Murphy Grist Mill

Murphy Grist Mill
Location 138 Beekman Poughquag Rd., Poughquag, New York
Coordinates 41°36′39″N 73°42′09″W / 41.61083°N 73.70250°W / 41.61083; -73.70250Coordinates: 41°36′39″N 73°42′09″W / 41.61083°N 73.70250°W / 41.61083; -73.70250
Area 0.62 acres (0.25 ha)
Built 1889 (1889)
NRHP Reference # 15000230[1]
Added to NRHP May 18, 2015

Murphy Grist Mill, also known as the Old Mill, is a historic grist mill located at Poughquag, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1889, and is a two-story, front-gabled, vernacular frame building with a stone and concrete foundation. It has a one-story, hipped roof porch supported by simple contemporary posts. Also on the property are the contributing ruins of a stone mill dam. During his 1909 campaign for New York State Senate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a political speech from the porch of the mill building. The mill remained in use until about 1940. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. purchased the property in 1949 and the mill was used primarily for storage. During the mid-1980s, it was given to the Town of Beekman and restoration began in 2014.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/18/15 through 5/22/15. National Park Service. 2015-05-29.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Jennifer Betsworth and Viraj Kumar (December 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Murphy Grist Mill" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying photographs


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