Albertus Van Loon House

	Albertus Van Loon House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Albertus Van Loon House, Athens, NY Albertus Van Loon House (the United States)
Location	85 North Washington Street, Athens, New York
Coordinates	42°16′01″N 73°48′19″W / 42.266946°N 73.805299°W
Built	1724
Architect	Albertus Van Loon
Architectural style	Dutch Colonial
MPS	Village of Athens MRA
NRHP reference No.	80002619
Added to NRHP	28 November 1980

The Albertus Van Loon House (/væn ˈloʊn/, like van loan) is a 1.5 story native stone home in the village of Athens, New York, United States. Built in 1724 by Albertus Van Loon, one of eight children of Jan Van Loon,^[5] it is one of the oldest extant buildings in its part of New York State.^{[citation needed]}

It is located at 85 North Washington Street (also known as New York State Route 385), inside the Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area (MRA).^[6]

History

Jan was the earliest European settler to the area, and gave the settlement its first name: Loonenburg. Only one wall of his house remains in the current structure, at 39 South Washington Street.^[2]

Albertus was among those who donated land for the town church, today occupied by the Zion Lutheran Church in Athens in 1853.^[6] His house is in what was called the Upper Village.^[5] The home is an elongated rectangle; a gambrel roof was added between 1775–1800. After Albertus died in 1754,^[7] the Van Loon family lived in the house for three generations and moved out in the early 19th century.^[6]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Gombach, Julia (2009). "Village of Athens, Greene County, New York (NY) 12015". Living Places. The Gombach Group. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b Finch, Melissa (24 April 2008). "Van Loon House Historical Marker". aimlessbird's photostream. Flickr. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Van Loon, Albertus, House". Archiplanet. 7 December 2006. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b Beers, Frederick L.; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Athens, N.Y.) (1884). History of Greene County, New York: with biographical sketches of its prominent men. J.B. Beers & Co. ISBN 978-0-685-61127-2. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c Powers, Robert M.; Gobrecht, Larry E. (July 1979). "Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area" (PDF). National Register of Historical Places. United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
^ Lambright, Ron (2009). "Albertus Van Loon b. ABT. 1685 d. ABT. 1754 Athens, NY". Lambright Family Genealogy. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[LP-2] Gombach, Julia (2009). "Village of Athens, Greene County, New York (NY) 12015". Living Places. The Gombach Group. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

[sign-3] Finch, Melissa (24 April 2008). "Van Loon House Historical Marker". aimlessbird's photostream. Flickr. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

[Arch-4] "Van Loon, Albertus, House". Archiplanet. 7 December 2006. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

[greenbeer-5] Beers, Frederick L.; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Athens, N.Y.) (1884). History of Greene County, New York: with biographical sketches of its prominent men. J.B. Beers & Co. ISBN 978-0-685-61127-2. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2009-12-19.

[athensmra-6] Powers, Robert M.; Gobrecht, Larry E. (July 1979). "Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area" (PDF). National Register of Historical Places. United States Department of the Interior Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

[7] Lambright, Ron (2009). "Albertus Van Loon b. ABT. 1685 d. ABT. 1754 Athens, NY". Lambright Family Genealogy. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2009.

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