Wappingers Falls Historic District
Wappingers Falls Historic District is a landmarked area in downtown Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County , New York . The 36-acre area is between South Avenue and West Main Street ( NY-9D ) and Wappingers Creek . It includes Mesier Park in the center of the vilage and various adjacent residential areas. It is roughly bordered by the Elm, Park, Walker, Market and McKinley Streets.
Much of the buildings in the Historic District were built as part of the industrialization of Wappingers Falls in the 19th century and the architectural styles represent a cross-section of that century. However, the contributing properties also include older structures, such as the Mesier-Brewer House from around 1740 or newer buildings such as the Village Hall , which was originally a post office and was built under the supervision of then President Franklin D. Roosevelt .
history
1819 was a small cotton - mill built in the Hohltal through which the stream of Lake Wappinger to its confluence with the Hudson River flowing down. In 1856 the original buildings were destroyed by fire, but reconstruction began immediately and the facility was in operation until 1931. The streets on the hillside opposite the mill are lined with timber frame houses, mostly semi-detached houses that were built by the mill for its workers. The two halves of the monument protection area and thus also the place are connected by an arched stone bridge that was built in 1884 and replaced an earlier wooden structure.
The business district of the Village along West Main Street north and south of the creek is lined with three-story row houses, the construction of which dates back to the years immediately after the Civil War . The streets to the southwest are occupied by larger houses that feature a wide variety of 19th century architectural styles, ranging from neoclassic and neo-Gothic to the Second Empire and Queen Anne styles .
Two significant contributing properties, which are independently registered in the National Register of Historic Places, arose in a different period. The Mesier-Brewer House in the center of the village is a well-preserved stone and wood house from the time before American independence . Across the street at the intersection of West Main Street and South Avenue is the fieldstone Village Hall . This was originally one of five post offices in Dutches County, whose construction was enforced by President Roosevelt, who was born in nearby Hyde Park . At the end of the 20th century a new post office was built one block further east and in 1995 the administration of the village moved its offices from that of an old bank building. The local police, which previously had their headquarters in the Mesier House, also moved into the former post office.
In 1984 the historic center of Wappingers Falls was entered on the National Register of Historic Places because this composition of different structures of the 19th century is connected with the development of an important industrial center in the valley of the Hudson River. The local administration tries to make the commercially used parts of the monument protection area more attractive for pedestrians by calming traffic
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Neil Larson, National Register of Historic Places nomination form, Wappingers Falls Historic District ( English ) August 3, 1984. Retrieved November 4, 2008.
- ↑ Community Facilities and Services ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Draft Wappingers Falls Vision Plan (PDF; 2.6 MB), 2006, page 22. (English)
Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′ 53 " N , 73 ° 55 ′ 7" W.