Moore House (Poughkeepsie, New York)
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Moore House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1910 and is a -story, three-bay-wide
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-style dwelling with a sweeping,
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-covered roof with
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. It is
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and features a broad front porch supported by massive stone piers. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) American Craftsman architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1910 Houses in Poughkeepsie, New York National Register of Historic Places in Poughkeepsie, New York {{DutchessCountyNY-NRHP-stub