First Presbyterian Church (Poughkeepsie, New York)

	First Presbyterian Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	First Presbyterian Church
Location	25 S. Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates	41°42′4″N 73°55′29″W / 41.70111°N 73.92472°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905
Architect	Percival M. Lloyd
Architectural style	Romanesque
MPS	Poughkeepsie MRA
NRHP reference No.	82001136
Added to NRHP	November 26, 1982

First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1905 and is a large, five-sided stone building with a wing. It features a three-story square tower with a pyramidal roof and arched Romanesque window surrounds.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1] The related manse was added at the same time.

History

The First Presbyterian Church in Poughkeepsie, New York was organized in 1749.^[3] Services were conducted first in connection with Fishkill and afterwards in connection with the Charlotte Precinct, which included Washington Hollow and Pleasant Valley.^[4]

In September 1826, the North River Presbytery re-organized the church with eighteen members and installed Rev. Alonso Welton as pastor. The congregation first worshiped in an old frame building on Church Street, before moving to Cannon Street in December 1826.^[5]

Reverend Thomas Woodrow, maternal grandfather of President Woodrow Wilson, preached in Poughkeepsie after emigrating from Scotland in 1835.^[6]

References

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv_ny-2] Townley McElhiney Sharp (August 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:First Presbyterian Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-01-11.

[3] "Poughkeepsie, First Presbyterian Church", Presbyterian Historical Society

[4] Platt, Edmund. "Poughkeepsie", The History of Dutchess County, (Frank Hasbrouck, ed.) 1909, Poughkeepsie. S.A. Mathieu, p. 250

[5] Smith, James H., History of Dutchess County, 1882, Syracuse. D. Mason & Co., p. 424

[6] Weinstein, Edwin A., Woodrow Wilson, Princeton University Press, 2014, p. 4 ISBN 9781400857494

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