{"nrhp_refnum":"82001145","name":"Lady Washington Hose Company","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Academy St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.70219064200006,"lon":-73.92597596399997,"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 yellow brick fire house at 20 Academy Street in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, built in 1908 to designs by Percival M. Lloyd and constructed by the O'Donnell Construction Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a distinctive eclectic-style fire house, unique in the city and possibly in the Hudson Valley. It combines a yellow brick facade, a castellated and corbeled Gothic-feeling tower, a boldly overhanging tile roof with carved rafters in the \"Japanese\" manner, and a hanging bay. It also retains an intact interior and is one of only two surviving early hose company houses in the city.","narrative":"Built in 1908 at 20 Academy Street in Poughkeepsie, this three-story brick fire house served the Lady Washington Hose Company, which had been reorganized in 1863 from the Neptune Engine Company after new engines for other companies ended Neptune's operations. Percival M. Lloyd designed the building, and the O'Donnell Construction Company, a local firm, carried out the construction. The facade combines yellow brick, a castellated and corbeled tower with Gothic character, a heavily overhanging tile roof on carved rafters in the \"Japanese\" manner, and a hanging second-story bay. A stone belt course bears the inscription \"1863 Lady Washington. No 3. 1908.\" Inside, the horse trough, tiled floors and walls, and brass pole survive. Of the city's three hose companies active around 1900, only this house and the O.H. Booth Company house remain. The building is described as unique in Poughkeepsie and possibly in the Hudson Valley, and it has been preserved through reuse as library storage.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Percival M. Lloyd of Poughkeepsie; builder O'Donnell Construction Company, Poughkeepsie","architectural_style":"Eclectic (with Gothic and \"Japanese\" influences)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition with no major alterations; reused as storage for the Library Council after serving as a fire house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.222297-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001145.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001145/668688ed6d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001145/668688ed6d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lady_Washington_Hose_Company.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:Lady_Washington_Hose_Company.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312592","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Washington_Hose_Company_building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6470589"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/lady-washington-hose-company-82001145/"}