Editing Wappingers Falls, New York

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'''Wappingers Falls''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]] in the towns of [[Poughkeepsie (town), New York|Poughkeepsie]] and [[Wappinger, New York|Wappinger]], in [[Dutchess County, New York]], United States.  As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] it had a population of 5,522.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3678168| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wappingers Falls village, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=November 17, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213090713/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US3678168| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> The community was named for the cascade in <!-- Please do NOT add the 's'! -->[[Wappinger Creek]].  The Wappingers Falls post office covers areas in the towns of Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, [[Fishkill (town), New York|Fishkill]], [[East Fishkill, New York|East Fishkill]], and [[LaGrange, New York|LaGrange]]. This can result in some confusion when residents of the outlying towns, who do not live in the village, give their address as "Wappingers Falls".

Grinnell Library, located in the village, is the sixth-oldest library in the state.<ref>{{cite web| title=The History of Grinnell Library| url=http://www.grinnell-library.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=63| publisher=Grinnell Library| access-date=January 13, 2012}}</ref>

==History==
{{See also|Wappinger}}
[[File:Wappingers Falls, N.Y. LOC 75694863.tif|thumb|[[Panoramic map]] of Wappingers Falls from 1889 with list of landmarks by [[L.R. Burleigh]]]]
The [[Wappinger]] were an Algonquian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans whose territory in the 17th century extended along the eastern bank of the [[Hudson River]]. Primarily based in what is now Dutchess County, their territory was bordered by [[Manhattan Island]] to the south, the [[Mahican]] territory bounded by the [[Roeliff Jansen Kill]] to the north,<ref name="proceedings">{{cite journal |last=Ruttenber |first=E.M.  |year=1906 |title=Footprints of the Red Men –- Indian Geographical Names in the Valley of Hudson's River, the Valley of the Mohawk, and on the Delaware: Their location and the probable meaning of some of them |journal=Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association - the Annual Meeting, with Constitution, By-Laws and List of Members |volume=7th Annual |page=40 (RA1-PA38) |publisher=New York State Historical Association |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3kSAAAAYAAJ&q=wapani&pg=RA1-PA38 |access-date=October 31, 2010}}</ref> and extended east into parts of [[Connecticut]].<ref name=americana>{{cite book| title=Encyclopedia Americana| year=1920| page=256}}</ref> ''Wappinger'' means "easterner" in most [[Algonquian languages]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mountgulian.org/wappinger.html| title=Wappinger Indians}}</ref>

The area was part of the [[Rombout Patent]]. In 1741, two Dutchmen, Nicholas and Adolphus Brewer, purchased {{convert|750|acre}} of land around the falls and built the first stone house in the village near the present Mill Street. In 1742, the Brewers built a mill on the east side of [[Wappinger Creek]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wappingershistoricalsociety.org/mesier.shtml|title=Mesier Park & Homestead :: Wappingers Historical Society :: Preserving the history of Wappingers Falls|website=wappingershistoricalsociety.org|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> Nicholas Brewer built the Mesier Homestead, which he sold in 1777 to Matthew VanBenschoten, who, in turn, sold it to [[Peter Mesier Sr.]], a merchant from New York City.<ref name="clapp">[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028853327#page/466/mode/2up Clapp, Clinton W. "The Town of Wappinger" in Hasbrouck's ''History of Dutchess County'']</ref>

In May 1777, soldiers and local residents attacked Peter Mesier's house in Wappingers Falls, disputing the price of tea for sale in a small store inside his home. Mesier was a merchant from New York City and a [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]]. The angry mob struck Mesier, beat his slaves, and drank wine stored in the cellar. They also took the tea and left a small amount of money behind.

The local waterfall was important for early industrial development. In 1819 a small cotton mill was built in the hollow created by the creek as it descends from Wappinger Lake to drain into the Hudson River. By 1856 it had become one of the largest printworks in the country. A fire that year destroyed the original buildings completely, but they were immediately rebuilt and continued in operation until 1931. The streets on the hillside opposite the mill are lined with frame houses, mostly duplexes, built by the mill for its workers. The two halves of the village are connected by an 1884 stone arch bridge that replaced earlier wooden structures.

