{"nrhp_refnum":"85002744","name":"Pruyn, Casparus F., House","other_names":["Component No. 18"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"207 Old Niskayuna Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colonie","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.73205074600003,"lon":-73.77827909999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay brick country house at 207 Old Niskayuna Road in Colonie, Albany County, New York, built between 1824 and 1836, with a surviving group of farm outbuildings on a five-acre parcel.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its association with Casparus F. Pruyn, chief business agent for the Van Rensselaer family, who was a central figure for the landlords during the 1839-1844 anti-rent movement. It is also presented as an outstanding example of the larger, more architecturally distinguished homes built by associates of the upper Hudson Valley land-owning elite in the early nineteenth century. Its unusual features and largely intact Greek Revival interior add to its importance.","narrative":"Set back from Old Niskayuna Road on a small rise, this two-story, five-bay brick house combines late Federal and early Greek Revival design. Built between 1824 and 1836, it has a flat roof hidden behind end parapets, four end chimneys, stone lintels and sills, and a recessed central entrance with sidelights and a transom. Inside, the original doors, moldings, grey marble mantels, newels and balustrades survive, along with an unusually large entry hall and a basement cooking fireplace with beehive oven. The house is tied to Casparus F. Pruyn, business agent for the Van Rensselaer family, who used it as his country estate after moving to Rensselaer in 1839 and who represented the landlords during the anti-rent movement. He died there in 1847. A carriage barn, smokehouse, woodshed and privy remain from the nineteenth-century farm complex on the surviving five acres. The town now uses the property as a museum and offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect and builder unknown; built by Casparus F. Pruyn or his father-in-law, Robert Dunbar","architectural_style":"Late Federal/Early Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Town of Colonie and used as a museum and offices; condition rated good; no threats known.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.970645-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002744.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002744/d74325dff0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002744/d74325dff0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casparus_F._Pruyn_House_Nov_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</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:Casparus_F._Pruyn_House_Nov_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312071","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casparus_F._Pruyn_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5049045"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/pruyn-casparus-f-house-85002744/"}