Mull House and Cemetery

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Mull House and Cemetery
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Nearest city Coeymans, New York
Coordinates 42°30′17″N73°46′55″W / 42.50472°N 73.78194°W / 42.50472; -73.78194 Coordinates: 42°30′17″N73°46′55″W / 42.50472°N 73.78194°W / 42.50472; -73.78194
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1825
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 99000871 [1]
Added to NRHP July 22, 1999

Mull House and Cemetery is a historic home and cemetery located at Coeymans in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1825 and is a rectangular, 2 12-story timber frame dwelling on a stone foundation in the Federal style. It is topped by a gambrel roof. The cemetery includes approximately 12 extant markers. Also on the property is a barn dated to about 1890. [2]

Cemetery Place of burial

A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard.

Coeymans, New York Town in New York, United States

Coeymans is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 7,418 at the 2010 census. The town is named after an early settler, who was the patent-holder for the area. The town is in the southeast part of the county, south of Albany, New York.

Albany County, New York County in the United States

Albany County is a county in the state of New York, in the United States. Its northern border is formed by the Mohawk River, at its confluence with the Hudson River, which is on the east. As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204. The county seat is Albany, the state capital of New York. As originally established by the English government in the colonial era, Albany County had an indefinite amount of land, but has had an area of 530 square miles (1,400 km2) since March 3, 1888. The county is named for the Duke of York and of Albany, who became James II of England.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]

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