Roughly bounded by South Ave., Elm, Main, Park, Walker, Market, and McKinley Sts., Wappingers Falls, New York. County/parish: Dutchess.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 29, 1984. NRIS 84002380.
Part of Wappingers Falls MRA (NRIS 64000601).
125 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 3 contributing structures.
The Wappingers Falls Historic District is in the center of that village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is a 90-acre (36 ha) area roughly centered along South Avenue and West Main Street, NY 9D and Wappinger Creek. It includes Mesier Park in the center of the village and many adjacent residential neighborhoods, roughly bounded by Elm, Park, Walker, Market and McKinley streets.
Much of the district was built in the wake of the industrialization of Wappingers Falls in the 19th century, and its styles represent a cross-section of that century. However, the contributing properties include older buildings, like the ca. 1740 Mesier-Brewer House, and newer ones like the Village Hall, formerly a post office designed under the supervision of Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312721