Guilderland
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- Guilderland properties listed in the
National Register of Historic Places - Van Patten Barns
The Van Patten barns are no longer in their original
condition or position. The Dutch barn was dismantled and used as the
basis of a reconstructed building in this property but located a
greater distance away from Route 20. The English-style barns were
not preserved (?). There are various articles published in the
Altamont Enterprise that document the plan for the preservation of
the three Dutch barns now on this site: 1988-08-04; 1988-08-18; 1989-12-14; 1990-09-13; 1990-11-29. The
smaller English barn at its original location is visible on
satellite images up to about 2008.
The reconstructed barns now are located in Clover Pond Vineyards
property; one visible from the rear entrance (August 2025) might be
an entirely new structure.
Photos of the Van Patten Barns in the 1982 NRHP nomination document,
marked May, August 1980
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Van Patten barns - N side view from Rte 20 (reconstructed
panorama from photos 2 & 3)
1. the Dutch barn, front
view
2. the Dutch barn, N side view
3. the English barns, N sides, view from Western Turnpike
4, 5. detail of framing in Dutch barn
Text information from NRHP nomination of 1982
Van Patten Barn Complex entered on the NRHP 10 November 1982
Application file # 14; National Register Guilderland Multiple
Resource Area # 26
Barns are located on the southern side of Western Turnpike and are
surrounded by undeveloped farmland. The arbitrary boundary of 3.7
acres retains the original farm setting.
Features: Complex of barns with Dutch barn to the southwest
(ca. 1790) and two English barns (ca. 1830) to the north and east.
Dutch barn has low sloping roof-line. H-frame with long exposed
tongues in the mortise and tenon construction.
Date of construction: ca. 1790, 1830
Historical and Architectural importance: The structure at the
southwest of the farm complex is one of the few Dutch barns in
Albany County that is intact and unaltered. A simple building
without prominent exterior embellishments, it is distinguished by
its traditional Dutch H-framing and construction methods. Two
nineteenth-century barns, characterized by moderately pitched gable
roofs and English framing, contribute to the farm complex. The
tightly grouped buildings reflect Guilderland's heritage as a
farming community. The structures survive, largely intact, near the
dense suburban development bordering the village.
Van Patten
Barns NRHP nomination document (10MB pdf)
map location from NRHP document (#14 Van Patten
Barns) site map with building locations from 1979 tax
map
Google Earth kml
file
Guilderland NRHP properties
Guilderland Historian
Guilderland Historical Society