Albert R. Fox House, also known as the Fox Mansion, is a historic home located at Sand Lake

Sand Lake, New York

Sand Lake is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a population of 7,987. The Capital District Regional Planning Commission indicates it to be 8,336 as of September 2010. The town is in the south-central part of the county...

 in Rensselaer County, New York

Rensselaer County, New York

Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 159,429. Its name is in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the land in the area. Its county seat is Troy...

. It was built about 1847 and is a large Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...

 style frame dwelling. It consists of a two story, five bay wide and four bay deep main block, flanked by one story, two bay wide wings. There is also a large two story rear wing. It features a full width, one story open porch with Ionic order

Ionic order

The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian...

 columns supporting a deep entabulature. Also on the property are a contributing fountain (ca. 1860) and two small 19th century sheds.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 2001.