Hawes Homestead Explained

Hawes Homestead
Location:Herrick Rd., Duanesburg, New York
Coordinates:42.7931°N -74.2108°W
Built:c. 1835
Architecture:Greek Revival, Vernacular Greek Revival
Added:October 11, 1984
Refnum:84003217

Hawes Homestead is a historic home located at Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York. It was built in the 1830s and is a -story, rectangular frame building with clapboard siding in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has a gable roof with prominent cornice returns and a broad frieze pierced by rectangular eyebrow windows. Also on the property are two contributing barns, a smokehouse, and a shed.[1]

The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Hawes Homestead. Schenectady County Planning Dept.. 1979. 1983 . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000548}} National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Duanesburg MRA ]. Lucy A. Breyer, Nancy Todd, and Schenectady County Planning Dept.. August 1984 . National Park Service.