{"nrhp_refnum":"85002704","name":"Cramer, Frederick, House","other_names":["Component No. 4"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"410 Albany-Shaker Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colonie","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.69800838300006,"lon":-73.76966814399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse built in 1877 at 410 Albany-Shaker Road in Colonie, Albany County, New York, on a roughly four-acre remnant of its farm. It was designed by Albany architect Ernest Hoffman, Jr.","why_significant":"The house is described as a distinctive example of post-Civil War picturesque eclectic farmhouse architecture, combining Victorian Gothic and Eastlake details with a traditional central-hall form. It is an unusual architect-designed farmhouse, one of Ernest Hoffman's earliest commissions. It also reflects the prosperity of Colonie farmers supplying the growing city of Albany.","narrative":"Built in 1877, this two-story brick farmhouse at 410 Albany-Shaker Road in Colonie was designed by Albany architect Ernest Hoffman, one of his earliest commissions after opening his own office. The T-shaped house has a five-bay front section, stone window heads and lintels, and a gable roof with a central cross-gable and dormers. Elaborate wooden ornament, including scroll-sawn vergeboards, pendants, finials and louvered oculi, gives a traditional central-hall farmhouse a Victorian Gothic and Eastlake character. Inside, paneled double front doors, grain-painted woodwork and a carved black walnut stair survive. Two barns, a shed, a garage and a vegetable stand stand on about four acres, which keep a farm setting amid later residential development. Few farmers could afford an architect, and most picturesque farmhouses followed pattern books, so the house is an unusual survivor. It reflects the prosperity of Colonie agriculture serving the growing city of Albany, and the town's shift from scattered vernacular farms to a more sophisticated farming community.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: Ernest Hoffman, Jr.; builder unknown","architectural_style":"Victorian Gothic with Eastlake details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in fair condition; originally a farmhouse, now used as an apartment house. An enclosed portico was added around 1940.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.067581-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002704.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002704/041a4b9c78-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002704/041a4b9c78-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Collin Manley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Cramer_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Collin Manley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Cramer_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75311969","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Cramer_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5497592"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/cramer-frederick-house-85002704/"}