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Photograph of Poughkeepsie Meeting House
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Poughkeepsie Meeting House (Hooker Avenue)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.

From the record

“Poughkeepsie Meeting House (Hooker Avenue) is a historic Quaker (Society of Friends) meeting house at 249 Hooker Avenue in Poughkeepsie, New York. It was built in 1927, and is a two-story, rectangular, Colonial Revival style brick building, with a basement.”

Wikipedia article Poughkeepsie Meeting House (Hooker Avenue), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 266 National Register listings published here for Dutchess County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 249 Hooker Ave., Poughkeepsie, 12589
  • When was it listed? April 1989
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Dutchess County Quaker Meeting Houses TR
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 89000306 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Storms near this property

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poughkeepsie, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 29 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2000Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$3,000,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$250,000no account filed
July 2023FloodPoughkeepsie$100,000A section of Metro-North's railroad tracks were washed out due to flood waters from Poughkeepsie southward.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Poughkeepsie$70,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$50,000Severe thunderstorms resulted in damage across parts of eastern New York as they moved across the area during the afternoon of August 1st. In Binghamton numerous trees and a shed were knocked down by thunderstorm winds while lightning caused transformer fires knocking out power. In Corbett lightning struck a metal plant injuring two workers and damaging electrical equipment. In Poughkeepsie and Hopewell Junction thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and powerlines and caused extensive damage at a local golf course.
June 1998LightningPoughkeepsie$40,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$20,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$19,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$12,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$10,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$5,000Severe thunderstorms moved across parts of the Susquehanna Region and Western Catskills and Mid-Hudson Valley on the afternoon of the 17th. There were many reports of downed trees and wires, but the majority of the storm damage occurred in Otsego and Delaware Counties.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$5,000A strong cold front swept across eastern New York on the afternoon of May 11 resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the area. One of the areas hardest hit was in southern Washington County from three miles northwest of Salem to Rexleigh where a dry microburst destroyed a substantial portion of a large farm along Route 30. Damage at the farm included a two-car garage demolished, three grain silos damaged with one silo moved 18 inches off its foundation, a second garage damaged, the slate roof of the main residence partially removed along with the brick chimney. Other areas hard hit by the storms included sections of Ulster and Dutchess counties where trees, power lines and utility poles were downed leaving over 3,000 customers without power. Before the severe thunderstorms hit the Mid-Hudson Valley temperatures soared to record levels with Poughkeepsie reaching 92 degrees which broke the previous record of 91 which was set in 1953.
August 2000HailPoughkeepsie$5,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$4,000no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$4,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$3,000no account filed
May 2002HailPoughkeepsie$2,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$2,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$2,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$2,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$2,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$1,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$500Severe thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Poughkeepsie on the afternoon of the 13th.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie$500no account filed
September 2023Flash FloodPoughkeepsie-Water was flowing over State Route 9 near Academy Street in Poughkeepsie.
December 2023FloodPoughkeepsie-The Hudson River flooded at the times of high tide which resulted in some minor flooding near Waryas Park including the patio at the former Ice House restaurant.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie-A large tree branch was down near Market Street and Church Street in Poughkeepsie.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie-A tree was downed across a road near the City of Poughkeepsie.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie-Trees were downed and on houses due to thunderstorm winds on Academy Street in Poughkeepsie.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Poughkeepsie. The Red Oaks area was hardest hit, with numerous trees and power lines reported down, with some trees down on houses.
July 2007HailPoughkeepsie-Penny size hail was reported in Poughkeepsie.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie-Law enforcement personnel reported that trees were blown down along Fairview Avenue, in Poughkeepsie.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie-Trees and wires were reported down in Lagrangeville due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie-Trees down
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie-Trees were blown down throughout the county.
July 2004HailPoughkeepsie-3/4 inch hail and trees and wires down on Northeast side of town.
May 1995HailPoughkeepsie-A warm front and a strong cold front moved across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of May 29th resulting in severe weather across parts of the area. A tornado touched down in Columbia County at 1740 EST just south of Hudson and the first significant damage occurred along Fingar Road in the Town of Greeport where numerous trees, including several 200 year old black walnut trees, were uprooted. Also five people sustained minor injuries when their home collapsed under the weight of fallen trees. As the tornado moved east it caused extensive damage to homes and trees in the towns of Greenport, Claverack, and Hillsdale. The hardest hit areas included Spook Rock Road, Stone Mill Road, Snydertown Road, Bates Road, the Taconic State Parkway, Palmer Road, and Texas Hill Road. The tornado ended along Collins Street in the town of Hillsdale. The tornado destroyed seven homes, with 13 others sustaining major damage and another 29 with minor damage. In addition 30 to 50 outbuildings were either damaged or destroyed. Total damage estimate for the tornado was $10 million. Other areas hard hit by the severe thunderstorms included Unadilla, Bainbridge, and Guilford where trees fell on homes and mobile homes. Also in Hopewell Junction thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees some of which fell on homes along Lake Walton Road and Zerner Boulevard.
August 2003Flash FloodPoughkeepsie-no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodPoughkeepsie-no account filed
August 2000HailPoughkeepsie-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindPoughkeepsie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dutchess County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000306 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dutchess CountyAll 266 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.