{"nrhp_refnum":"82001060","name":"Crouse, Jacob, Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3933 Altamont Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Guilderland","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.70509547900008,"lon":-74.01898267899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large wood-frame inn on Altamont Road (Route 146) near Altamont in the town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York, built around 1833 for Jacob Crounse. It now serves as a residence.","why_significant":"The inn was a popular stopping place on the Schoharie Turnpike, where stage coaches changed horses, making it a center of activity. The Crounse family were among the area's earliest settlers and were active in town politics. It keeps significant architectural features and survives intact amid modern suburban development.","narrative":"Built around 1833 for Jacob Crounse, this large clapboard inn on Altamont Road, in the hamlet once called Knowersville and now Altamont, served travellers on the Schoharie Turnpike. Stage coaches changed horses here, which made the inn a hub of local activity. The original building was rectangular with a gable roof. Around 1870 a center gable wing and a one-story porch with squared Doric-style columns and a hipped roof were added, along with a large, square, windowed cupola where the gables meet. The building has served as a residence for more than fifty years, yet it still carries the feel of the old inn. The Crounse family was among the earliest to settle the area and took an active part in town politics. The inn is considered especially important because it survives intact amid modern suburban development, and a stone carriage step still sits in front.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence for over fifty years; condition rated good; originally an inn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.172837-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001060.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001060/e3cdc15e6c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001060/e3cdc15e6c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"TrudiJ","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_Crouse_Inn,_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">TrudiJ</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:Jacob_Crouse_Inn,_New_York.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312102","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Crouse_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6118499"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/crouse-jacob-inn-82001060/"}