Knower House | |
Location | 757 NY 146, Altamont, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°42′18″N74°01′11″W / 42.7050°N 74.0196°W Coordinates: 42°42′18″N74°01′11″W / 42.7050°N 74.0196°W |
Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
Built | ca. 1800 |
Architectural style | Early Republic |
MPS | Guilderland MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82001073 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 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]
Guilderland Center is a hamlet in the town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York. The hamlet lies along New York Route 146 and the Black Creek, a tributary of the Normans Kill.
Benjamin Knower was an American merchant, banker and politician.
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