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Alexander Liddle Farmhouse

Coordinates: 42°46′42″N 74°12′26″W / 42.77833°N 74.20722°W / 42.77833; -74.20722
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Alexander Liddle Farmhouse
Alexander Liddle Farmhouse is located in New York
Alexander Liddle Farmhouse
Alexander Liddle Farmhouse is located in the United States
Alexander Liddle Farmhouse
LocationGamsey Rd., Duanesburg, New York
Coordinates42°46′42″N 74°12′26″W / 42.77833°N 74.20722°W / 42.77833; -74.20722
Area122.5 acres (49.6 ha)
Built1850
ArchitectJones, Alexander Delos (Boss)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
MPSBoss Jones TR
NRHP reference No.84003256 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 11, 1984

Alexander Liddle Farmhouse is a historic home located at Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1850 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a two-story, asymmetrical T-shaped frame farmhouse in the Greek Revival style. It has a gable roof, clapboard siding, and features a wide entablature, pronounced cornice returns, and broad corner pilasters. Two one-story wings flank the main block. Also on the property are a contributing barn and garage.[2]

The property was covered in a study of Boss Jones TR [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Schenectady County Planning Dept. (1983) [1979]. "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Alexander Liddle Farmhouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
  3. ^ unnamed (October 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Boss Jones TR". National Park Service.