The Abraham Best House is a historic house located at 113 Vischer Ferry Road near Vischer Ferry, Saratoga County, New York.
Abraham Best House | |
 Abraham Best House, April 2015 | |
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| Location | 113 Vischer Ferry Rd., near Vischer Ferry, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°48′44″N 73°49′34″W / 42.81222°N 73.82611°W |
| Area | 3.0 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | c. 1815, c. 1900 |
| Built by | Harder, John |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000452[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 14, 2011 |
Description and history
editIt was built in about 1815 by Abraham and Harriet Best of Claverack, Columbia County, and is a two-story, five-bay wide, Federal style brick dwelling.[2] It has a 1+1⁄2-story rear kitchen ell. The house sits on a limestone foundation and the front block has a side gable roof and interior end chimneys. The house was renovated in the 1940s. The front facade features a Palladian window on the second floor over the main entry. Also on the property is a contributing barn (c. 1900).[3]: 5–6
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 2011.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/11/11 through 7/15/11. National Park Service. 2011-07-22.
- ^ "Abraham Best House 1815 - Clifton Park". www.cliftonpark.org. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes John Scherer (May 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Abraham Best House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs