Knower House

Knower House
Knower House is located in New York
Knower House
Knower House is located in the United States
Knower House
Location757 NY 146, Altamont, New York
Coordinates42°42′18″N 74°01′11″W / 42.7050°N 74.0196°W / 42.7050; -74.0196
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Builtca. 1800
Architectural styleEarly Republic
MPSGuilderland 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.