Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later organized in 1713. It is located in the Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley, north of New York City.
Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in New York listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dutchess County, New York
The Clinton House is an 18th-century Georgian stone building in the city of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is a New York State Historic Site and has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic place of local significance since 1982. The house was named for George Clinton, who served as the first Governor of New York and fourth Vice-President of the United States. He was believed to have lived there after the American Revolutionary War, but it is now known that it was never his residence.
The Glebe House is an 18th-century Georgian brick building in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, USA. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic place of local significance since 1982.
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Poughkeepsie, New York
The Boughton-Haight House is a historic house located at 73-75 South Hamilton Street in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York.
Clark House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1919 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide concrete block Bungalow style dwelling with a gable roof and wide dormer. It features a porch with Doric order columns, massive deep eaves, and half-timbering.
Eastman Terrace is a historic rowhouse block located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1872 and consists of ten sections. The block is three stories high on a raised basement. It features a mansard roof with polychrome slate and an elaborate roofline with decorative stone parapets and iron cresting. The block was part of a larger plan to develop the Eastman Park section of the city.
Freer House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1728 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, four-bay-wide frame farmers cottage built of coursed fieldstone. It is the oldest extant structure in the City of Poughkeepsie.
Grey Hook is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1911 and is a 11⁄2-story, two-bay-wide concrete block Bungalow-style dwelling. It features a roof that sweeps out over the porch with concrete block columns and balustrade.
Mader House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1925 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide bungalow-style dwelling with a low-pitched roof. It is sheathed in pink stucco and sits on a raised basement. It features a spacious front porch and large multi-paned windows.
Phillips House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1891 and is a two-story, Queen Anne–style dwelling with an asymmetrical, slate-covered roof. It features a front porch with turned posts and balusters and scalloped shingle and spool decoration.
Rombout House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1854 on land that had been part of the original British royal Rombout Patent of 1685 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide, Hudson River Bracketed architectural style dwelling. It sits on a raised basement and features a central pavilion. It has been owned by Vassar College since 1915.
Sague House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1910 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide, bungalow-style dwelling. It sits on a raised basement and four tall stone piers support the roof.
Post-Williams House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1877 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide, Late Victorian-style dwelling. It features a pitched roof and a 3+1⁄2-story tower with zig-zag moulding.
First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1905 and is a large, five sided stone building with a wing. It features a three-story square tower with a pyramidal roof and arched Romanesque window surrounds.
Pelton Mill is a historic carpet mill located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1834 and rebuilt after the fire of 1854. It is a 4+1⁄2-story, three-bay brick building with a gable roof.
Dwight–Hooker Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It includes 17 contributing residential buildings in the most architecturally significant, turn of the 20th century neighborhood in Poughkeepsie. Most of the houses were built between 1895 and 1915 and are in a variety of popular revival styles. They are mostly 2+1⁄2 to 3+1⁄2 stories in height.
William J. Beardsley was a Poughkeepsie, New York-based architect.
