Violet Avenue School


Violet Avenue School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Violet Avenue School, August 2014
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Location	191 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates	41°43′40″N 73°54′43″W / 41.72778°N 73.91194°W / 41.72778; -73.91194Coordinates: 41°43′40″N 73°54′43″W / 41.72778°N 73.91194°W / 41.72778; -73.91194
Area	9.1 acres (3.7 ha)
Built	1939 (1939)-1940
Built by	Caulway, Inc.
Architect	Charles J. Cooke
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	14000488^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 18, 2014

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.^[2]^{:4, 10}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14. National Park Service. 2014-08-29.
↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Weston Davey (February 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Violet Avenue School" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs

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