{"nrhp_refnum":"94001375","name":"Ten Eyck, Tobias, House and Cemeteries","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Old Ravena Rd. (Pictuay Rd.) N of jct. with US 9W","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coeymans","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.51300955150006,"lon":-73.80570609026083,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ca. 1756 one-and-one-half-story brick house with two associated burying grounds on Old Ravena Road in the town of Coeymans, Albany County, New York, built by Tobias C. Ten Eyck on land that was once part of a 1000-acre farm.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare, well-preserved example of transitional Dutch/English mid-eighteenth century domestic architecture, and one of few regional examples built of brick rather than rubblestone. The family burying ground shows late eighteenth and early nineteenth century funerary art. The separate burying ground, traditionally linked to Ten Eyck slaves and servants, is described as a rare surviving site tied to the area's early African population.","narrative":"Set in open, rolling farmland about three miles north of Ravena, this brick farmhouse was built around 1756, most likely by Tobias C. Ten Eyck at the time of his marriage. It is one and one-half stories tall, with English cross bond brick walls, a gambrel roof, a symmetrical five-bay front and a rear wing. A Greek Revival entrance and wider second-floor windows were added in an early nineteenth century renovation, while the Georgian-style interior keeps its original doors, plank floors and mantels. Two burying grounds lie south of the house. One holds Ten Eyck family graves, with Tobias and his wife enclosed by an iron fence. The other, deep in the woods, is traditionally said to contain the graves of the family's slaves and servants, and is marked by bluestone fragments and one marble stone for Nancy Holland, who died in 1868. The property is valued as a rare brick example of regional Dutch/English building and as a rare surviving African American burial site.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1758 - 1868","architect_builder":"Tobias C. Ten Eyck (believed builder; no construction records found)","architectural_style":"Colonial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Retains a high degree of integrity; the house remains in domestic use as a single dwelling, and both cemeteries are still extant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.635982-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94001375.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316355","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Ten_Eyck_House_and_Cemeteries","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7811668"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/ten-eyck-tobias-house-and-cemeteries-94001375/"}