Cherry Hill (Albany, New York)
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Cherry Hill, also known as Historic Cherry Hill, is a historic home and museum located at Albany
, Albany County, New York
. It was built in 1768 and is a -story, rectangular wood-frame dwelling sheathed in clapboard. It features a gambrel roof with dormer
s and wooden porches with turned balustrades
on the front and north elevations. It was built by Col. Philip van Rensselaer for his bride Maria Sander, granddaughter of Peter Schuyler. It was later occupied by Congressman Solomon van Rensselaer
during the early 19th century and occupied by that family for nearly two centuries. As of October 2010, the house is undergoing restoration.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1971.
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
, Albany County, New York
Albany County, New York
Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England . As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204...
. It was built in 1768 and is a -story, rectangular wood-frame dwelling sheathed in clapboard. It features a gambrel roof with dormer
Dormer
A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.Often...
s and wooden porches with turned balustrades
Baluster
A baluster is a moulded shaft, square or of lathe-turned form, one of various forms of spindle in woodwork, made of stone or wood and sometimes of metal, standing on a unifying footing, and supporting the coping of a parapet or the handrail of a staircase. Multiplied in this way, they form a...
on the front and north elevations. It was built by Col. Philip van Rensselaer for his bride Maria Sander, granddaughter of Peter Schuyler. It was later occupied by Congressman Solomon van Rensselaer
Solomon Van Rensselaer
Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer was a United States Representative from the state of New York, a lieutenant colonel during the War of 1812, and postmaster of Albany. He was the son of Gen...
during the early 19th century and occupied by that family for nearly two centuries. As of October 2010, the house is undergoing restoration.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany, New York
The National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany, New York represent the history of Albany from the Dutch colonial era, through the British colonial era, the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and World War II, in addition to various periods of immigration into New York's...
in 1971.