Albertus Van Loon House
The Albertus Van Loon House (/væn ˈloʊn/, like van loan) is a 1.5 story native stone home in the village of Athens, New York, United States. Built in 1724 by Albertus Van Loon, one of eight children of Jan Van Loon,[5] it is one of the oldest extant buildings in its part of New York State.
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| Location | 85 North Washington Street,[1] Athens, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42.266946°N 73.805299°W |
| Built | 1724[2][3] |
| Architect | Albertus Van Loon[2] |
| Architectural style | Dutch Colonial[3] |
| MPS | Village of Athens MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002619[4] |
| Added to NRHP | 28 November 1980 |
It is located at 85 North Washington Street (also known as New York State Route 385), inside the Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area (MRA).[6]
History
Jan was the earliest European settler to the area, and gave the settlement its first name: Loonenburg. Only one wall of his house remains in the current structure, at 39 South Washington Street.[1]
Albertus was among those who donated land for the town church, today occupied by the Zion Lutheran Church in Athens in 1853.[6] His house is in what was called the Upper Village.[5] The home is an elongated rectangle; a gambrel roof was added between 1775–1800. After Albertus died in 1754,[7] the Van Loon family lived in the house for three generations and moved out in the early 19th century.[6]
References
- Gombach, Julia (2009). "Village of Athens, Greene County, New York (NY) 12015". Living Places. The Gombach Group. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- Finch, Melissa (24 April 2008). "Van Loon House Historical Marker". aimlessbird's photostream. Flickr. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- "Van Loon, Albertus, House". Archiplanet. 7 December 2006. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Beers, Frederick L.; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Athens, N.Y.) (1884). History of Greene County, New York: with biographical sketches of its prominent men. J.B. Beers & Co. ISBN 978-0-685-61127-2. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
- Powers, Robert M.; Gobrecht, Larry E. (July 1979). "Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area" (PDF). National Register of Historical Places. United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- Lambright, Ron (2009). "Albertus Van Loon b. ABT. 1685 d. ABT. 1754 Athens, NY". Lambright Family Genealogy. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
External links
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