| John Evert Van Alen House | |
| Location: | 1744 Washington Ave. Ext., Defreestville, New York |
| Coordinates: | 42.6531°N -73.6989°W |
| Built: | 1793 |
| Architecture: | Federal |
| Added: | August 20, 2004 |
| Refnum: | 04000873 |
John Evert Van Alen House is a historic home located at Defreestville in Rensselaer County, New York. The house was built between 1793 and 1794 and is a two-story, five-bay wide, room and a half deep, frame dwelling with a two-story, three-bay wide addition in the Federal style. The addition dates to about 1840–1854. It is sheathed in clapboards and is topped by a gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing L-shaped barn and the Van Alen family burial ground. The original owner John Evert Van Alen served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.