Violet Avenue School

Poughkeepsie, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Violet Avenue School in Poughkeepsie, New York, is a Colonial Revival structure built in 1939–1940 under the Public Works Administration, with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt playing an influential role in its design. The two-story building features load-bearing bluestone walls and a distinctive five-part composition: a central block with a tetrastyle portico flanked by four wings. The central section showcases a two-story classical portico with four Corinthian columns and a prominent domed cupola. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.