Dutchess Mall
Former Jamesway at Dutchess Mall, 2004
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| Location | Fishkill, New York, United States |
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| Opening date | 1974 |
| Closing date | 2001 |
| Management | Dagar Group |
| No. of stores and services | 50+ (1974-2004) 1(2006) |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2(1974-1995) 1 (2014) |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in J.W. Mays until Jamesway opened and sealed off 2nd floor.) |
Dutchess Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Fishkill, New York, United States. The mall was demolished save for the old Jamesway and Service Merchandise buildings. Currently, the former mall property is the site of a Home Depot, as well as the former Service Merchandise that has been gutted and now awaiting future use, with the Dutchess Marketplace Flea Market in the former Jamesway, and the rest of the property awaiting further redevelopment. Dagar Group manages the shopping center. R.C. Chera Realty Group is the exclusive leasing broker for the existing vacant structure.
Dutchess Mall opened in 1974 as the first mall in Dutchess County. The mall occupied a portion of a site once occupied by the Fishkill Encampment and Supply Depot, which has been listed on the National Register of Historical Places since Dutchess Mall's opening. The Fishkill Encampment was previously slated for conversion to a national park, but the plan was rejected. Original anchors of the mall included J. W. Mays Company and Luckey Platt, two local department stores; other major tenants included Flah's (another local department store) and Drug World (a pharmacy), as well as Radio Shack and Waldenbooks.
J. W. Mays closed in the 1980s and was replaced with Gaynes. Gaynes, in turn, was converted to discounter Jamesway in 1988, which closed in 1995. Luckey Platt closed in the 1980s and was replaced with Service Merchandise, which closed on December 24, 1996, and relocated down to the South Hills Mall nearby. The former Service Merchandise was soon replaced with the Dutchess Flea Market. With both anchor stores gone, the already declining mall began its collapse, and by 2001 only the flea market remained.
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