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- Guilderland properties listed in the
National Register of Historic Places - Gifford Grange
Gifford Grange viewed from the south (August 2025).
Photo of Gifford Grange in the 1982 NRHP nomination document (marked
April 1980)
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1. Gifford Grange viewed from south
Text information from NRHP nomination of 1982
Gifford Grange entered on the NRHP 10 November 1982
Application file # 36; National Register Guilderland Multiple
Resource Area # 34.
This building is located on Western Turnpike in the center of
the hamlet known as Dunnsville.
Features: This plain vernacular commercial structure has a
simple channelled cornice with a wide unadorned freize and a
one-story porch across front with a shed roof; enclosed outside
stair from the second floor is on the eastern end of the building.
Date of initial construction: ca. 1866
Historical and Architectural importance: Originally built as
a store and post office, the structure has always been a center of
activity in this area of town. It follows the common plan of having
the shopkeeper living above the store and post office. The building
was converted to a grange hall when the store closed and is still
used for grange functions. Although the building is plain and
unadorned, it is an excellent example of commercial architecture of
that period. It has survived amidst modern suburban development and
is particularly significant relative to such surroundings.
Gifford
Grange NRHP nomination document (9MB pdf)
map location from NRHP document (#36 Gifford
Grange) site map with building location from 1979 tax
map
Google Earth kml
file
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