The Denning's Point Campus at Beacon
The mudroom where bricks were
formed before being fired. Courtesy
of the Beacon Historical Society
Beacon Institute’s first facilities are located in Denning’s Point State Park, in the heart of the City of Beacon’s active Hudson River waterfront. Part of the Hudson Highlands State Park, Denning’s Point boasts accessible walking and biking paths and rich cultural and archeological history. It is adjacent to Scenic Hudson’s Beacon Landing property and near the Dia:Beacon museum and Metro-North train station.
The Center for Environmental Innovation and Education (CEIE), the first of our Denning's Point facilities, is a renovation of a 4,000 square foot nineteenth century building—a former brick works, where mud had been fashioned into bricks prior to baking—adapted for twenty-first century use with eco-friendly design and construction.
The CEIE is the first home to the River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) and the Institute’s educational programs, policy initiatives and technology workshops. It is also a public visitor’s center for the state park at Denning’s Point and located near the entrance to the public walking trail.
Jim Heron, retired project historian, documented the lyrical history of Denning's Point in his 2006 book, Denning's Point: A Hudson River History From 4000 BC to the 21st Century. This, and other books about the Hudson River and estuary, are available at the Institute's store and gallery at 199 Main Street in Beacon.
