Hershkind House

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Hershkind House
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Location30 Hooker Ave., Poughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates 41°41′51″N73°55′26″W / 41.69750°N 73.92389°W / 41.69750; -73.92389
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1885
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake, Swiss
MPS Poughkeepsie MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001144 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 26, 1982

Hershkind House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1885 and is a 2+12-story, five-bay-wide Swiss chalet–style dwelling with a steeply pitched roof. It features a three-sided bay with a four-sided conical roof with V-shaped cutouts. It also has board-and-batten and clapboard siding, pierced balcony railings, and a stick style porch. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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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:Hershkind House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2011-01-08.