The village of Wappingers Falls was incorporated in 1871 and included the adjacent community on the west side of the Wappinger Creek, by then called Channingville. The east side was known as Franklindale. In 1885 the Franklindale Cotton Mill, which employed about 130 people, was destroyed by fire. During President [[Grover Cleveland]]’s second administration, the Independent Comb Factory on the corner of Fulton and Prospect streets was forced to close. The repeal of the [[tariff]] made it impossible for the company to compete with German-made combs. In 1909, the Garner Print Works were sold and became the Dutchess Bleachery. The plant, which at times employed as many as 1,150 people, stopped printing [[chintz|calico]] but continued as a bleachery and dye works.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catholic-church.org/saintmarys/history.htm|title=History of St. Mary's|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref>

On June 3, 2017, downtown Wappingers Falls had a devastating structure fire that left more than 30 people displaced and six businesses temporarily closed. No one was injured during the fire, which spread through a strip of buildings in the East Main Street corridor on Saturday afternoon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2017/06/05/cause-devastating-wappingers-falls-fire-under-investigation/369789001/|title=Cause of 'devastating' Wappingers Falls fire under investigation|website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref>

===Channingville===
[[File:Bain Commercial Building, Wappingers Falls, NY.jpg|thumb|Bain Commercial Building, Wappingers Falls]]
That portion of the village lying north of the creek, in the town of Poughkeepsie, was originally known as "Ednam".<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newyorkstateregi00hollrich#page/52/mode/2up Holley, Orville Luther, ''The New-York State Register, for 1845'', J. Disturnell, New York, 1845]</ref> It later became known as Channingville (sometimes rendered "Chiningville"), which name is derived from the Channing family, who owned the farm on which it mostly lies.

The first merchant in this part of the village was a cooper, John Crilley, from Ireland by way of Glenham. In 1842 he built the first brick building erected on either side of the creek. By 1836, Ednam had about thirty dwellings and a cotton factory with 2,400 spindles and 90 looms, making 500,000 yards of cloth per annum.<ref name="Gordon">[https://books.google.com/books?id=wPztAAAAMAAJ&dq=New+Hamburg%2C+New+York&pg=RA1-PA433 Gordon, Thomas Francis. ''Gazetteer of the State of New York'', New York, 1836, p. 433]{{PD-notice}}</ref>

J.J. O'Riley's North American Hotel and Eagan's Opera House (built in 1876 by John Eagan, with a seating capacity for five hundred people) were located here. The village's first post office was established here in 1840.<ref name="smith">[https://archive.org/details/cu31924100747272 Smith, James Hadden, ''History of Dutchess County with Illustrations and Biographical Sketch'', p.366], [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], D. Mason & Co., 1882</ref> The post office bore the name of the creek.<ref name=Gordon/>

The [[Bain Commercial Building]] is located at the corner of Church and West Main (NY 9D) streets. The Bain family is believed to have built the building in 1875, shortly after Channingville became part of the village. It was both their residence and their place of business. It is a late 19th-century brick building that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

==Historic places==
[[File:DTnew.jpg|thumb|upright|Downtown Wappingers Falls]]
The [[Wappingers Falls Historic District]] includes downtown, several adjacent residential neighborhoods, and Mesier Park & Homestead. Mesier Park has been a public park since ca. 1891, and hosts many annual events that focus around the bandstand and tree-lined paths of the park. In 1984 the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The [[Dutchess Company Superintendent's House]] is located on Market Street in the western corner of the village. It is a large brick residence that was built as housing for the manager of the Dutchess Company, a large local printing works, shortly after the plant was built in 1848. It remained in company ownership until the company failed in the 20th century. In 1984 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. 
[[Image:Wappingers Falls Village Hall.jpg|thumb|left|[[Wappingers Falls Village Hall|Police Station]], former post office listed on the NRHP]]

The [[Wappingers Falls Village Hall|Police Station]] is located at the corner of South Avenue (NY 9D) and East Main Street. It was originally built in 1940 as the village's new post office, a [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] project. President Franklin D. Roosevelt took a personal interest in the project, as he had with other new post offices in Dutchess County. He wanted it to be built of [[fieldstone]] in the style of many Dutch colonial houses in the area, and chose the Brewer-Mesier House in the village as the model for its design. The old post office contains two Treasury Section of Fine Arts murals by [[Henry Billings]]. The paintings show two views of the town's waterfall at different points in time, one from 1780 and the other from 1880, facing each other from opposite ends of the small building.

