{"nrhp_refnum":"82001165","name":"South Hamilton Street Row","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"81-87 S. Hamilton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.696830017000025,"lon":-73.92582478599996,"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 row of four clapboarded houses at 81-87 South Hamilton Street in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, dating from 1871 or 1872 and sited on large grassy lots with many trees.","why_significant":"The houses are a distinguished collection of late-19th-century residences representing the upper-middle-class suburbs of the 1870s. No. 85 is unique in Poughkeepsie, and together with the nearby Italian Villa at No. 79 it reflects elevated taste and wealth. The two intact Second Empire houses contrast with the others and show differing residential style preferences.","narrative":"Four clapboarded houses at 81-87 South Hamilton Street in Poughkeepsie form a row built in 1871 and 1872. They range from two-story Second Empire residences to three-and-a-half-story dwellings in Italian Villa and Victorian Residential styles. Each sits on a large grassy lot with many trees. Notable features include slate mansard roofs, bracketed and Eastlake-style porches, towers, an arcaded loggia, balconies, a porte-cochère and a large period barn behind No. 85. City directories suggest George Corlies developed the row as a private speculation. Nos. 83 and 87 keep their original Second Empire appearance, while No. 85 was remodeled in the 1880s into an elaborate Victorian house for Captain John H. Brinckerhoff, owner of the Poughkeepsie Transportation Company and the steamer Mary Powell. Together with the nearby Italian Villa at No. 79, the row shows the taste and wealth of Poughkeepsie's upper-middle class in the 1870s, and it was valued as a distinguished collection of late-19th-century homes.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George Corlies developed the row as private speculation (per city directories); No. 85 was transformed in the 1880s for Captain John H. Brinckerhoff","architectural_style":"Second Empire, Italian Villa and Victorian Residential (with Eastlake-style porches)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Surviving as a row of houses; the form lists no threats to the area. No. 89, once similar, is described as completely altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.269783-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001165.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001165/f751439ec3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001165/f751439ec3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_on_South_Hamilton_Street,_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:Houses_on_South_Hamilton_Street,_Poughkeepsie_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312572","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Hamilton_Street_Row","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7567413"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/south-hamilton-street-row-82001165/"}