First Presbyterian Church (Poughkeepsie, New York)

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Location25 S. Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates 41°42′4″N73°55′29″W / 41.70111°N 73.92472°W / 41.70111; -73.92472
Arealess than one acre
Built1905
Architect Percival M. Lloyd
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPS Poughkeepsie MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001136 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 26, 1982

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. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] The related manse was added at the same time.

History

The First Presbyterian Church in Poughkeepsie, New York was organized in 1749. [3] Services were conducted first in connection with Fishkill and afterwards in connection with the Charlotte Precinct, which included Washington Hollow and Pleasant Valley. [4]

In September 1826, the North River Presbytery re-organized the church with eighteen members and installed Rev. Alonso Welton as pastor. The congregation first worshiped in an old frame building on Church Street, before moving to Cannon Street in December 1826. [5]

Reverend Thomas Woodrow, maternal grandfather of President Woodrow Wilson, preached in Poughkeepsie after emigrating from Scotland in 1835. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Townley McElhiney Sharp (August 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:First Presbyterian Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2011-01-11.
  3. "Poughkeepsie, First Presbyterian Church", Presbyterian Historical Society
  4. Platt, Edmund. "Poughkeepsie", The History of Dutchess County, (Frank Hasbrouck, ed.) 1909, Poughkeepsie. S.A. Mathieu, p. 250
  5. Smith, James H., History of Dutchess County, 1882, Syracuse. D. Mason & Co., p. 424
  6. Weinstein, Edwin A., Woodrow Wilson, Princeton University Press, 2014, p. 4 ISBN   9781400857494