==Places of worship ==

===Zion Episcopal Church===
[[File:A master builder, being the life and letters of Henry Yates Satterlee, first bishop of Washington (1916) (14780517001).jpg|thumb|upright|Henry Yates Satterlee]]
Zion Episcopal Church began in 1820 under the shade of an apple tree when Joanna Mesier, wife of Matthew Mesier, began a [[Sunday school]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/life/2019/12/24/wappingers-zion-episcopal-church-evolved-humble-outdoor-roots/2732892001/|first=Anthony P.|last=Musso|title=Wappingers' Zion Episcopal Church evolved from humble, outdoor roots: Dateline|work=www.poughkeepsiejournal.com|date=December 24, 2019|access-date=December 24, 2019}}</ref> There were only seven or eight families living in the area at the time. The class was subsequently moved to a corn barn near the Mesier homestead where the village flagpole now stands. The Mesiers attended Trinity Church in [[Fishkill, New York|Fishkill]], the nearest [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal]] church, but felt the need for a church less distant for the farmers of the area and their families. In 1833, the Reverend Doctor George B. Andrews moved to a farm, "Highmount", between [[Hughsonville, New York|Hughsonville]] and [[New Hamburg, New York|New Hamburg]]. On July 14 of that year he conducted the first official service of the Episcopal Church somewhere on the north side of Wappingers Creek. He continued to be driven up from his farm with his family and servants to spend Sundays near the falls. In December 1833, Matthew Mesier gave a small tract of land between the burial ground and the turnpike (now Main Street) in front of what was then Mr. Givens' place. One month later plans were made to construct a church. The stone for the church came from the property of Benjamin Clapp, much of which he hauled himself. Zion Protestant Episcopal Church was dedicated by Bishop Onderdonk on May 6, 1836. Mr. Andrews served as pastor, not only to the church in Wappingers, but often found time to row across the Hudson to conduct services in [[Marlboro, New York|Marlboro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/zionwf/home/history|title=History - zionwf|website=sites.google.com|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref>  The church's most notable pastor was [[Henry Yates Satterlee]], assistant rector 1865-75 and senior rector 1875–83, who was elected the first bishop of the Washington Diocese in 1896 and there established the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, popularly known as [[Washington National Cathedral]].

===Bethel Missionary Baptist Church===
The Franklindale Baptist Church was organized in 1838. Benjamin Clapp, former warden of Zion Episcopal, converted to the [[Baptist]] faith and donated land on the corner of Prospect Street and South Avenue. The church building was dedicated on December 5, 1847.<ref name=clapp/> In 1967 the Bethel Baptist community purchased Franklindale Baptist, which was dedicated as Bethel Missionary Baptist Church on October 15, 1967. In 1997 the need for additional space brought the purchase of the house across Prospect Street, which had belonged to Dr. Kerrigan. Referred to as "Bethel Annex", the 1830s building provided space for the church school and events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bethelwappingersfalls.org/aboutbmbc/ourhistory.html|title="Celebrating Four Decades of Church History", Bethel Missionary Baptist Church|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> In the mid-2000s, the Kerrigan House was sold and transported across South Avenue to be replaced by a new church building.

===First Presbyterian Church===
The Presbyterian Church at Wappingers Falls owed it existence to Mrs. John Fisher Sheafe, whose country seat was near New Hamburg. She asked the Rev. John D. Wells, who was then preaching at Ellessdie Chapel, situated two miles north of New Hamburg on the river road, to see if there was a need for a church in Wappingers. This resulted in the organization of the [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian Society]] in 1848, and the same year a church edifice and parsonage were built by Mrs. Sheafe on Fulton Street. During the pastorate of Rev. O.A. Kingsbury (1879-1883) the Fulton Street property was sold and the present brick structure on South Avenue erected. The new church was dedicated July 23, 1872.<ref name=clapp/> The church lasted for just over 150 years before it closed, holding its final service on January 13, 2023.<ref>[https://hudsonvalleycountry.com/a-175-year-old-wappingers-falls-new-york-landmark-closes/ "A 175-year-old Wappingers Falls Landmark Closes", ''The Wolf'', January 16, 2023]</ref>
[[File:United Methodist Church of Wappingers Falls NY.jpg|thumb|upright|United Methodist Church, designed by [[George Edward Harney|George E. Harney]] ]]

