Built 1939 (1939)-1940 NRHP Reference # 14000488 Phone +1 845-486-4499 | Built by Caulway, Inc. Area 4 ha Added to NRHP 18 August 2014 | |
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Address 191 Violet Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA Similar Springside, Locust Grove, Top Cottage, Home of Franklin D Roosevel, Church Building | ||
Violet Avenue School is a historic school building located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1939-1940, and is a two-story, five part, Colonial Revival style school building with load-bearing bluestone walls. It consists of a central tetrastyle portico entry block flanked by four wings. The central section features a central two-story classical portico with four columns with Corinthian order capitals and a prominent domed cupola. The school was built under the auspices of the Public Works Administration and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was influential in the design.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
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