{"nrhp_refnum":"82001055","name":"Apple Tavern","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4450 Altamont Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Guilderland","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.71028597500003,"lon":-73.97408570299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame former residence and tavern at 4450 Altamont Road in Guilderland, Albany County, New York, built around 1760 and substantially renovated around 1880. It sits with its barns near a five-road intersection on the old Schoharie Turnpike.","why_significant":"The building was a frequent stop for travellers and stagecoaches on the Schoharie Turnpike and hosted the first Town Meeting in 1803, when Guilderland was incorporated. Its 1880s two-story portico with a central second-story balcony gives it a formal, imposing character unusual for an isolated rural structure. It remains intact and is a significant historical element of the town.","narrative":"Apple Tavern is a two-story wood-frame building at 4450 Altamont Road in Guilderland, Albany County. It was built around 1760 and served as both a residence and a tavern. It stands near a five-road intersection along the old Schoharie Turnpike, and together with its barns it forms an intact farm and tavern complex. Travellers and stagecoaches regularly stopped here. In 1803 the tavern hosted the first Town Meeting after Guilderland was incorporated. Around 1880 the exterior was substantially renovated, adding a two-story columned portico across the north front with a central second-story balcony. A two-tiered screened porch sits on the east side, with chimneys at the gable ends and dormer windows across the front. The formal, imposing look of the portico is unusual for such an isolated rural building. Inside, many features from the eighteenth century survive. The property is now a residence and is valued as a significant part of the town's development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Now used as a residence; the building remains intact with many 18th-century interior features and a nicely landscaped yard.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.314762-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001055.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001055/a84ecf9fed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001055/a84ecf9fed-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appel_Inn_red_buildings,_Guilderland,_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appel_Inn_red_buildings,_Guilderland,_New_York.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312037","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4781239"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/apple-tavern-82001055/"}