Moore House (Poughkeepsie, New York)

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Moore House

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The house in September 2015
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Location 37 Adriance Ave., Poughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates 41°41′27″N73°55′28″W / 41.69083°N 73.92444°W / 41.69083; -73.92444 Coordinates: 41°41′27″N73°55′28″W / 41.69083°N 73.92444°W / 41.69083; -73.92444
Area less than one acre
Built 1910
Architect Carpenter,DuBois; Poughkeepsie Engineering & Contrac
Architectural style Bungalow/Craftsman
MPS Poughkeepsie MRA
NRHP reference #

82001150

[1]
Added to NRHP November 26, 1982

Moore House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1910 and is a 1 12-story, three-bay-wide bungalow-style dwelling with a sweeping, slate-covered roof with dormer. It is stucco and features a broad front porch supported by massive stone piers. [2]

Poughkeepsie, New York City in New York, United States

Poughkeepsie, officially the City of Poughkeepsie, is a city in the state of New York, United States, which is the county seat of Dutchess County. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 32,736. Poughkeepsie is in the Hudson Valley midway between New York City and Albany, and is part of the New York metropolitan area. The name derives from a word in the Wappinger language, roughly U-puku-ipi-sing, meaning "the reed-covered lodge by the little-water place", referring to a spring or stream feeding into the Hudson River south of the present downtown area.

Dutchess County, New York County in the United States

Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 297,488. 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.

Bungalow type of building, originally developed in the Bengal region in South Asia, but now found throughout the world

A bungalow is a type of building, originally developed in the Bengal region of the subcontinent. The meaning of the word bungalow varies internationally. Common features of many bungalows include verandas and being low-rise. In Australia, the California bungalow associated with the United States was popular after the First World War. In North America and the United Kingdom, a bungalow today is a house, normally detached, that may contain a small loft. It is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof, usually with dormer windows.

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

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