Knower House

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Knower House
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Location757 NY 146, Altamont, New York
Coordinates 42°42′18″N74°01′11″W / 42.7050°N 74.0196°W / 42.7050; -74.0196 Coordinates: 42°42′18″N74°01′11″W / 42.7050°N 74.0196°W / 42.7050; -74.0196
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Builtca. 1800
Architectural styleEarly Republic
MPS Guilderland MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001073 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1982

Knower House is a historic home located at Guilderland in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1800 and is a two-story frame house in the Georgian Colonial style. It accentuates a centroidal entrance and second story Palladian window. While occupied by Benjamin Knower, future New York Governor William L. Marcy married Cornelia Knower at the house in 1824. [2]

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). "Building-Structure Inventory: Knower House (Building #29)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-10-04.