Dutchess County, New York


Founding: 1713 (declared in 1683)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Mary of Modena, English queen
Seat: Poughkeepsie (1713–)
Land area: 796 square miles
Population (2020): 295,911
Population (historic): 45,276 (1790); 52,398 (1840); 74,041 (1870); 81,670 (1900); 105,462 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820–1880; 1890–2010
Subdivisions: Two cities; eight villages; 32 CDPs; 20 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 19,713 (16.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 38.6%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $5,098
Average outbuilding value (1930): $4,754
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,114
Average farm size (1920): 96.3 acres
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Poughkeepsie
 
Namesake: A Wappinger word referencing a nearby stream
Founding: 1686 (founding); 1786 (post office); 1799 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 31,577
Population (historic): 11,511 (1850); 20,080 (1870); 22,206 (1890); 27,936 (1910); 34,288 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930–1950; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,062 (40.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Smithfield Presbyterian Church (c. 1847). 656 Smithfield Valley Road. Amenia. Greek Revival.
  2. George Perry House (c. 1840). 3529 State Route 22. Amenia. Greek Revival.
  3. Henry Brill House (c. 1870). 14 Sugar Lane. Beekman. Second Empire.
  4. Warren Lodge (1865). 1215 Centre Road. Clinton. Italianate.
  5. Frederick Schultz House (c. 1810). 99 Old Bullshead Road. Clinton. Federal.
  6. Hageman–Storm–Brinckerhoff House (c. 1760/1770/1800). 451 Beekman Road. East Fishkill. Federal.
  7. Bykenhulle / Peter Adriance House (1841). 21 Bykenhulle Road. East Fishkill. Greek Revival.
  8. Stockholm House (c. 1810). 23 Hopewell Hamlet Drive. East Fishkill. Federal.
  9. John Stockholm House (1818). 672 State Route 82. East Fishkill. Federal.
  10. Tioronda / Joseph Howland Estate (1859/1868). 7 Craig House Lane. Fishkill. Gothic Revival.
  11. Eustatia / John Monell House (1867). 12 Monell Place. Fishkill. Gothic Revival.
  12. Bannerman's Island Arsenal (1901). Pollepel Island. Fishkill. Castle-esque.
  13. Dutchess Manor / Francis Timoney House (1889). 263 State Route 9D. Fishkill. Second Empire/Gothic Revival.
  14. Springwood / Roosevelt Estate (c. 1800/1845/1900/1915). 4097 Albany Post Road. Hyde Park. Classical Revival.
  15. Thomas Howard Estate (1896). 8 Howard Boulevard. Hyde Park. Craftsman.
  16. Staatsburgh / Ogden Mills Estate (1895–1896). 75 Mills Mansion Drive. Hyde Park. Beaux-Arts.
  17. Hyde Park / Frederick Vanderbilt Estate (1896–1899). 119 Vanderbilt Park Road. Hyde Park. Beaux-Arts.
  18. William Cornell House (c. 1865). 91 Bushwick Road. LaGrange. Italianate.
  19. Velie House (c. 1870). 382 Freedom Road. LaGrange. Second Empire.
  20. Peter Cornell House (c. 1830/1865). 131 Titusville Road. LaGrange. Federal/Italianate.
  21. Elias Titus House (c. 1840). 170 Titusville Road. LaGrange. Greek Revival.
  22. Titus House (c. 1870). 177 Titusville Road. LaGrange. Gothic Revival.
  23. Case Farm (c. 1840). 1035 Willow Brook Road. Milan. Greek Revival.
  24. Dakin House (c. 1773/1840/1870). 139 Coleman Station Road. Northeast. Federal.
  25. Hiram Clark Farm (c. 1810). 460 Indian Lake Road. Northeast. Federal.
  26. Dakin House (c. 1810). 118 Rudd Pond Road. Northeast. Federal.
  27. Hiddenhurst / Thomas Hidden House (1903). 148 Sheffield Hill Road. Northeast. Classical Revival.
