{"nrhp_refnum":"72000834","name":"Mill Street-North Clover Street Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Vassar Institute","Mill Street-North Clover Street Hi"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Mill, Mansion,Vassar, and N. Clover Sts., Davies and Lafayette Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.70676165450007,"lon":-73.93326178178205,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-02-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 24 acres and roughly 14 blocks in downtown Poughkeepsie, New York, centered on Mill, Mansion, Vassar, North Clover and Davies streets and Lafayette Place. Most houses date from the post-Civil War period.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the area as a nearly untouched 19th-century community of brick-paved streets with residences, churches and public buildings in styles from Greek Revival to Italianate villas. It also reflects the commercial, social and civic development of the city, including the Vassar family's role in the eastern portion.","narrative":"This residential district of about 14 blocks sits on the plateau and river slope of downtown Poughkeepsie. Two- and three-story single-family brick houses predominate, most built during a post-Civil War housing boom. Their facades are homogeneous, yet each house has its own trim, lintels, cornices and doors, and deep lots often hold elaborate gardens and grape arbors. Urban renewal clearance surrounds the area on three sides. Five buildings stand out individually: the Vassar Institute, the Vassar Home for Aged Men, Richard Upjohn's Church of the Holy Comforter, the Second Baptist Church (formerly the Vassar Temple) and a Queen Anne townhouse now used as the Italian Center. Mill Street, once a footpath, was the city's social center by the 1860s. The eastern portion became a civic and cultural hub under the Vassar family, with lectures, a literary club and a natural history museum at the Institute. The district is valued as a nearly intact 19th-century community of brick-paved streets.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Richard Upjohn (Church of the Holy Comforter)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival to Italianate villas; Queen Anne townhouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, good and fair; the district is partly altered and is occupied, used for residential, commercial, educational and religious purposes. It is bordered on three sides by recently demolished urban renewal areas.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.03179-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000834.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000834/c792b5a007-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000834/c792b5a007-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_on_North_Clover_Street,_Poughkeepsie,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Houses_on_North_Clover_Street,_Poughkeepsie,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87000812","name":"Mill Street-North Clover Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/mill-street-north-clover-street-historic-district-boundary-increase-87000812/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317410","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Street%E2%80%93North_Clover_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1935335"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/mill-street-north-clover-street-historic-district-72000834/"}