Old Poughkeepsie YMCA
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| Old Poughkeepsie YMCA | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1908[1] |
| Architect: | Jackson & Rosencrans |
| Architectural style(s): | Renaissance Revival |
| Added to NRHP: | 1982 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82001171 |
| Governing body: | Dutchess County; private offices |
The Old Poughkeepsie YMCA is located at the corner of Market and Church (US 44/NY 55) streets in that city in New York, United States, across from the New York State Armory. One of many historic early 20th-century institutional buildings on Market Street, the city's main downtown thoroughfare, it has a glazed terra-cotta front facade, the only building in Poughkeepsie using that material.[1]
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The organization, founded before the YMCA as the Young Men's Christian Union, had previously met at an office on Union Street, next to the city's former post office. It was built in 1908 in the Renaissance Revival style, one of the few in the city, with part of a $265,000 gift from William Wallace Smith, one of Smith Brothers cough drop makers and a YMCA member and benefactor. His gift also included a neighboring office building,[2] since demolished. The New York City firm of Jackson & Rosencrans were the architects.[1]
In keeping with the style and era, the building features many ornamental touches, such as a molded cornice, quoins, denticulated frieze second-story balcony and domed first-floor windows. The center of the top balustrade has an elaborate cartouche.
The interior likewise boasts sliding double doors, dark-stained woodwork and brick fireplaces[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The YMCA has since moved to different quarters a few blocks away and become the Dutchess County YMCA. The building, now attached to newer structures on either side, houses some county government offices and a few private businesses.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Sharp, Townley (August 12, 1980). National Register of Historic Places nomination, Young Men's Christian Association (Poughkeepsie, New York). Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ^ "$265,000 GIFT TO Y.M.C.A.; New Building Presented to Poughkeepsie Organization by W.W. Smith." (pdf), November 9, 1909. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
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