{"nrhp_refnum":"72000835","name":"Poughkeepsie City Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"228 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.70407154500003,"lon":-73.92967057699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Poughkeepsie's Old City Hall (also called the Municipal Building), a two-story brick and brownstone building at 228 Main Street, at the corner of Main and Little Washington Streets in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1831 as a combined market and village hall.","why_significant":"It is the only public building still standing from the time Poughkeepsie was a village. It has been in continuous use for meetings and offices, first by village and then by city officials, since 1831. It is a simplified Greek Revival structure, though the form notes that it has always played a role secondary to the adjacent county court buildings.","narrative":"Old City Hall, at the corner of Main and Little Washington Streets in Poughkeepsie, was authorized by village trustees in 1831 as a combined brick and stone market and village hall. It is the only public building surviving from the period when Poughkeepsie was a village. The two-story building is a simplified Greek Revival design in Flemish bond red brick with a brownstone base, a heavy dentiled cornice, brick pediments in the gable ends and a square wooden belfry with a slate hip roof. Market and fish stalls originally filled the open first floor, with public rooms above. Before the Civil War the ground floor was enclosed for offices, and from 1865 to 1886 the building housed the city post office. Interior remodeling has removed any distinctive architectural features. Municipal offices and meetings have used the building continuously since 1831, and it remains in city ownership.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1831)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Simplified Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition but altered; owned by the City of Poughkeepsie and occupied, with continuous use for meetings and offices. The interior has been remodeled many times.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.764218-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000835.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000835/9f0e83ccc3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000835/9f0e83ccc3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pksherpa","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poughkeepsie_City_Hall_228_Main_St_Poughkeepsie_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:Poughkeepsie_City_Hall_228_Main_St_Poughkeepsie_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317436","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poughkeepsie_City_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707204"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/poughkeepsie-city-hall-72000835/"}