Hogeboom, Stephen, House
Why it's listed
This large frame house stands at the corner of Route 23B and Stone Mill Road in the hamlet of Claverack, once the Post Road between Albany and New York City. Built around 1784, though the nomination suggests it may be later than 1786, it has two stories, a center hall, five bays and a story-and-a-half kitchen wing. Its Georgian proportions were overlaid with Greek Revival details around 1850, including a columned portico, a deep cornice, Doric mantels and a Regency-style lattice porch. The kitchen wing still has a working cooking hearth with a crane and a brick oven. The house is tied to Stephen Hogeboom, a county supervisor, assemblyman and state senator whose daughters married Revolutionary-era figures. It was sold in 1854 to Peter Best, whose family lived there for the rest of the century. The house is valued as a regional example of late Georgian-inspired architecture with well-preserved Greek Revival changes.
Significance in brief: The house is significant under Criterion C as an important regional example of late Georgian-inspired residential architecture in Claverack. It sits at the historic center of the hamlet, diagonally opposite the 1786 county courthouse. Its Greek Revival renovations, probably made after the 1854 sale to Peter Best, survive through most of the house, and the kitchen wing keeps its eighteenth-century hearth and oven.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 97000944, listed August 21, 1997. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 562 NY 23B, Claverack |
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| County | Columbia County |
| Listed | August 21, 1997 |
| Reference number | 97000944 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca.1784, ca.1850 |
| Architectural style | Colonial/Georgian |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a single-family dwelling; the form lists both historic and current function as domestic. |
| Acreage | 1.1 |
| Coordinates | 42.22269, -73.74208 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 97000944.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7609508
- This listing as JSON
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