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- Guilderland properties listed in the
National Register of Historic Places - Aumic House
Aumic House front elevation (August 2025).
Photos of Aumic House in the 1982 NRHP nomination document (marked
May 1980)
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1. Aumic House house view from east
2.
northwest elevation
3. southwest elevation
4. view from house looking northeast
5. detail of porch
arches
6. stone outbuilding to the west of house
Text information from NRHP nomination of 1982
Aumic House entered on the NRHP 10 November 1982
Application file # 33; National Register Guilderland Multiple
Resource Area # 11.
The house is located half-way up the side of the Helderberg
escarpment and has a commanding view of Altamont and the area east.
Features: A massive composite style home with Shingle and
Colonial Revival style influences; hipped roof with gables and
dormers; paired windows; one-story porch with wide, rounded arches
and balcony with hipped roof over center entrance. Stone storage
building (contributing).
Date of initial construction: 1887
Historical and Architectural importance: Near the turn of the
century Altamont became a popular summer retreat and many
substantial homes were built on and around the Helderberg
escarpment. The house remains unaltered and in excellent repair. Its
design, emphasizing symmetry and repeated architectural elements,
was clearly influenced by classical styles. Its details, such as the
repeated wide arch, bargeboard and exterior cross-hatch boarding,
contribute to the stately character of the building. Situated atop
an open hill, on the edge of the wooded Helderberg escarpment, the
building reflects the growth of Guilderland as a resort town, home
to massive summer estates such as this. Modern suburban development
is encroaching upon the town; relative to this surrounding, the
estate displays considerable architectural significance.
Aumic
House NRHP nomination document (11MB pdf)
map location from NRHP document (#33 Aumic House)
site map with building locations from 1979 tax map
Google Earth kml
file
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