Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery

	Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	44 Laura Ln., Defreestville, New York
Coordinates	42°39′40″N 73°41′57″W / 42.66111°N 73.69917°W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1740
Architectural style	Colonial
NRHP reference No.	05000440
Added to NRHP	May 19, 2005

Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery is a historic home and cemetery located at Defreestville in Rensselaer County, New York. The house was built about 1740 and is a 1+1⁄2-story rectangular frame dwelling, 20 feet by 40 feet, topped by a steeply pitched gable roof covered with standing seam metal. It rests on a low fieldstone foundation. The family cemetery contains approximately a dozen stones marking the graves of the Sharpe and Barringer families.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Peter D. Shaver (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-11-21. See also: "Accompanying photos".

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv_ny-2] Peter D. Shaver (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-11-21. See also: "Accompanying photos".

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