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 Altamont Historic District contributing structures
The 1982 NRHP Guilderland MRA nomination document contains 11 photos of the Altamont Historic District, taken in early 1980 by John Harwood, and shown on this page;
a map below the photos shows the property locations and the positions from which the photos were taken;
and there is below the map a listing of the individual contributing structures giving the year built and the summary architectural description.
click on any image to obtain enlarged view
Altamont Historic District, view west toward the Sand Street intersection  view east from the Lark Street intersection
   1. view west toward the Sand Street intersection;                            2. view east from the Lark Street intersection;
       137 - 145 Main St. (south side)                                                        163 - 145 Main St. (south side)

159 Main Street front elevation  view east across Grand Street intersection
   3. 159 Main Street, front elevation                                                  4. view east across Grand Street intersection; 151 - 145 Main St. (south side)

147/149 Main Street front elevation  view west at the Mill Street intersection; 156 - 174 Main St (north side)
   5. 147/149 Main Street front elevation                                           6. view west at the Mill Street intersection; 156 - 174 Main St (north side)

view west; 166-154 Main St (north side)  159 Main Street front elevation
  7. view west; 166-154 Main St (north side)                                     8. 150 Main Street front elevation

190 Main Street front elevation  view west; Town Park, bandstand, and old railroad station
  9. 190 Main Street front elevation                                                   10. view west; Town Park, bandstand, and old railroad station

view west from Main St; old D & H railroad station
 11. view west from Main St; old D & H railroad station

map showing Altamont historic district boundary
  map showing Altamont historic district boundary, included Main St house numbers, photo locations
 Google Earth kml file

Text information  from NRHP nomination submitted in 1982
Altamont Historic District entered on the NRHP 10 November 1982
The Altamont Historic District includes 38 buildings and the former Railroad Station (already entered on the NRHP in 1971)
The Altamont Historic District consists of a cohesive grouping of nineteenth century residences along approximately five blocks of Main Street in the village of Altamont. The principal exterior material of the district's buildings is clapboard. Even the district's Romanesque train station (listed in the National Register, 8/21/71) was constructed with this material rather than with stone. Architectural styles represented in the Altamont Historic District include Federal, Greek Revival and Colonial Revival as well as vernacular, Queen Anne and Italianate. Classical details, similarity of scale and materials and integrity of design link the district's buildings. A small town park provides a scenic vista and a transition space between the residences and the railroad station. The latter marks the western boundary of the district. The buildings of the historic district stand virtually intact. Early additions, such as the Italianate annex to the simple Greek Revival residence at 190 Main Street, were constructed with the incorporation of rhythmic patterns and details of original structures. The small, well preserved district is without any non-contributing structures.
Dates of initial construction: ca. 1860 - 1926
Altamont Historic District NRHP nomination document (21MB pdf)

  North side of Main Street
street address
 Year built
 description in 1982 NRHP document
124 Main St 1894 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, projecting bay on front with gable roof, clapboard siding with scalloped shingles in gable ends, small-scale pediment at entrance, original porch removed.
126 Main St 1913 Two stories, wood frame intersecting gable roof, projecting gable on front forming recessed porch and supported by four plain columns, enclosed balcony above porch, clapboard siding.
130/32 Main St               
c. 1915       
Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, two-family flats, two-tiered porch on front, clapboard siding.
134 Main St c. 1880 Three stories, wood frame Queen Anne Style design, multi-gable roof, tower at southeast corner, bracketed cornice, shuttered windows, small pediment over entrance, original porch removed.
136 Main St c. 1885 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof with exposed framing in gable ends, clapboards and scalloped shingles, shuttered windows, one-story porch on front, L-plan.
140 Main St 1878 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, three bays wide, one-story porch on front, clapboard and scalloped shingles, bay window on west side of first floor.
142 Main St c. 1910 Two and one-half stories, wood frame, hipped roof with gable projections over bays, clapboard siding, partially enclosed front porch, altered windows.
148 Main St 1872 Two stories, wood frame, hipped roof, L-plan, paired brackets on cornice, bay window on first floor front, screened porch on east side, two-story addition on west side, asbestos siding.
150 Main St 1876 Two stories, wood frame, Italianate Style design, five bays wide, bracketed cornice with wide overhang, flat roof, center recessed entrance, original porch removed, scrolled pediment over door. [photo 8]
154 Main St c. 1870 Two stories, wood frame, Italianate Style design, clapboard siding, four bays wide, paired brackets on cornice, one-story original porch, flat roof, barn in rear.
156 Main St c. 1870 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof with dormer, L-plan, bay window on front, small one-story porch, two-story addition on west side, aluminum siding. [photo 6]
162 Main St 1868 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, clapboard siding, bracketed cornice, projecting gable crowning a two-tiered porch above center entrance, bay windows on front. [photo 6]
166 Main St 1872 Two stories, wood frame, five bays wide, center entrance, flat roof, plain cornice and frieze,shuttered windows, porches on rear and east side, clapboard siding. [photos 6,7]
168 Main St c. 1880 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, L-plan, bay window on west side, altered windows and porch, asbestos siding.
170 Main St 1910 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, T-plan, one story porch across front, clapboard siding, addition on rear.
172 Main St 1878 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, one-story porch across front with hipped roof, paired windows; originally a barn,converted in 1937 to a house.
174 Main St 1878 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, L-plan, clapboard siding with scalloped shingles, one-story porch on front, two tiered sleeping porch on west side, bay window on west side, addition in rear.
176/78 Main St c. 1860 Two stories, wood frame, Greek Revival design, gable roof, L-plan, recessed doorway with transom and sidelights, one-story porch across front, shuttered windows.
182 Main St c. 1890 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, clapboard and shingle siding, altered windows and storefront.
186 Main St c. 1860 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, three bays wide, original storefront, clapboard siding, two story addition on east side.
190 Main St c. 1880 Two stories, wood frame, flat roof, two tiered porch on front with detailed paired brackets on cornice, original storefront, two-story ell on west side with gable roof and one-story porch with detail. [photo 9]
198 Main St 1864 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, two- story addition with flat roof and cornice on west side, altered storefront, aluminum siding.