  28. Jacob Carpenter House (c. 1790/1860). 939 Smithfield Valley Road. Northeast. Georgian/Italianate.
  29. John Kane House (c. 1815). 126 East Main Street. Pawling. Federal.
  30. Akin Free Library (1898–1908). 378 Old Quaker Hill Road. Pawling. Italianate.
  31. Eli Collins House (c. 1810). 460 Tripp Road. Pine Plains. Federal.
  32. Zaccheus Newcomb House (c. 1770). 11 Brown Road. Pleasant Valley. Georgian.
  33. John Lockwood House (c. 1840). 3 South Avenue. Pleasant Valley. Greek Revival.
  34. Maple Grove / Charles Macy House (c. 1850/1891). 25 Maple Grove Lane. Poughkeepsie. Italianate.
  35. Ellessdie Presbyterian Chapel (1840). 6 Maple Knoll Road. Poughkeepsie. Gothic Revival.
  36. Colwell House (c. 1870). 11 Overlook Road. Poughkeepsie. Gothic Revival.
  37. Thompson House (c. 1880). 100 South Randolph Avenue. Poughkeepsie. Second Empire.
  38. Abraham Messerole House (c. 1854). 11 Rombout House Lane. Poughkeepsie. Italianate.
  39. Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery Gatehouse (c. 1870). 342 South Avenue. Poughkeepsie. Second Empire.
  40. Locust Grove / Samuel Morse Estate (1851–1852). 2671 South Road. Poughkeepsie. Italianate.
  41. Edgewater / Livingston–Donaldston Estate (1824/1854). 268 Dock Road. Red Hook. Classical Revival.
  42. Steen Valetje / Franklin Delano Estate (1849–1851). 89 Eden Knoll. Red Hook. Italianate.
  43. Montgomery Place / Montgomery–Livingston Estate (c. 1805/1844). 26 Gardener Way. Red Hook. Federal.
  44. Peter Fraleigh Farm (c. 1870). 14 Linden Farm Lane. Red Hook. Second Empire.
  45. Elmendorf House (c. 1875). 107 Pitcher Lane. Red Hook. Italianate.
  46. Francis Elting House (c. 1865). 139 Pitcher Lane. Red Hook. Italianate.
  47. Rose Hill / John DePeyster House (1843). 17 Rose Hill Lane. Red Hook. Greek Revival.
  48. Rokeby / Armstrong–Astor Estate (1811–1815/1857–1858). 845 River Road. Red Hook. Federal/Second Empire.
  49. Massena / Jane Aspinwall Estate (1886). 29 Seminary Drive. Red Hook. Victorian Gothic.
  50. Grasmere / Livingston–Crosby Estate (c. 1824/1861/1907–1908). 29 Mill Road. Rhinebeck. Classical Revival.
  51. The Grove / Schuyler–Miller Estate (c. 1795/1855/1895). 98 Miller Road. Rhinebeck. Classical Revival.
  52. Wilderstein / Suckley House (1852/1888). 330 Morton Road. Rhinebeck. Queen Anne.
  53. Rock Ledge / William Miller Estate (1904–1906). 44 Springwood Drive. Rhinebeck. Renaissance Revival.
  54. Hillside Methodist Church (c. 1855). 5774 US Highway 9. Rhinebeck. Gothic Revival.
  55. St. Peter's Lutheran Church (1786). 6987 US Highway 9. Rhinebeck. Federal.
  56. St. Paul's Lutheran Church (c. 1802/1832/1861). 371 Wurtemberg Road. Rhinebeck. Federal.
  57. Wyndcliffe / Elizabeth Jones House (1853). 25 Wyndclyffe Court. Rhinebeck. Romanesque.
  58. George Butts Farm (c. 1810). 527 Cold Spring Road. Stanford. Federal.
  59. Samuel Hunting House (c. 1845). 245 Conklin Hill Road. Stanford. Greek Revival.
  60. Henry Pulver Farm (c. 1839). 983 Hunn’s Lake Road. Stanford. Greek Revival.
  61. George Collins House (c. 1840). 303 Waterbury Hill Road. Union Vale. Greek Revival.
  62. Carnwath / William Willis Estate (c. 1850/1870). 70 Carnwath Farms Lane. Wappinger. Italianate.
  63. Cornelius Carman House (c. 1835). 340 South River Road. Wappinger. Federal/Greek Revival.
  64. Philander Seward House (c. 1840). 1560 State Route 376. Wappinger. Greek Revival.
  65. Lynfeld / Milton Ham Farm (1871). 118 South Road. Washington. Italianate.
  66. Nine Partners Friends Meeting House (1780). State Route 343, west of Altamont Road. Washington.
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