Schuyler, Philip, Mansion - Albany, NY
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N 42° 38.482 W 073° 45.541
18T E 601737 N 4721736
This was built by Philip Schuyler, Revolutionary General, US Senator, and business entrepreneur.
Waymark Code: WMYYNC
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2018
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"The Schuyler Mansion is a large (67.5 feet wide by 47.5 feet deep), 2 1/2 story Georgian house, built for General Philip Schuyler between 1761 and 1764. It occupies a sloping site in southern Albany, facing east toward the Hudson River. The walls are brick, laid in English bond with tooled joints, over a stone foundation. Horizontal divisions are marked by a molded brick watertable with cyma recta curve, and a belt course, consisting of two courses of stretchers.
The latter runs between the first and second floors on all but the westfacade. The building is covered by a double-pitched hip roof, originally wood shingled, but now of standing seam metal.
The plain block cornice with built-in gutter is probably a mid-19th century alteration. The three small gabled dormers on the east and west sides of the roof are, however, probably original. Two brick interior chimneys rise above the roof."