Menands Manor

Menands Manor
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	272 Broadway, Colonie, New York
Coordinates:	42°41′35″N 73°43′31″W / 42.69306°N 73.72528°W / 42.69306; -73.72528Coordinates: 42°41′35″N 73°43′31″W / 42.69306°N 73.72528°W / 42.69306; -73.72528
Area:	3.8 acres (1.5 ha)
Built:	1877
Architect:	Woollett, William M.; Wickam, Richard
Architectural style:	Stick/Eastlake
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Colonie Town MRA
NRHP Reference#:	85002743[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 03, 1985

Menands Manor is a historic home located at Colonie in Albany County, New York. The original house was built before 1840 with major additions and alterations in 1877 in the Stick / Eastlake style. It is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story, U-shaped brick building. It features a multi-gabled slate roof, two 3-story corner towers with pyramidal roofs and wrought iron cresting, and a 2-story porch across the front elevation. A 2-story brick addition was completed in the 1920s. The original house was converted for use by the Home for Aged Men in 1877. In 1982, it housed the Home for Aged Men & Women.^[2]

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ David G. Barnet (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Menands Manor". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=274. Retrieved 2010-10-13.