Hall, the first permanent dormitory
opened in Fall 1962. Donnelly dormitory space continued in
use until Fall 1965 when Champagnat Dormitory space
became available.
Among the group of pioneer resident students who
graduated in 1963 were: Ed DiSanto, Philip Dutremble,
Edmund Heller, James Moloney, William Moran and Dennis
Tierney
Canterbury Gardens Apartments
For several years in the 1960-1970
time period, the overflow of Marist
College students was housed at the
Canterbury Gardens Apartments,
located along route 44, across the
street from Adams Fairacre Farms.
The arrangement was convenient because the complex had
about twenty separate buildings; Marist could rent several
for exclusive use by students. The arrangement was
inconvenient because the apartments were located east of


the City of Poughkeepsie, which required time lost in
transportation to and from the main campus.
At one time the students occupied
almost all the apartments in the
complex. The units were rented, not
purchased by Marist College. Several
faculty members, including Edward
Donohue, resided there and acted as
residence advisers.
Residence Inn by Marriott - Route 9 near shopping plazas.
In the final decade of the 1900s and
even to 2011, the college was
oversubscribed for new resident
students. This was the result of
heightened popularity of on campus
housing and the uncertainty as to how
many students the college accepted
would actually attend. The college made arrangements to
rent blocks of rooms at the Residence Inn, located near IBM
main building, just behind the plaza with Pier One.
12 Dwight Street
Th is pa reel on a one block street
between South Hamilton and Hooker
Avenues the city of Poughkeepsie
served as Richard and Mary Fay's
house from 1972 until early 1980. The
Foys purchased the parcel (1972
liber1336 page 372) but the college held the mortgage.
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Camp Sunset, Plattekill, Ulster County, NY
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This camp may have been owned and
operated by the parish of Saint Agnes
in New York City. It was one of many
such camps established in the mid
Hudson area to provide the
opportunity for city children to enjoy
the benefits of fresh air and exposure
to non-urban surroundings. Similar camps were operated by
the Wiltwyck School in Esopus and another camp on the
Gordon property located just below the Brothers' property in
Esopus.
Camp Sunset was used by the student
brothers of the College starting about
1949 until the mid fifties. I have not
been able to locate any deeds relating
to this camp. Perhaps the property
was held by the Saint Agnes parish,
but the Brothers invited to use the facilities after the parish
decided that the improvements demanded by the civil
authorities were too costly.
The college used the camp for
recreational purposes well into the
early 1960s. One coincidental link of
the camp to the college and brothers
is that Sunset Lake is the source of
Black Creek, which meanders
northward through the old Payne
estate until it moves eastward just north of the Esopus
property into the Hudson River.
The camp was always referred to as the "college's camp" but
I could find no deeds transferring ownership to the college
or of transferring ownership from the college. By 1904 the




buildings had deteriorated; many had
been razed. By 2005 the area was
used as a paint ball camp.
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Dominican Camp, Hyde Park, NY
Dominican Camp was operated by the Dominican Fathers
from Saint Vincent Ferrer parish in New York City. For
several years after World War II brothers from the college
and from the brothers' schools worked at the camp. It was
located on property between route 9 and the Hudson River.
VISTA presence in Dover Plains, NY
During the late 1960s, student brothers set up residence in
poverty districts along route 22 during the summer to assist
the local population in various ways, including acting as
spokespersons before civil authorities, securing medical
treatment. The outpost also attempted to assist migrant
workers who passed through on their annual movement
from southern states to the northern USA border. Russell
Myer was a student brother who participated in the activity.
When he left the Brothers, he relocated permanently in the
Dover Plains area.
VISTA presence in Hyde Park, NY
Ed Jennings, Marist class of 1969, contacted me in Fall 2013
to mention that he had worked in a VISTA program during
June 1968 operated at Honeywell Lane, Hyde Park, a street
leading into Creek Road. Three Marist Brothers, Ed
Jennings, Dennis Breslin, Marist class of 1969, and Michael
Nash, Marist Class of 1968 lived in a cottage on the farm
of James Murphy who had several children of his own and
several foster children living in his large farmhouse. The


Vista volunteers worked with neighborhood children on the
Murphy farm itself, which also had a small lake.
Ulster County VISTA assistance for Migrant Workers
I remember hearing of the work of Brothers and Student
Brothers for migrant workers in Ulster County. The Vista
volunteers resided on the Brothers' site in Esopus and
communted to various locations in Ulster.
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Marist Hall, Cold Spring NY
Marist Hall was situated on the former
estate of Clarence Fahnestock. It is
located along route 301 between
route 9 and the Ta conic State
Parkway. Fahnestock donated a large
portion of his estate to New York
State; in particular the area near the Taconic Parkway. The
main buildings of the estate were purchased in the mid
1960s by the Marist Brothers. Brother Nilus Donnelly,
construction manager for Marist College, took charge of
renovating the original Fahnestock buildings and
construction of a gymnasium and classroom building.
At a later date, the secondary school
called Marist Preparatory located in
Esopus was legally transferred to Cold
Spring, with the two student bodies
consolidated.
When the Brothers eventually phased
out the Juniorate or preparatory high
school system in the United States,
the Cold Spring property became


surplus and was sold. I believe it is
now used by a group which practices
oriental-origin methods in counseling
and group therapy.
Marist East / Western Publishing Company
building
Some time in
the 1970s the
college occupied parts of the empty
Western Publishing Company building
for use as classes and faculty offices.
The asking price for the land and
building was out of reach for the
college, and it became a shopping
center with Staples and Home Depot
as anchor stores.
Fishkill Extension Center
Marist maintains an extension center
at 400 Westage Center, Suite 105,
near the route 84 intersection with
route 9. The center offers graduate
courses, undergraduate courses and
special courses directed at persons
who wish to develop their skill in the
business or technology area.
Previously it operated the center at
the Dutchess Mall,just below route 84,
so it has been operating in Fishkill for
about two decades.
Goshen Extension Center


