400 State St., at the head of 4th St., Hudson, New York. County/parish: Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 19, 2008. NRIS 08000921.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Hudson Almshouse, also known as the Hudson Lunatic Asylum, Hudson Orphan and Relief Association, and Hudson Area Association Library, is a historic almshouse located at Hudson, Columbia County, New York. It was built about 1818, with a substantial rear addition built between about 1884 and 1889. It consists of a three-story central section with two-story flanking wings constructed of dressed limestone. Originally built as an almshouse, it subsequently served as a mental health asylum, female academy, private home, and from 1959 to 2016, the local association library.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317016