Guilderland
Historical
Society
- Guilderland properties listed in the
National Register of Historic Places - Altamont Historic
District
Altamont Historic District, (August 2025) view west
toward the Sand Street intersection (and Photo 1 of NRHP document,
early 1980).
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The 1982 NRHP Guilderland MRA nomination document contains 11 photos
of the Altamont Historic District;
these are all shown in a separate page along with the summary
descriptions of the individual contributing structures.
Altamont
Historic District contributing structures
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)
map location for Altamont Historic District
map showing Altamont historic district
boundary, included Main St house numbers, photo locations
Google Earth kml file
image extract from Guilderland interactive online map
showing Altamont Historic District extent
Guilderland NRHP properties
Guilderland Historian
Guilderland Historical Society