Main Street Historic District (New Hamburg, New York)
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Main Street Historic District
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Houses at 13 and 15 Main Street, 2008
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| Location | Main St. roughly bounded by Stone and Bridge Sts., New Hamburg, NY |
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| Nearest city | Poughkeepsie |
| Coordinates | 41°35′14″N 73°56′54″W / 41.58722°N 73.94833°WCoordinates: 41°35′14″N 73°56′54″W / 41.58722°N 73.94833°W |
| Area | 1 acre (4,000 m²) |
| Built | c. 1845-1876 |
| MPS | New Hamburg MRA |
| NRHP reference # | 87000122 |
| Added to NRHP | February 27, 1987 |
The Main Street Historic District in New Hamburg, New York, United States is located along that street just west of the train station. Six buildings on a single acre (4,000 m²) are an intact remnant of the hamlet as it was developed in the middle of the 19th century, prior to the Hudson River Railroad's construction, which cut it in half.
Its contributing buildings, three houses and three commercial buildings, are made of brick and representative of vernacular applications of the then-popular Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles. The neighborhood was recognized as a historic district and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It is the smallest in area of the 62 Main Street Historic Districts on the Register.
The district includes all the lots along the north side of Main between Railroad and Bridge streets. On the south side, a former church building converted into apartments at 12 Main Street is not included due to those modifications. All buildings save one on the remaining lots between Main and Bridge are considered contributing properties.
New Hamburg began as a port community on the river, with ships loaded and unloaded along nearby Point Street and then taken to Poughkeepsie and Wappingers Falls via road. By the 1840s, most of the Point Street lots had been taken and newer residents were turning to Main Street, a few blocks inland. The house at 9A Main Street, built by John Lawson, a descendant of the area's first European settlers, is the earliest known to have been built in the current district.
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