Rombout House is a historic home located at

Poughkeepsie Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie ...

Dutchess County, New York Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later or ...

. It was built about 1854 on land that had been part of the original British royal Rombout Patent of 1685 and is a -story, three-bay-wide,

Hudson River Bracketed architectural style The Hudson River Bracketed architectural style was originated by architect Alexander Jackson Davis. An example of his implementation is in Oliver Bronson House, a National Historic Landmark built for Dr. Oliver Bronson. "Hudson Valley Ruins", Rin ...

dwelling. It sits on a raised basement and features a central pavilion. It has been owned by

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely foll ...

since 1915. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1982.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1854 Houses in Poughkeepsie, New York Vassar College buildings National Register of Historic Places in Poughkeepsie, New York {{DutchessCountyNY-NRHP-stub