| Shute Octagon House | |
| Location: | McGuire School Rd., Duanesburg, New York |
| Coordinates: | 42.7744°N -74.2194°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Marker: | building |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 12 |
| Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map showing the location of Shute Octagon House |
| Built: | 1855 |
| Architect: | Jones, Alexander Delos (Boss) |
| Architecture: | Greek Revival, Octagon Mode |
| Added: | October 11, 1984 |
| Refnum: | 84003276 |
The Shute Octagon House is a historic octagon house located on McGuire School Road in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1855 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a 2-story, clapboard-sided farmhouse with a -story wing in the Greek Revival style. It features innovative stacked plank construction, a low-pitched polygonal roof surmounted by a widow's walk, a full entablature circling the structure. A 1-story porch with porte cochere was added about 1906. Also on the property are four contributing barns, a shed, and a smokehouse.[1]
The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources.[2] The property was also-covered in a study of Boss Jones TR[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.