Main Street Historic District

Main Street Historic District is a neighborhood with numerous buildings from the 1800s in Poughkeepsie and New Hamburg featuring Greek Revival, Second Empire, and Colonial Revival architectural styles. The structures span different building periods and show how these places developed over several decades.

The neighborhood in Poughkeepsie started developing from 1876 as a planned community, while the New Hamburg section received official recognition in 1987. This difference in timing shows how the two communities documented and protected their heritage at different points.

The neighborhood shows how both communities evolved through their buildings from different time periods. Walking through, you notice how residential design changed from one generation to the next.

You can explore the neighborhood by walking along Main Street in either Poughkeepsie or New Hamburg, with most buildings visible from public sidewalks. Since the two sections are in separate locations, plan which area you want to see or visit them both on different occasions.

The district consists of two separate sections in different locations that share similar architectural features despite being geographically apart. This unusual arrangement shows how both communities followed comparable building patterns even though they developed independently.