Clark House (Poughkeepsie, New York)
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Clark House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
. It was built about 1919 and is a -story, three-bay-wide concrete block Bungalow
style dwelling with a gable roof and wide dormer
. It features a porch with Doric order
columns, massive deep eaves, and half-timbering.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1982.
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. The 2010 census lists the population as 297,488...
. It was built about 1919 and is a -story, three-bay-wide concrete block Bungalow
Bungalow
A bungalow is a type of house, with varying meanings across the world. Common features to many of these definitions include being detached, low-rise , and the use of verandahs...
style dwelling with a gable roof and wide dormer
Dormer
A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.Often...
. It features a porch with Doric order
Doric order
The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.-History:...
columns, massive deep eaves, and half-timbering.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1982.