Shute Octagon House

Historic house in New York, United States
United States historic place
Shute Octagon House
Shute Octagon House, October 2009
42°46′28″N 74°13′10″W / 42.77444°N 74.21944°W / 42.77444; -74.21944
Area41.6 acres (16.8 ha)
Built1855
ArchitectJones, Alexander Delos (Boss)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Octagon Mode
MPSDuanesburg MRA
NRHP reference No.84003276 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 11, 1984

The Shute Octagon House is a historic octagon house located on McGuire School Road in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1855 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a 2-story, clapboard-sided farmhouse with a 1+12-story wing in the Greek Revival style. It features innovative stacked plank construction, a low-pitched polygonal roof surmounted by a widow's walk, a full entablature circling the structure. A 1-story porch with porte cochere was added about 1906. Also on the property are four contributing barns, a shed, and a smokehouse.[2]

The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources.[3] The property was also-covered in a study of Boss Jones TR [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Schenectady County Planning Dept. (1983) [1979]. "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Shute Octagon House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
  3. ^ Lucy A. Breyer, Nancy Todd, and Schenectady County Planning Dept. (August 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Duanesburg MRA". National Park Service.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ unnamed (October 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Boss Jones TR". National Park Service.
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