   South side of Main Street
131 Main St 1878 Two stories, wood frame, steep intersecting gable roof, two-story projecting bay on front, altered porch, aluminum siding.
133 Main St c. 1900      
Two stories, wood frame, five bays wide, gable roof, one-story porch across front, two chimneys, asbestos siding, duplex.
137 Main St c. 1903 Three stories, wood frame, Colonial Revival Style, hipped roof with arched roof dormers, one-story porch on front and side with pediment at entrance, pilasters at corners, clapboard siding. [photo 1]
139 Main St c. 1890 Two and one-half stories, Queen Anne Style design, multi-gabled roof, wood frame, projecting bays, one-story porch on front with turned posts and spindle decoration, asbestos siding. [photo 1]
141 Main St c. 1895 Two and one-half stories, hipped roof with gable projection on front, wood frame with clapboard siding, wide paneled frieze and plain channeled comice, decoration in gable end, one-story porch on front. [photo 1]
143 Main St 1926 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof with flared eaves. Bungalow Style design, dormer window, one-story porch on front, grouped windows. [photo 1]
145 Main St c. 1890 Three stories, wood frame, intersecting gable roof with dormers, one-story porch on front with pediment at entrance and decorated spandrels, aluminum siding. [photo 4]
147 Main St 1875 Two stories, wood frame, flat roof, four bays wide, one-story porch across front with decorated brackets, shuttered windows; duplex. [photos 4,5]
151 Main St c. 1880 Two stories, wood frame, cruciform plan, flat gable roof, large two-story portico on west side, one-story porch on three sides, addition on rear. [photo 4]
155 Main St c. 1915 Two stories, wood frame, Bungalow Style design, stucco and shingle wall finish, low sloping gable roof with dormer, enclosed porch.
159 Main St 1863 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, ell on east side, one-story porch on front, 2/2 shuttered windows, clapboard siding, three bays wide. [photos 2,3]
161 Main St 1872 Two stories, wood frame, three bays wide, bracketed cornice, aluminum siding. [photo 2]
163 Main St 1892 Three and one-half stories, wood frame, hipped roof with projecting gables, clapboard siding and scalloped shingles in gable, ends, one-story porch across front. Queen Anne Style design. [photo 2]
165 Main St c. 1860 Two stories, wood frame, five bays wide, center entrance, gable roof, two symmetrically placed windows, one-story sun-porch on east side, pedimented portico at entrance.
167 Main St c. 1867 Two stories, wood frame, gable roof, L-shaped plan, five bays wide, one-story porch on front partially screened, 2/2 shuttered windows.
169 Main St 1886 Two stories, wood frame, three bays wide, one-story porch across front with detailing and hipped roof, gable roof on house with two symmetrically placed chimneys, two-story flat roof addition on east side.
Main St. at  tracks            
1887 Late nineteenth-century railroad station, listed on National Register 8-12-71 adapted for use as offices. [photo 11]

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