{"nrhp_refnum":"82001119","name":"Amrita Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"170 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.70172782900005,"lon":-73.92946906399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick and marble Colonial Revival clubhouse at 170 Church Street in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, built in 1912 for the Amrita Club.","why_significant":"The Amrita Club was the first club of any importance in Poughkeepsie, organized in 1873 for businessmen and professionals. Its 1912 building is one of a few Colonial Revival institutional structures in the city and one of only two such brick buildings. The nomination cites its sophisticated application of the style.","narrative":"Built in 1912 at a cost of $100,000, this clubhouse at 170 Church Street in Poughkeepsie has served the Amrita Club throughout its life. The club was organized in March 1873 and was described by historian Edmund Platt as the first club of any importance in the city. Its charter members included the lawyer and historian Frank Hasbrouck. Before 1912 the organization rented rooms or refurbished existing buildings. The three-story brick building has a raised marble-faced basement and a central doorway with a marble surround, paired columns, a dentil-molded entablature and a stained-glass transom. The first story has arched French windows and iron balconies, and a projecting dentil cornice crowns the roof. Inside are a formal double stairway, an oak-paneled dining room and sun porches. It is one of only a few Colonial Revival institutional buildings in Poughkeepsie and one of two such brick examples, and it is regarded as a monument to its era in the city and region.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a club; described as in excellent condition with no major alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.490388-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001119.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001119/6cbef11fb0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001119/6cbef11fb0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amrita_Club.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:Amrita_Club.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312476","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4748668"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/amrita-club-82001119/"}