Freeman House (Guilderland, New York)

Freeman House is a historic home located at Guilderland in Albany County, New York. The original house (the center and eastern section) was built about 1734; a western addition was built about 1750; and a rear ell was added about 1800. It is a two-story Dutch Colonial house with a gable roof and built of large, smooth finished beams. It is one of the finest and oldest colonial period buildings in Guilderland,[2] and may be the oldest frame house in Guilderland.[3]

The house in 1937, with synthetic brick siding

For other uses, see Freeman House (disambiguation).
Freeman House
Location136 Main St., Guilderland, New York
Coordinates42°42′8″N 73°57′50″W
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Builtca. 1734
Architectural styleColonial
MPSGuilderland MRA
NRHP reference No.82001062[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1982

Following the American Revolution, the home belonged to Revolutionary War veteran Barent Mynderse.[3]

When photographer Nelson E. Baldwin photographed the house in 1937 as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey, it was covered in a synthetic brick siding, which has since been removed.[3] A historic marker stands in front of the house.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Town of Guilderland (June 1979). "Building-Structure Inventory: Freeman House (Building #7)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
  3. Johnson, Mary Ellen (September 18, 2019). "Six historic buildings in town were photographed in a New Deal project". The Altamont Enterprise. Retrieved October 3, 2021.

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