Hedge Lawn

Hedge Lawn
Location 592 Broadway, Colonie, New York
Coordinates 42°42′21″N 73°42′55″W / 42.70583°N 73.71528°W / 42.70583; -73.71528Coordinates: 42°42′21″N 73°42′55″W / 42.70583°N 73.71528°W / 42.70583; -73.71528
Area 5.3 acres (2.1 ha)
Built 1870
Architect Hoffman, Ernest
Architectural style Greek Revival, Second Empire
MPS Colonie Town MRA
NRHP Reference # 85002710[1]
Added to NRHP October 3, 1985

Hedge Lawn is a historic home located at Colonie in Albany County, New York. It was built in 1870 and is an unusual 2 12-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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. David G. Barnet (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hedge Lawn". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-13.


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