Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
New York - Dutchess County
Dutchess County New York (Page 6) has 36 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 8 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Vassar College Observatory, Vassar, Matthew, Estate, US Post Office--Beacon and US Post Office--Hyde Park.

Learn about famous people who are associated with these Dutchess County historic places including Maria Mitchell and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Dutchess County places including Charles Follen McKim, Andrew Jackson Downing, R. Stanley-Brown, Olin Dows, Henry Billings, Eric Kebbon, Charles Rosen, Gerald Foster, Gilbert Stanley Underwood and Corydon Wheeler. Prominent architectural styles found in Dutchess Country are Colonial Revival, Federal and Greek Revival.

Trinity Methodist Church (added 2010 - #09001227)
Also known as Associate Presbyterian Church, Springfield Baptist Church; United Methodist Church
8 Mattie Cooper Square , Beacon
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Taylor, James
Architectural Style:
Gothic, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and Rectory (added 1982 - #82001168)
1-3 Hooker Ave. , Poughkeepsie
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wheeler,Corydon
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
US Post Office--Beacon (added 1988 - #88002456)
Also known as Beacon Post Office
369 Main St. , Beacon
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rosen,Charles, Underwood,Gilbert Stanley
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
archives document
US Post Office--Hyde Park (added 1989 - #88002511)
Also known as Hyde Park Post Office
E. Market St. and US 9 , Hyde Park
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dows,Olin, Stanley-Brown,R.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Roosevelt,Franklin D.
Significant Year:
1941, 1940
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
archives document
US Post Office--Poughkeepsie (added 1989 - #88002413)
Also known as Poughkeepsie Post Office
Mansion St. , Poughkeepsie
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Foster,Gerald, Kebbon,Eric
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
archives document
US Post Office--Rhinebeck (added 1989 - #88002419)
Also known as Rhinebeck Post Office
14 Mill St. , Rhinebeck
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dows,Olin, Stanley-Brown,R.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
archives document
US Post Office--Wappingers Falls (added 1989 - #88002440)
Also known as Wappingers Falls Post Office
2 South Ave. , Wappingers Falls
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Billings,Henry, Stanley-Brown,R.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Post Office
More Information:
archives document
Union Free School (added 1987 - #87000117)
Academy St. , New Hamburg
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Union Street Historic District (added 1971 - #71000537)
About 8 blocks in downtown Poughkeepsie centered around Union St. , Poughkeepsie
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Upper-Mill Street Historic District (added 1982 - #82001169)
Roughly Mill St. from Center Plaza to Catherine St. , Poughkeepsie
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dudley,James H.
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Professional, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Van Vredenburg Farm (added 1987 - #87001079)
Cedar Heights Rd. , Rhinebeck
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Van Wyck-Wharton House (added 1972 - #72000828)
S of Fishkill on U.S. 9 , Fishkill
Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Vanderbilt Lane Historic District (added 1993 - #93000855)
Jct. of Vanderbilt Ln. and US 9 , Hyde Park
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Shingle Style, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (added 1966 - #66000059)
N edge of Hyde Park, U.S. 9 , Hyde Park
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McKim,Charles Follen, Multiple
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Economics, Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
archives document
Vassar College Observatory (added 1991 - #91002051)
Raymond Ave. , Poughkeepsie
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person
Historic Person:
Mitchell,Maria
Significant Year:
1865
Area of Significance:
Science, Education
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
College, Research Facility
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
archives document
Vassar Home for Aged Men (added 1972 - #72000837)
1 Vassar St. , Poughkeepsie
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
More Information:
archives document
Vassar Institute (added 1972 - #72001540)
12 Vassar St. , Poughkeepsie
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Science, Architecture, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, College, Library, Museum
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Vassar, Matthew, Estate (added 1969 - #69000141)
Also known as Springside
Academy and Livingston Sts. , Poughkeepsie
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Downing,Andrew Jackson
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Forest, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Vassar-Warner Row (added 1982 - #82001170)
S. Hamilton from Montgomery to 40 Hamilton St. , Poughkeepsie
Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wheeler,Corydon
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Violet Avenue School (added 2014 - #14000488)
191 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Wales House (added 1993 - #93000858)
23 W. Market St. , Hyde Park
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McKim,Charles F.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Wallace Company Department Store (added 2024 - #100010269)
Also known as Consolidated Dry Goods Company Store
331 Main Street, Poughkeepsie
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Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Wappingers Falls Historic District (added 1984 - #84002380)
Roughly bounded by South Ave., Elm, Main, Park, Walker, Market, and McKinley Sts. , Wappingers Falls
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Federal, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Warren Masonic Lodge #32 (added 2007 - #07000491)
1144 Centre Rd. , Schultzville
Crepoudutnysusa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Museum
More Information:
archives document
Webutuck Agricultural Valley Historic District (added 2024 - #100009322)
Leedsville, Amenia Union, South Amenia, and Kent Rds. in NY; Amenia Union and Knibloe Hill Rds. in CT, Amenia
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Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture
Wethersfield (added 2021 - #100006303)
Also known as Wethersfield Farm
257 Pugsley Hill Rd., Amenia
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Area of Significance:
Architecture, Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Art
Wheeler Hill Historic District (added 1991 - #91000678)
Wheeler Hill Rd. , Wappinger
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Post.George B.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Wheeler, Thomas N., Farm (added 2000 - #00001417)
Indian Lake Rd. , Millerton
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Storage
More Information:
archives document
Wilkinson House (added 1982 - #82005070)
66 Garden St. , Poughkeepsie
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
Williams Farm (added 1987 - #87001080)
Enterprise Rd. , Rhinebeck
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
More Information:
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Winans-Huntting House (added 2017 - #100000995)
51 Bethel Cross Rd., Pine Plains
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1774-1830 AD
Windswept Farm (added 1989 - #89001390)
Sunset Trail , Clinton
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lyons,Amos
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Winegar, Hendrik, House (added 1975 - #75001180)
SE of Amenia on SR 2 off NY 343 , Amenia
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Winegar,Hendrick
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Young Men's Christian Association (added 1982 - #82001171)
58 Market St. , Poughkeepsie
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jackson & Rosencrans
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Sport Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Zion Memorial Chapel (added 1987 - #87000119)
Also known as St. Nicholas-on-the-Hudson
37 Point St. , New Hamburg
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
O'Rourke,William, Satterlee,Edward Lansing
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Zion Pilgrim Methodist Episcopal Church Site (added 2014 - #14000845)
Fishkill, Fishkill
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