{"nrhp_refnum":"82001128","name":"Clinton House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"547 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.700340940000046,"lon":-73.91603149799994,"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 2-1/2 story coursed-stone house at 547 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, first built about 1765 and rebuilt about 1783 after a fire. It was originally a residence and is now a historic resources center.","why_significant":"It is one of only two eighteenth-century stone houses in the City of Poughkeepsie and reflects English Georgian design. Very few eighteenth-century stone dwellings survive in Dutchess County, so it is distinguished by the rarity of its material and style. It was restored to nearly its former appearance after later alterations.","narrative":"Clinton House is a coursed-stone dwelling at 547 Main Street in Poughkeepsie, built about 1765 and rebuilt around 1783. It rises two and a half stories above a raised basement, has five bays, a slate roof, chimneys at both ends of the ridge, and a central door with sidelights and a transom under a porch with Doric columns. It was originally a large rural house outside the center of the settlement. Hugh Van Kleeck is credited with the original construction. Colonel Udny Hay owned the house when it burned in 1783 and received permission from George Washington to use Continental Army workmen from Newburgh to rebuild it. A tradition links the house to Governor George Clinton, though that claim is disputed. A late-nineteenth-century mansard roof and enlarged windows were later removed, restoring the peaked roof. It is one of two eighteenth-century stone houses in the city and a rare Georgian example in Dutchess County. It now serves as a historic resources center.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Hugh Van Kleeck is said to have built the original house about 1765; no architect is named.","architectural_style":"English Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent. It was originally a residence and is now a historic resources center. The mansard roof was removed and the house restored to its original peaked roof.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.16152-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001128.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001128/2f27f3e1a6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001128/2f27f3e1a6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"WindingRoad","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinton_House_Poughkeepsie,_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">WindingRoad</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinton_House_Poughkeepsie,_New_York.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312484","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_House_(Poughkeepsie,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5134157"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/clinton-house-82001128/"}