{"nrhp_refnum":"78001907","name":"Mabee House","other_names":["Jan Pieter Mabee (Mebie) House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Rotterdam Junction on NY 5S","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rotterdam Junction","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.86568079800003,"lon":-74.03186885799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-and-a-half-story Dutch stone farmhouse with an attached later wood-sheathed section and a detached \"slave house\", set on the Mohawk River flats just south of Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, New York. Built shortly after 1706 by Jan Pieter Mabee, according to the nomination.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an important reminder of pioneer Dutch settlement in the Mohawk Valley and as possibly the oldest surviving building in the valley. It keeps its original exterior character and an unusual amount of early interior fabric. The site is also thought to be undisturbed and may hold significant archeological resources.","narrative":"Set on the river flats south of Rotterdam Junction, this small stone farmhouse is among the earliest surviving reminders of Dutch settlement in the Mohawk Valley. Jan Pieter Mabee bought the land in 1706 and probably built the house soon afterward. It rises one and a half stories under a steeply pitched gabled roof, with 12/12 windows, two Dutch doors, a large chimney, planed and beaded exposed joists and a steep ladder-like stair. A later wood-sheathed section, said locally to have served as an inn, is attached by a porch. A detached \"slave house\" with eighteenth-century construction details stands nearby. The buildings were recorded in 1936 and have seen little change since beyond new roofing, and the family has maintained them without restoration. The house is thought to be the oldest surviving building in the valley, and the undisturbed site may hold archeological resources.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as unaltered and on its original site, with only new roofing since 1936 and no restoration. The form lists it as a private residence and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.263356-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001907.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001907/2367b118f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001907/2367b118f0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Schenectady County","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mabee_House_Jan_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Schenectady County</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mabee_House_Jan_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321685","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabee_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706854"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/mabee-house-78001907/"}