Freeman House (Guilderland, New York)

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Freeman House
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Location136 Main St., Guilderland, New York
Coordinates 42°42′8″N73°57′50″W / 42.70222°N 73.96389°W / 42.70222; -73.96389
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Builtca. 1734
Architectural styleColonial
MPS Guilderland MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001062 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1982

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]

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The house in 1937, with synthetic brick siding Historic American Buildings Survey, Nelson E. Baldwin, Photographer, Jan. 16, 1937, View-Southwest Elevation-Freeman House, Guilderland Center, Albany Co., N Y. - Freeman House, HABS NY,1-GUILC,1-1 (cropped).tif
The house in 1937, with synthetic brick siding

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Town of Guilderland (June 1979). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Freeman House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 22, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  3. 1 2 3 4 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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