Roughly bounded by Robinson Ave., LeRoy Pl., Water St., Bay View Terr., Monument & Renwick Sts., Newburgh, New York. County/parish: Orange.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 12, 1985. NRIS 85002426.
2217 contributing buildings. 16 contributing structures. 6 contributing objects.Also known as:
The East End Historic District in Newburgh, New York, United States is the lower portion of what state and city officials recognize as a single historic district along with the Montgomery-Grand-Liberty Streets Historic District. Its 445 acres (2 km2) contain 2,217 buildings, including Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark.
This area includes much of the southeastern quarter of the city. Most of the buildings were constructed during the city's height of industrial development in the later 19th century, as opposed to the villas and mansions in the Montgomery-Grand-Liberty district. They housed many of the city's working-class population at the time, and the small businesses that served them. First recognized by the city in 1973, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Today, it is a mix of extremes. Some of its neighborhoods are among the city's most desirable, offering panoramic views of the Hudson River's Newburgh Bay and the Hudson Highlands to the south. It is also home to some of the city's poorest neighborhoods, and historic preservation groups have expressed concern about many important properties being lost to urban blight and neglect.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320637