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- Guilderland properties listed in the
National Register of Historic Places - Frederick Crounse House
Frederick Crounse House front elevation (August 2025).
Photos of Frederick Crounse House in the 1982 NRHP nomination
document (marked May 1980)
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1. Frederick Crounse House house view from
east
2. barn and garage southeast of
house
Text information from NRHP nomination of 1982
Frederick Crounse House entered on the NRHP 10 November 1982
Application file # 32; National Register Guilderland Multiple
Resource Area # 9.
Set back from the road, it retains its 18th-century setting. Another
Crounse house is located to south. since the original farm is now
mostly woodland, the nominated area is an arbitrary 8 acres
surrounding the house.
Features: There is evidence in the farmhouse of the evolution
of three separate structures. A small Dutch stone house is at the
rear, and a late 18th-century wing was added to that. The main house
was built around 1802 and retains much of the original detail in the
stairs, mantelpieces and woodwork.
Date of initial construction: ca. 1760, ca. 1780, ca. 1802
Historical and Architectural importance: This substantial
farmhouse was built in three stages beginning with a small stone
Dutch house built around 1760. The house was lived in by Frederick
Crounse and records seem to indicate the second addition was
added by his son Frederick 2nd. Frederick Crounse 2nd was very
patriotic during the Revolutionary War and contributed liberally
toward the support of the American cause. Frederick 2nd was also
believed respoonsible for the 1802 addition. The Crounse house is
significant as one of the earliest structures in the town, as well
as for its Federal period additions and for its association with a
notable community figure. Its early barn contributes to the
character of the farmhouse.
Frederick
Crounse House NRHP nomination document (10MB pdf)
map location from NRHP document (#32 Frederick Crounse
House) site map with building locations from 1979 tax
map
Google Earth kml file
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