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Powers Home

Coordinates: 42°47′2″N 73°40′22″W / 42.78389°N 73.67278°W / 42.78389; -73.67278
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Powers Home
Powers Home is located in New York
Powers Home
Powers Home is located in the United States
Powers Home
Location819 3rd Ave., Troy, New York
Coordinates42°47′2″N 73°40′22″W / 42.78389°N 73.67278°W / 42.78389; -73.67278
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1846
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.74001298[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1974

Powers Home, also known as Davenport Homestead, is a historic home located in the Lansingburgh section of Troy in Rensselaer County, New York. It was built in 1846 and is a temple style Greek Revival residence. It is a T-shaped residence with a two-story, three-bay, frame central block with two flanking wings and one long rear wing. The flanking wings were added in 1883–1884. It features a monumental portico composed of four fluted Ionic order columns.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[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. ^ Lewis C. Rubenstein and Doris Manley (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Powers Home". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-11-21.