Poughkeepsie Almshouse and City Infirmary
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Poughkeepsie Almshouse and City Infirmary is a historic almshouse
and infirmary complex located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
. The complex includes five contributing buildings. The almshouse buildings has a three story, seven bay, main block flanked by matching two story, five bay, wings. It is built in 1868 of brick with wood trim and features Italianate
style details. The City Infirmary building was built in 1907 and enlarged in 1936. It is a two story brick and stone building and features a two story, flat roofed, semi-circular entrance portico
. The infirmary closed in 1972. Also on the property are a carriage house
, barn, laundry building, combination barn / ice house, and shed. It has been adaptively reused as a satellite campus for Adelphi University
.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1978.
Almshouse
Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people to live in a particular community...
and infirmary complex located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
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...
. The complex includes five contributing buildings. The almshouse buildings has a three story, seven bay, main block flanked by matching two story, five bay, wings. It is built in 1868 of brick with wood trim and features Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
style details. The City Infirmary building was built in 1907 and enlarged in 1936. It is a two story brick and stone building and features a two story, flat roofed, semi-circular entrance portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...
. The infirmary closed in 1972. Also on the property are a carriage house
Carriage house
A carriage house, also called remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack.In Great Britain the farm building was called a Cart Shed...
, barn, laundry building, combination barn / ice house, and shed. It has been adaptively reused as a satellite campus for Adelphi University
Adelphi University
Adelphi University is a private, nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County, New York, United States. It is the oldest institution of higher education on Long Island. For the sixth year, Adelphi University has been named a “Best Buy” in higher education by the Fiske Guide to...
.
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 1978.