{"nrhp_refnum":"89000304","name":"Poughkeepsie Meeting House (Montgomery Street)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"112 Montgomery St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.69926267400007,"lon":-73.92590449299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Quaker meeting house at 112 Montgomery Street in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. The rear portion was built in 1863 and a Romanesque Revival front was added in 1890.","why_significant":"It is argued to be a distinctive example of how Orthodox Quakers moved toward mainstream Protestant theology and church architecture in the nineteenth century. It was the only religious meeting place in the county built during the Civil War. The 1890 remodeling avoided Gothic Revival elements, reflecting the Friends' rejection of forms linked to the Episcopal Church. Its unpainted interior woodwork survives remarkably intact.","narrative":"Built in 1863 for Orthodox Friends and enlarged in 1890, this brick meeting house at 112 Montgomery Street in Poughkeepsie shows how Quaker worship buildings changed during the nineteenth century. The original rear section held two rooms, one for women and one for men, and still echoed traditional Quaker practice. The 1890 addition gave the building a two-story pedimented facade in the Romanesque Revival style, with round-arched windows, brick pilasters and a circular gable window. Gothic Revival details, towers, spires and crosses were avoided, since Friends associated them with the Episcopal Church. Inside, the sanctuary has pews facing a raised platform, a diagonal-board ceiling from 1883, and stained-glass windows installed between 1912 and 1915, all with unpainted, varnished woodwork. Friends left in 1926, finding the neighborhood overchurched, and moved to a new meeting house on Hooker Avenue. Later religious groups have used the building, which keeps much of its Quaker-era character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a church by a congregation after the Friends left in 1926; condition marked deteriorated on the inventory form; interior accessible by appointment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.937492-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89000304.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000304/65030aecb4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000304/65030aecb4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poughkeepsie_Meeting_House,_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:Poughkeepsie_Meeting_House,_Poughkeepsie_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312680","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poughkeepsie_Meeting_House_(Montgomery_Street)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707207"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/poughkeepsie-meeting-house-montgomery-street-89000304/"}