The Goshen Extension Center rented
space at 40 Matthews Street, Goshen
NY 10924 in Orange County on the
west side of the Hudson River. The
Center operated from July 1, 1993
until August 31, 2009, but closed due
to declining enrollment.
Our Lady of Lourdes High School (former)
The Archdiocese of New York
established Our Lady of Lourdes High
School in the 1950s in the old
Poughkeepsie High School building
facing North Hamilton Street. When
Marist College instituted intercollegiate basketball, the gym
on campus was too small for both spectators and
competitors.
Marist College arranged to play most
of its home games in the gym at Our
Lady of Lourdes High School. When
the seating at that gym became
inadequate, some games were played
at the newer Poughkeepsie High School gym. This
arrangement lasted until the opening of the Mccann Athletic
Center in 1976.
Our Lady of Lourdes Brothers Residences
For the first few years of operation of Our Lady of Lourdes,
the faculty of the high school lived in a building on South
Hamilton Street. Later separate houses were constructed for
the sisters and the brothers who taught at the school.
Several Marist College faculty members lived in the newer
Brothers' residence, including Brother Cornelius Russell,



comptroller and
teacher in the
business
division, and
Brother
Tarcisius
Vallieres, long time operator of the
college printing shop. The newer
residence was located at the corner of Thompson and North
Clinton Street. Later the house saw use as a temporary
shelter for battered women. As of August 2011 it remains
Archdiocesan property but stands idle.
Saint Peter's School
.
Monsignor Sheahan, the pastor of
Saint Peter's parish in Poughkeepsie,
was instrumental in attracting the
Marist Brothers to relocate to
Poughkeepsie. Soon after their arrival,
he asked them to staff Saint Peter's
high school located just off Delafield
Street.
The original St Peter's School has
been converted to apartment housing.
The Brothers assigned to teach at St.
Peter's School resided on the Marist
campus, in a building nicknamed Saint
Peters that retains the name to this
day. The building received wood frame
additions to the east and west sides.
These were removed in the 1980s to
restore the building to its original condition as designed by
Detlef Lineau.


Saint Peter's Church
The Marist campus was in the
ecclesiastic territory of Saint Peter
parish until Saint Peter's parish
relocated in early 1960s to Hyde Park,
with its building taken over by Mount
Carmel Parish. Currently (2011) the
Marist campus lies within Mount
Carmel Parish.
The first large lay student dormitory
at Marist College is named for
Monsignor Sheahan, pastor of Saint Peters Church in
recognition of his part in attracting the Brothers to
Poughkeepsie. Monsignor Sheahan was also a leading citizen
who urged the construction of the Mid-Hudson vehicle bridge
in 1930.
Saint Peter's Church was the first
Catholic church built within the city of
Poughkeepsie. Many of the workers
who built the railroad along the
Hudson River were Irish immigrants.
The church was built close to the river.
When a later wave of immigrants
came from Italy, a second church was
built around the corner and named Mt
Carmel. Since most of both immigrant
groups were laborers, they lived near
the industrial district along the
Hudson River. By 1960 the distribution of churches changed;
St Peter's relocated to Hyde Park, and shortly thereafter, Mt
Carmel Church took over the former St. Peter's Church, but
retained its school in the original Mt Carmel school building.













Father Richard LaMorte, campus
chaplain, served as Pastor of Mount
Carmel Parish from 1988 to 1999.
Previously he had been pastor of Saint
XYZ parish in Amenia. He had served
as Marist Campus chaplain from 1973
to 1979.
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In the late 1950s, Monsignor Gregg,
pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in
Arlington, Poughkeepsie NY asked the
Brothers to staff the upper grades of
the elementary school in the parish.
The Brothers lived in a house along Spring Street. During
the summers, visiting Marist Brother faculty members at
Marist College often stayed at that house.
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center
The Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center is
located on 9 and 12 Vassar Street in
Poughkeepsie just off Main Street. The
Center is housed in two, 130 year old
National Historic Registry structures.
These unique brick Victorian
landmarks were built by Matthew
Junior and John Guy Vassar in the 1880's.
In 2011 the Cunneen Hackett Arts Center is home to a 200
seat theater, a 1200 square foot dance studio, two galleries,
Victorian Parlor event space, artist studios and offices. The
center offers year round classes, workshops, exhibits,
dance, music and dramatic presentations.



Richard Foy, then President of Marist,
used an office in the building for
uninterrupted research: no telephone,
no computer, no campus emergencies.
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Marist College
rented space in
the Cunneen
buildings to
conduct several
college
sponsored
programs. In
the 1970's,