Violet Avenue School

191 Violet Ave., Poughkeepsie, New York. County/parish: Dutchess.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 18, 2014. NRIS 14000488.

2 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Violet Avenue School

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.: 4, 10 

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

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