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48 Hudson Avenue
Van Ostrande–Radliff House | |
 48 Hudson Avenue undergoing preservation and restoration in 2009 | |
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| Location | 48 Hudson Avenue, Albany, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°38′51.1″N 73°45′6.76″W / 42.647528°N 73.7518778°W |
| Built | 1728 |
| Architectural style | Dutch Colonial |
| Part of | Downtown Albany Historic District |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000291[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 10, 2008[1] |
48 Hudson Avenue (also known as the Van Ostrande–Radliff House) is the oldest building in the city of Albany, New York.[2] It was believed by Paul Huey, in the Albany architectural guide of 1993, to have been built in 1759 by Johannes Radliff when he married Elizabeth Singleton because he believed it was built after the stockade was moved south by one block. Research done by Albany historian John Wolcott proved that it had been occupied by Johannes van Ostrande between 1728 and 1734 and that a mortgage Radliff had on the house referred to it as "formerly van Ostrande."[3] The Lamont–Doherty Earth Sciences laboratory of Columbia University performed dendrochronology on a wood core sample from the building to confirm that the building dated from 1728.[4] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 10, 2008;[1] prior to that, it had been a contributing property to the Downtown Albany Historic District.
- ^ a b c Director of the National Park Service (February 1, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Listings". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ "Albany Preservation Report" (PDF). Historic Albany Foundation. Spring 2007. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ John R. Stevens (June–July 2007). "The Society for the Preservation of Hudson Valley Vernacular Architecture Newsletter" (PDF). The Society for the Preservation of Hudson Valley Vernacular Architecture. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Albany Preservation Report" (PDF). Historic Albany Foundation. Summer 2006. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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