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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1914/00/00 Warren and Wetmore Architect Warren and Wetmore design a new railroad station that will impress travelers and communicate the city's confidence and cosmopolitan aspirations. They will base their design on another station they designed, NYC's Grand Central Terminal.
1918/02/18 The new Beaux Arts style Poughkeepsie Railroad Station opens.
1939/06/11 J3-class Hudson departs Poughkeepsie, pulling the royal train to Hyde Park. During the Royal couple's stay in Hyde Park, both trains were parked at Poughkeepsie where most of their passengers spent the night aboard them. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada

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Particulars for Poughkeepsie Railroad Station:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Architectural Style Beaux Arts
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Area of Significance Railroad
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 21st November 1976

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Poughkeepsie Railroad Station
Registry Address: Main St.
Registry Number: 76001214
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Warren and Wetmore
Architectural Style: Beaux arts
Area in Acres: 8
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Transportation, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1914, 1918
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Rail-related
Current Function: Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Rail-related

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