{"nrhp_refnum":"85002748","name":"Strong, Jedediah, House","other_names":["Component No. 23"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"379 Vly Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colonie","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.76678849600006,"lon":-73.82783020399995,"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 Federal style frame farmhouse at 379 Vly Road in Colonie, Albany County, New York, built about 1795 on a roughly two-acre parcel with a barn and attached garage.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a distinctive example of a rural Federal style frame residence. It argues that, more than any other example in the Colonie multiple resource area, the house shows typical Federal characteristics inside and out. It was also built on the Van Rensselaer Manor for Jedediah Strong, a Justice of the Peace in the former town of Watervliet.","narrative":"Built around 1795 on the Van Rensselaer Manor, this farmhouse at 379 Vly Road in Colonie was erected for Jedediah Strong, a Justice of the Peace in the former town of Watervliet. The Strong family lived there until 1906. It is a two-story, five-bay wood frame building with clapboard siding, tall proportions, symmetrically placed end chimneys, a refined cornice with returns, and gable fanlights with pseudo keystones. A small hipped-roof portico with square columns marks the center entrance, which is flanked by pilasters and sidelights. Inside, a central hall plan survives, along with a simple newel and balusters and hand-crafted Federal mantels in the parlors. A two-story rear ell was added about 1880, and a garage and one-story addition followed around 1970. A one-and-one-half-story clapboard barn to the south contributes to the property. Described as a restrained but typical Federal style rural house, it was judged the best example of the style in the Colonie study area and still sits in a largely open, rural setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"In residential use; condition listed as good; retains its original site, with a rear ell (ca. 1880) and a garage and one-story addition (ca. 1970). 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 02:50:44.678864-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002748.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75311978","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Strong_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6172738"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/strong-jedediah-house-85002748/"}