{"nrhp_refnum":"10001125","name":"Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School","other_names":["Haviland Middle School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"23 Haviland Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hyde Park","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.774667350000044,"lon":-73.90568221436814,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former high school, now Haviland Middle School, at 23 Haviland Road in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1939-40 as a two-story Colonial Revival building of Hudson River bluestone.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant in architecture and education. It is a well-preserved Colonial Revival school designed by Robert R. Graham with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's involvement, reflecting his taste for regional fieldstone vernacular design. It was dedicated in October 1940 with the President and First Lady attending.","narrative":"Built in 1939-40 as Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School and now serving as Haviland Middle School, this large two-story school sits on Haviland Road in Hyde Park. Its load-bearing walls are Hudson River bluestone laid in random range ashlar, chosen to echo the region's masonry tradition. The south facade has a central tetrastyle portico, a three-tiered wooden cupola and tall round-arched windows, in a Colonial Revival design drawing on Georgian and Adam precedents. Inside, the lobby has Corinthian pilasters and the auditorium has a neoclassical proscenium and low dome. Architect Robert R. Graham worked with President Roosevelt, who took a personal interest in public buildings of the Hudson Valley, and with superintending architect Peter Hansell; W. A. Berbusse, Jr. was the builder. The school opened with about 1,145 pupil stations and was dedicated in October 1940 with the President and Eleanor Roosevelt present. It keeps a high degree of integrity despite later brick additions from the 1950s and 1960s.","period_of_significance":"1939-40","architect_builder":"Robert R. Graham, architect; Peter Hansell (spelled Hanssel in the form), superintending architect; W. A. Berbusse, Jr., contractor-builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a public school (Haviland Middle School), with later additions from about the 1950s and 1965.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.075976-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10001125.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001125/c1b11da783-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001125/c1b11da783-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pksherpa","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Original_FDR_High_School_Hyde_Park_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pksherpa</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Original_FDR_High_School_Hyde_Park_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317352","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_High_School_(Hyde_Park,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5491459"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/franklin-delano-roosevelt-high-school-10001125/"}