{"nrhp_refnum":"82001137","name":"First Presbyterian Church Rectory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"98 Cannon St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.70132499500005,"lon":-73.92490869699998,"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 brick Second Empire rectory at 98 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, built about 1857 for the First Presbyterian Church.","why_significant":"The inventory form describes it as one of the most accomplished Second Empire residences in Poughkeepsie. It cites distinctive stylistic features and period interior details such as double parlor doors, chandeliers, marble fireplaces and stained glass windows. Its date is supported by an 1857 city map showing the house's shape, front porch and rear wing.","narrative":"This five-bay brick house at 98 Cannon Street in Poughkeepsie was built as a rectory for the First Presbyterian Church, probably around 1857. The date rests on an 1857 city map that shows the house with its front porch and rear wing, although a minister is listed at the address as early as 1845. The church, organized in Poughkeepsie in 1749, had built a new sanctuary just east of the site in 1851, and the rectory may have followed that larger project. The building rises two and a half stories above a raised basement and has a bellcast mansard roof with arched dormers, a bracketed cornice, stone lintels and sills, and a flat-roofed porch with eight columns and a spindled balustrade. Inside, double parlor doors, chandeliers, marble fireplaces and stained glass windows give it period character. It is regarded as one of the most accomplished Second Empire residences in the city, and it remains in residential use in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence, as originally; condition rated good, with asphalt roofing added to the mansard roof.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.779087-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001137.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001137/f51b918f20-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001137/f51b918f20-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_Church_Rectory,_Poughkeepsie_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:First_Presbyterian_Church_Rectory,_Poughkeepsie_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312562","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presbyterian_Church_Rectory_(Poughkeepsie,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5453664"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/first-presbyterian-church-rectory-82001137/"}