Albertus Van Loon House Explained

Albertus Van Loon House
Map Alt:Located in New York State
Coordinates:42.2669°N -73.8053°W
Location:85 North Washington Street,[1] Athens, New York
Built:1724[2] [3]
Architect:Albertus Van Loon
Architecture:Dutch Colonial
Added:28 November 1980
Mpsub:Village of Athens MRA
Refnum:80002619

The Albertus Van Loon House (like van loan) is a 1.5 story native stone home in the village of Athens, New York, United States. Built in 1724 by Albertus Van Loon, one of eight children of Jan Van Loon,[4] it is one of the oldest extant buildings in its part of New York State.

It is located at 85 North Washington Street (also known as New York State Route 385), inside the Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area (MRA).[5]

History

Jan was the earliest European settler to the area, and gave the settlement its first name: Loonenburg. Only one wall of his house remains in the current structure, at 39 South Washington Street.[1]

Albertus was among those who donated land for the town church, today occupied by the Zion Lutheran Church in Athens in 1853. His house is in what was called the Upper Village.[4] The home is an elongated rectangle; a gambrel roof was added between 1775 - 1800. After Albertus died in 1754,[6] the Van Loon family lived in the house for three generations and moved out in the early 19th century.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gombach . Julia . Village of Athens, Greene County, New York (NY) 12015 . Living Places . The Gombach Group . 2009 . 18 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080706064307/http://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Greene_County/Athens_Village.html . 6 July 2008 . live .
  2. Web site: Finch . Melissa . Van Loon House Historical Marker . aimlessbird's photostream . Flickr . 24 April 2008 . 18 December 2009 .
  3. Web site: Van Loon, Albertus, House . Archiplanet . 7 December 2006 . 18 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226183605/http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Van_Loon,_Albertus,_House . 26 February 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Book: Beers , Frederick L. . Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Athens, N.Y.) . History of Greene County, New York: with biographical sketches of its prominent men . J.B. Beers & Co . 1884 . 978-0-685-61127-2 . 2009-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121026121357/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/van_loon_family.htm . 2012-10-26 . live .
  5. Web site: Powers . Robert M. . Larry E. . Gobrecht . [{{NRHP url|id=64000599}} Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area ]. National Register of Historical Places . United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service . July 1979 . PDF . 18 December 2009 .
  6. Web site: Lambright . Ron . Albertus Van Loon b. ABT. 1685 d. ABT. 1754 Athens, NY . Lambright Family Genealogy . 2009 . 18 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024557/http://www.genealogy.ronlambright.com/getperson.php?personID=I3667&tree=LM6000 . 4 March 2016 . live .

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