The Howland Cultural Center, formerly known as Howland Library, is located on Main Street in Beacon, New York, United States. It is an ornate brick building designed by Richard Morris Hunt in the 1870s. In 1973 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
North (front) elevation and west profile, 2009
Interior prior to a 2012 campaign rally for Sean Patrick Maloney
Beacon is a city located on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 13,769. Beacon is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, New York–New Jersey–Connecticut–Pennsylvania Combined Statistical Area.
Skyline of Beacon (2007)
Empty Historic Buildings in Beacon, NY, as seen in 2012, before later restoration.
Lower Main Street Historic District (2012)
Reformed Church of Beacon, designed by Frederick Clarke Withers (2006)