Albertus Van Loon House

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Albertus Van Loon House
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Albertus Van Loon House, Athens, NY
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Albertus Van Loon House (the United States)
Location85 North Washington Street, [1] Athens, New York
Coordinates 42°16′01″N73°48′19″W / 42.266946°N 73.805299°W / 42.266946; -73.805299
Built1724 [2] [3]
ArchitectAlbertus Van Loon [2]
Architectural styleDutch Colonial [3]
MPS Village of Athens MRA
NRHP reference No. 80002619 [4]
Added to NRHP28 November 1980

The Albertus Van Loon House ( /vænˈln/ , like van loan) is a 1.5 story native stone home in the village of Athens, New York, United States. Built in 1724 by Albertus Van Loon, one of eight children of Jan Van Loon, [5] it is one of the oldest extant buildings in its part of New York State.[ citation needed ]

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It is located at 85 North Washington Street (also known as New York State Route 385), inside the Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area (MRA). [6]

History

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Partial view of the home's gambrel roof

Jan was the earliest European settler to the area, and gave the settlement its first name: Loonenburg . Only one wall of his house remains in the current structure, at 39 South Washington Street. [1]

Albertus was among those who donated land for the town church, today occupied by the Zion Lutheran Church in Athens in 1853. [6] His house is in what was called the Upper Village. [5] The home is an elongated rectangle; a gambrel roof was added between 17751800. After Albertus died in 1754, [7] the Van Loon family lived in the house for three generations and moved out in the early 19th century. [6]

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