===United Methodist Church of Wappingers Falls===
The first [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] in the area of Wappingers Falls was started by noted circuit riding preacher [[Freeborn Garrettson]] in 1788. By 1824, services were held in the home of Joseph C. Smith at [[Wappinger, New York#Hamlets|Middlebush]], before moving to a schoolhouse. In 1827, the Methodist Society purchased the former Baptist meeting house, also at Middlebush. In 1841 it became part of the Johnsville circuit.<ref>[http://www.wappingersfallsumc.com/About-Us.html Wappingers Falls UMC]</ref> John Given donated land in the then village of Ednam, at the falls west of the Wappingers Creek. Ednamville was established as a mission church served by preachers who rode circuit to Middlebush and New Hamburg. In 1845, a church was built at the corner of West Main and Church Streets. In the spring of 1868, with the idea of merging the Wappingers Falls and Middlebush congregations, land was purchased from the estate of Margaret Reese. The old Middlebush church was taken down and the materials used to construct a barn on the new church property on Mesier Avenue.<ref name=smith/>  
The church was known as the Methodist Episcopal Church until 1939 when the name was changed to The Methodist Church. In 1968, it was changed to the United Methodist Church. In 1974, with the merger with the New Hamburg Methodist Church it became known as The United Methodist Church of Wappingers. In early 2020 the church merged with the Poughkeepsie United Methodist Church and the building was sold.

===St. Mary's Church===
{{Main|St. Mary's Church (Wappingers Falls, New York)}}
[[Roman Catholic]]s of what is now Wappingers Falls were cared for by priests from St. Peter's Church in Poughkeepsie until 1845 when the parish was founded to serve southern Dutchess County.  In 1850, the first pastor took up residence. Masses were offered in local homes until a church was constructed on Clinton Street.  The current church building was consecrated in 1879, although the interior has been renovated a number of times, the last being in the early 2000's.  The parish also has a cemetery which is still in operation and a school which closed in 2019.

===Mount Alvernia and the Monastery of St. Clare===
Mount Alvernia Retreat Center sits on 204 acres overlooking the [[Hudson Valley]] and is run by the [[Franciscan Friars]] of the New York Province of the Immaculate Conception. It was built in 1950 and until 1967 served as a seminary to train Franciscan friars for the Roman Catholic priesthood. Its chapel offers daily Mass while the former seminary building hosts retreats and other events.  
On the property of the Retreat Center is the Monastery of St. Clare built in 2004 for the [[Poor Clares]], Franciscan nuns who moved to Wappingers Falls from Throgs Neck in the Bronx.

==Geography==
[[Image:MesierHomestead.JPG|thumb|right|Mesier Homestead]]
Wappingers Falls is situated at the head of navigation on [[Wappinger Creek]], about {{convert|2|mi|0}} above (northeast of) its confluence with the [[Hudson River]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genealogytrails.com/ny/dutchess/history/chapter2.html|title=Dutchess County Historical and Genealogical Record Chapter 1|publisher=Genealogy Trails History Group|website=genealogytrails.com|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|3.1|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|2.9|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 6.45%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

Wappinger Creek flows through the village. The Wappingers Falls post office serves both the village of Wappingers Falls and the town of Wappinger (as well as portions of [[Fishkill (town), New York|Fishkill]], [[East Fishkill, New York|East Fishkill]], [[Poughkeepsie (town), New York|Poughkeepsie]] and [[LaGrange, New York|LaGrange]]) under the ZIP code "Wappingers Falls, NY 12590". [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|US 9]] passes through the village, as well as [[New York State Route 9D|NY 9D]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 2263
|1890= 3718
|1900= 3504
|1910= 3195
|1920= 3235
|1930= 3336
|1940= 3427
|1950= 3490
|1960= 4447
|1970= 5607
|1980= 5110
|1990= 4605
|2000= 4929
|2010= 5522
|2020= 6103
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
[[Image:Grinnell.JPG|thumb|right|Grinnell Library]]
As of the 2010 census, the total population of the village was 5,522. The racial makeup of the village was 72.5% white, 7.4% African American, .03% Native American, 4.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 10.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 26.2% of the population. The median age was 35.5 years.

