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Fort Crailo

Rensselaer, New York
County of Rensselaer.
On Riverside Avenue, South of Columbia Avenue
National Register Number: 66000563
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling.
Certified Local Government: NO
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Current use/information: State Historic Site.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - November 5, 1961):
This brick farm house on the former Van Rensselaer estate is a fine example of a Hudson Valley house of the 18th century built in a Dutch style. It also exemplifies the Dutch colonial socio-political system of patronship.


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