Matthew Vassar Jr., converted the site of their uncle's mansion at 9 Vassar Street into the Vassar Home for Aged Men. It remained a senior citizen's home through much of the 20th century. The Vassar Home was added to the NRHP in 1972. Vassar Institute In 1882, Vassar's nephews converted the site of the old brewery at 12 Vassar Street into the Vassar Institute. The first floor contained a natural history museum and the second a library, as well as offices for the Poughkeepsie Literary Society and Poughkeepsie Society of Natural Sciences. Vassar Institute was added to the NRHP in 1972. Vassar Hospital Vassar Brothers Hospital was endowed by John Guy Vassar and Matthew Vassar Jr., sons of Mathew Vassar's deceased elder brother, whom he helped to prosperity by bringing them into his thriving brewing business. References Sources Gregg Smith, Beer in America: The Early Years—1587-1840 (Boulder, CO: Siris Books, 1998) Further reading Vassar, Matthew. The Autobiography and Letters of Matthew Vassar, (Elizabeth Hazelton Haight, ed.), Oxford University Press, 1916 Lossing, Benson J., Vassar College and its Founder, C. A. Alvord, New York, 1867 Linner, Edward R., Vassar: The Remarkable Growth of a Man and His College, 1855 - 1865 (Elizabetth A. Daniels, ed.), Vassar College, 1984 External links "Vassar Triad", Life, December 30, 1940 - distant relatives of Matthew Vassar flee war torn Europe for safety at Vassar College 1792 births 1868 deaths American brewers English emigrants to the United States People from Dereham Businesspeople from Poughkeepsie, New York Vassar College University and college founders Educators from New York (state) 19th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American educators Burials at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery