Thomas Liddle Farm Complex

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Thomas Liddle Farm Complex
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Location Eaton Corners Rd., Duanesburg, New York
Coordinates 42°47′51″N74°14′23″W / 42.79750°N 74.23972°W / 42.79750; -74.23972 Coordinates: 42°47′51″N74°14′23″W / 42.79750°N 74.23972°W / 42.79750; -74.23972
Area 177.1 acres (71.7 ha)
Built 1850
Architectural style Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
MPS Duanesburg MRA
NRHP reference #

84003247

[1]
Added to NRHP October 11, 1984

Thomas Liddle Farm Complex is a historic home and farm complex located at Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1850 and is a 2-story, three-bay clapboard-sided frame building in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has a gable roof, prominent cornice returns, a wide frieze, and broad, fluted corner pilasters. The ​1 1⁄2-story rear wing dates to the late 18th century. Also on the property are a contributing barn and a tenant house. [2]

Duanesburg, New York Town in New York, United States

Duanesburg is a town in Schenectady County, New York, USA. The population was 6,122 at the 2010 census. Duanesburg is named for James Duane, who held most of it as an original land grant. The town is in the western part of the county.

Schenectady County, New York county in New York, United States

Schenectady County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 154,727. The county seat is Schenectady. The name is from a Mohawk language word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands," a term that originally applied to Albany.

Greek Revival architecture architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1842.

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]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2016-09-01.Note: This includes Schenectady County Planning Dept. (1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Thomas Liddle Farm Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-09-01.
  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.


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