Claim: Poughkeepsie Savings Bank expanded its building after purchasing its adjacent lot in 1870 and later on commissioned a completely new building in 1911 from the firm of Mowbray and Uffinger.
Evidence: In 1870 the adjacent lot was purchased and the building expanded yet again, reopening anew two years later. In 1911 the bank's success led it to commission a completely new building from the firm of Mowbray and Uffinger, who had designed many bank buildings across the Eastern states.