Locust Grove is a National Historic Landmark estate located on US 9 in the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York. The 200-acre park-like estate includes homes, a carriage house, ice house, trails, a flower garden, and vegetable garden, and it overlooks the Hudson River from a bluff. The property includes a home designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. An Italianate style mansion, it was completed in 1851.
The estate is open to the public, tours are offered, and the site is used for weddings and parties. It includes a museum, nature preserve, antique exhibits, and a gallery showing artworks.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_Grove_(Poughkeepsie,_New_York)
Official website http://www.lgny.org/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Locust-Grove-Estate/110827882282474
Email k.snodgrass@lgny.org
Phone +1 845 454 4500
Address 2683 South Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA
Coordinates 41°40'20.406" N -73°55'48.796" E