The median income for a household in the village was $39,123, and the median income for a family was $50,000. Males had a median income of $38,147 versus $26,607 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $20,491. About 10.4% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over.

It is part of the [[Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown metropolitan area]] as well as the larger [[New York metropolitan area]].

==Entertainment and the arts==
County Players Falls Theatre, a volunteer, non-profit community theatre is located on West Main Street in the village, in the former Academy Theatre building.

TV stations (with antenna pointed south) [[WCBS-TV]]-2, [[WNBC-TV]]-4, [[WNYW-TV]]-5, [[WABC-TV]]-7, [[WWOR-TV]]-9, [[WPIX-TV]]-11, [[WNET]]-13

TV stations, with antenna pointed north to Albany, include [[WRGB-TV]]-6, [[WTEN-TV]]-10,  [[WMHT-TV]]-17 and [[WCWN]]-45.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DTV Reception Maps {{!}} Federal Communications Commission |url=https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps |access-date=January 28, 2024 |website=www.fcc.gov |language=en}}</ref>

These stations are also delivered by cablevision.

== Education ==
St. Mary Elementary School is a Catholic elementary school of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York]] in Wappingers Falls that opened in September 1893. It educated students in grades [[K-8 school]] and closed in June 2019, at which point it had 118 students.<ref>{{cite web|author=Schutzman, Nina|url=https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/education/2019/02/05/catholic-school-wappingers-falls-close-after-125-years/2774549002/|title=Catholic school in Wappingers Falls to close after 125 years|work=[[Poughkeepsie Journal]]|date=February 5, 2019|access-date=May 5, 2020}}</ref> In 2023, the school reopened, educating Pre-K and kindergarten students, along with one all-grade class at the elementary level.

The Village of Wappingers Falls is part of the [[Wappingers Central School District]]. The district has no schools located within the village, although James S. Evans Elementary School and [[Wappingers Junior High School]] border it.

== Transportation ==
The [[New Hamburg station]] on [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Hudson Line (Metro-North)|Hudson Line]] serves Wappinger's Falls. [[Stewart International Airport]] is located just over the [[Newburgh–Beacon Bridge]], and offers domestic and international flights.

== Notable people ==
{{Category see also|People from Wappingers Falls, New York}}
* [[Tyler Adams]], professional soccer player U.S. Men's National Team
* [[Dave Bargeron]], former trombone player for [[Blood, Sweat and Tears]]
* [[Dan Brouthers]], baseball player, inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]].<ref>Kerr, Roy (2013). Big Dan Brouthers: Baseball's First Great Slugger. McFarland. {{ISBN| 9780786475605}}</ref>
* [[Jeh Johnson]], 4th United States Secretary of Homeland Security
* [[Jack Mulhall]], Silent film actor, was born in Wappingers Falls.<ref name="bd">{{cite book|last1=Katchmer|first1=George A.|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|date=2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786446933|page=273|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkOeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Jack+Mulhall%22+actor&pg=PA273|access-date=June 24, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
* [[John Regan (bassist)|John Regan]], Highly-acclaimed bass guitar player
* [[Frederick W. Rowe]], U.S. Representative
* [[Wallace Worsley]], Actor

==Books==
* [[Ward Moore]]'s 1953 alternate history novel ''[[Bring the Jubilee]]'' is partially set in Wappingers Falls.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Hudson Valley}}
* [http://www.wappingersfallsny.gov Village of Wappingers Falls official website]
* [http://wappingershistoricalsociety.org/ Wappingers Historical Society]
* [http://grinnell.wappingers.lib.ny.us/ Grinnell Library Association]
* [http://www.dickshovel.com/wap.html Summary history of the Wappinger tribe]

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