Global InformationWappingers Falls Historic District information
Wappingers Falls Historic District | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. Historic district | |
 Civil War-era rowhouses on east side of Main, 2007 | |
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| Location | Wappingers Falls, NY |
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| Nearest city | Poughkeepsie |
| Coordinates | 41°35′53″N 73°55′07″W / 41.59806°N 73.91861°W |
| Area | 90 acres (36 ha)[1] |
| Built | mid 18th-mid 20th century |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| MPS | Wappingers Falls MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002380 |
| Added to NRHP | 1984 |
The Wappingers Falls Historic District is in the center of that village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is a 90-acre (36 ha) area roughly centered along South Avenue and West Main Street, NY 9D and Wappinger Creek. It includes Mesier Park in the center of the village and many adjacent residential neighborhoods, roughly bounded by Elm, Park, Walker, Market and McKinley streets.
Much of the district was built in the wake of the industrialization of Wappingers Falls in the 19th century, and its styles represent a cross-section of that century. However, the contributing properties include older buildings, like the ca. 1740 Mesier-Brewer House, and newer ones like the Village Hall, formerly a post office designed under the supervision of Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency.
- ^ Larson, Neil (August 3, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places nomination form, Wappingers Falls Historic District". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2008.