Locust Grove Estate
Locust Grove, Samuel Morse Historic Site
The Tuscan-style villa of telegraph inventor Samuel Morse, with telegraph artefacts on display and woodland trails along the river.
Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse code, bought this estate in 1847 and remodelled the house in the style of an Italian Tuscan villa. The visitor centre displays early telegraph apparatus and paintings by Morse, who was originally a painter. The mansion can only be seen on a guided tour. The estate of about 80 hectares has gardens and woodland paths leading down to the Hudson River, which are free to walk. It is on the southwestern outskirts of Poughkeepsie, about 6 km from the Walkway Over the Hudson.
Opening hours
Visitor center 10:00 am–5:00 pm (open weekends in winter); trails 8:00 am–sunset
Nearby sights
- Walkway Over the Hudson
- Culinary Institute of America
- Home of FDR National Historic Site & Presidential Library
- Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Val-Kill)
- Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
- Historic Huguenot Street
- Dia Beacon
- Staatsburgh State Historic Site