Violet Avenue School

	Violet Avenue School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Violet Avenue School, August 2014
	Location within New York Location within the United States
Location	191 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates	41°43′40″N 73°54′43″W / 41.72778°N 73.91194°W
Area	9.1 acres (3.7 ha)
Built	1939-1940
Built by	Caulway, Inc.
Architect	Charles J. Cooke
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	14000488
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" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14. National Park Service. August 29, 2014.
↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 1, 2015. Note: This includes Weston Davey (February 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Violet Avenue School" (PDF). Retrieved December 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs

[nps-1] 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14. National Park Service. August 29, 2014.

[NysNrhpNom-2] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 1, 2015. Note: This includes Weston Davey (February 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Violet Avenue School" (PDF). Retrieved December 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs

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