Tibbits House

Tibbits House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	S of Hoosick at jct. of NY 22 and NY 7, Hoosick, New York
Coordinates	42°51′28″N73°20′37″W / 42.85778°N 73.34361°W / 42.85778; -73.34361
Area	less than one acre
Built	1860
Architect	Tibbits, George Mortimer
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	78001899 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 22, 1978

Tibbits House, also known as Tibbits Hall, is a historic home located at Hoosick in Rensselaer County, New York. The house was built about 1860 and 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular Gothic Revival–style building. It is constructed of cut ashlar sandstone blocks and has steeply pitched gable roofs covered with fishscale slate. It features projecting porches, bay windows, changes of rooflines, dormers, chimneys, and two towers. The existing house on the property was originally owned by U.S. Congressman George Tibbits (1763–1849); his son George Mortimer Tibbits (1796–1878) built the Tibbits House. At the time the property was bought by the Tibbits it was the location of a wooden house built before the Revolution by a Loyalist named Pfister. The Tibbits estate was a stop on the Underground Railroad. The building was acquired by Hoosac School in 1952 and is used as a dormitory, classrooms, and for administrative offices. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Doris Vanderlipp Manley (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tibbits House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved November 21, 2010.See also: "Accompanying 11 photos".

External links

• Hoosac School website