{"nrhp_refnum":"88002413","name":"US Post Office-Poughkeepsie","other_names":["Poughkeepsie Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mansion St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.70720561700006,"lon":-73.92769546299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Colonial Revival post office on Mansion Street at the head of Civic Center Place (formerly Market Street) in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built of native fieldstone between 1937 and 1939 to a design by consulting architect Eric Kebbon.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is exceptionally significant because President Franklin D. Roosevelt shaped its site, design and materials. It was the first of five regional vernacular post offices in the area that he monitored. It is also notable as a fieldstone version of the lost 1809 Dutchess County Courthouse, and for its elaborate lobby with Section of Fine Arts murals.","narrative":"Poughkeepsie's main post office, on Mansion Street at the head of Civic Center Place, is a two-story Colonial Revival building faced in random native fieldstone. It was built from 1937 to 1939 and designed by consulting architect Eric Kebbon, but President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a hand in nearly every major decision. He helped choose the site, rejected an early Greek Revival concept, and ordered a stone version of the vanished 1809 Dutchess County Courthouse, using fieldstone gathered from local fences. A central pedimented projection with arched openings and an octagonal cupola gives the facade its focus. Inside, a two-story lobby features marble Doric and Ionic columns, bronze fixtures and five murals sponsored by the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts, depicting local history. The building was the first of five Hudson Valley post offices Roosevelt monitored, and it is described as unique among large Depression-era post offices in New York for its fieldstone construction.","period_of_significance":"1937-9; 1940","architect_builder":"Eric Kebbon, Consulting Architect; Silberblatt and Lasker, Inc., of New York City (construction contractor)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and occupied, in government use as a post office; alterations include a wheelchair ramp, aluminum replacement railings on the main steps and replaced lobby lighting.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.152853-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002413.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002413/03ad284a66-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002413/03ad284a66-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poughkeepsie,_NY,_post_office.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:Poughkeepsie,_NY,_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312642","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Poughkeepsie,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2466407"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/us-post-office-poughkeepsie-88002413/"}