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- Guilderland properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places - Sharp Farmhouse

The Sharp Farmhouse was destroyed by fire 5 May 2004.
A brief paragraph and photo was included in the Altamont Enterprise 2004-05-06; an extended article was published 3 months later 2004-08-05.
The Sharp Farmhouse site and surviving barn viewed to north from US Route 20 (August 2025).
site of former Sharp Farmhouse and surviving barn

Photos of the Sharp Farmhouse in the 1982 NRHP nomination document (marked April 1980)
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Sharp Farmhouse
  1. Sharp Farmhouse front view

Sharp Farmhouse detail view of porch bracketing  Sharp Farmhouse barn to E of house
  2. Sharp Farmhouse detail view of porch bracketing                 3. Barn to E of Sharp Farmhouse

Text information from NRHP nomination of 1982
Sharp Farmhouse entered on the NRHP 10 November 1982
Application file # 17; National Register Guilderland Multiple Resource Area # 29
Located on Western Turnpike at Sharp's Corners along the Normans Kill.
Features: The L-shaped house with gable roof has unusual detailing of carved exposed framing and a small ocular window in the gable ends. The one-story porch on the front (south side) also has cut-out brackets and carved base; some of the original interior woodwork and detailing is intact.
Date of construction: ca. 1875
Historical and Architectural importance: This house is believed to have been built for a member of the Sharp family for which the crossroads are named. Although the land is no longer farmed, the house and large barn to the east retain the integrity of the original farm complex. The main building features stick style exterior studs and sills, an exterior chimney, verge-boards, and intricate fan brackets. The details are intact and distinguish the building from modern suburban development infringing on the community. The farm complex is representative of the agrarian community of Guilderland in the nineteenth century.
  Sharp Farmhouse NRHP nomination document (9MB pdf)

location map for Sharp Farmhouse #17  location of buildings on 1979 tax map
  map location from NRHP document (#17 Sharp Farmhouse)   site map with building locations from 1979 tax map
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