Halladay Farmhouse

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Halladay Farmhouse
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LocationUS 20, Duanesburg, New York
Coordinates 42°45′59″N74°12′49″W / 42.76639°N 74.21361°W / 42.76639; -74.21361 Coordinates: 42°45′59″N74°12′49″W / 42.76639°N 74.21361°W / 42.76639; -74.21361
Area92 acres (37 ha)
Built1786
Architectural style Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
MPS Duanesburg MRA
NRHP reference No. 84003213 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 11, 1984

Halladay Farmhouse is a historic home located at Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1786 and remodeled in the 1830s in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It is a 1 12-story, five-bay frame building with a small 1-story gable-roofed wing. It features a wide frieze pierced by rectangular eyebrow windows with ornate iron grillwork. Also on the property are two contributing barns, a carriage house, two sheds, and a machine shop building. [2]

The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [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. Schenectady County Planning Dept. (1983) [1979]. "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Halladay Farmhouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
  3. Lucy A. Breyer, Nancy Todd, and Schenectady County Planning Dept. (August 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Duanesburg MRA". National Park Service.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)