This house is located on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River.  I reviewed various historic maps and deeds, which are described below and included in the slideshow.  The online property card for the property claims the house was built in 1850, but these dates are often guesses/approximate.

1867 (Beer’s map)- The house (if it is the same building) is present at the intersection of Hoffman Street and North Hudson Street (a street that no longer exists).

1874 (bird’s eye drawing)- The house looks as it does presently with a 1.5-story main section and a 1-story addition on the south side. A 2.5-story building is located just to the east (and north). Hoffman Street is located north of the house. And west of the house is a large L-shaped factory building at least 3 stories tall.

1876 (map)- The house (if it is the same building) is on a property identified as being owned by the Fallkill Iron Company. East of the property is a vacant property owned by C. Murphy, south are houses/buildings owned by several people, north is Hoffman Street, and west is Hudson Street with a property on the other side of the street labled as “F&N National Bank” and “Wooden Ware Manufactory”.

1887 (Sanborn)- The house is surrounded on the east by a 3-story tenement building, south by another house, north by Hoffman Street at the base of a steep bank, and west by an industrial complex of the Poughkeepsie Glass Works.

1895 (Sanborn)- The house is surrounded on the east by a 3.5-story storage building (the same building as earlier), south by another house, north by Hoffman Street, and west by an industrial complex of the Poughkeepsie Glass Works.

1/9/1911: Liber 368 Page 535 – Parcel transferred from Edward S. Atwater to James and Edward Kelly. Edward S. Atwater was the Received of the Poughkeepsie Iron Company, formerly called the Fallkill Iron Company, which dissolved in August 1908 so Mr. Atwater was selling the parcel.  James and Edward Kelly both died and the parcel was passed to their heirs (and their heirs).

1913 (Sanborn)- The house is surrounded on the east by a “vacant dilapidated” 3.5-story building, south by another house, north by Hoffman Street at the base of a retaining wall, and west by an industrial complex of the Poughkeepsie Glass Works at the base of a slope.

1950 (Sanborn)- The house is surrounded on the east by A.C. Dutton Lumber Company property, south by another house, north by Hoffman Street at the base of a retaining wall, and west by various A.C. Dutton buildings (lumber warehouse #1, shop, garage) at the base of a slope.

6/24/1954: Liber 865 Page 14 – Parcel transferred from John A. Kelly, Katherine M. Edegeld, Elizabeth M. Truntner, Frank J. Kelly, Ella Kelly, Arthur E. Kelly, and John J. Kelly to William E. and Mary E. Nicalek. The parcel is described as being adjacent to Poughkeepsie Glass Works and a remaining portion of the Poughkeepsie Iron Company.

1/13/1981: Liber 1550 Page 663 – Parcel transferred from Mae E. Nicalek (of 378 Mainson St) to Donald J. and Anna M. Morrison (of 1 Hoffman St). The parcel is described as being adjacent to Poughkeepsie Glass Works and a remaining portion of the Poughkeepsie Iron Company.

5/15/2014: Parcel transferred from Anna Morrison to Water Street Development Co., LLC.

If you know anything else about the property, please let me know!

Location: Google Maps 41.712355, -73.938380