Hedge Lawn Explained

Hedge Lawn
Location:592 Broadway, Colonie, New York
Coordinates:42.7058°N -73.7153°W
Built:1870
Architect:Hoffman, Ernest
Architecture:Greek Revival, Second Empire
Added:October 3, 1985
Refnum:85002710

Hedge Lawn is a historic home located at Colonie in Albany County, New York. It was built in 1870 and is an unusual -story mansion designed in a composite style with Greek Revival and Second Empire style elements. It features a Mansard roof with scalloped slate shingles, three pedimented dormers, and a monumental portico across the front elevation supported by six massive Doric order columns. Also on the property are a contributing carriage house, lawns, mature plantings, iron fence, and two wagon sheds.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hedge Lawn. June 1982. 2010-10-13 . David G. Barnet. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.