Knower House


Knower House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	757 NY 146, Altamont, New York
Coordinates	42°42′18″N 74°01′11″W / 42.7050°N 74.0196°W / 42.7050; -74.0196
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	ca. 1800
Architectural style	Early Republic
MPS	Guilderland MRA
NRHP reference No.	82001073^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 10, 1982

Knower House is a historic home located at Guilderland in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1800 and is a two-story frame house in the Georgian Colonial style. It accentuates a centroidal entrance and second story Palladian window. While occupied by Benjamin Knower, future New York Governor William L. Marcy married Cornelia Knower at the house in 1824.^[2]

A historical marker in front of the house states:

"Knower House
Est. as hat factory about 1800
by Benjamin Knower
Gov. William L. Marcy
Married Cornelia Knower
in this house"^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Town of Guilderland (June 1979). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Knower House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 22, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
^ "Knower House Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved December 9, 2025.

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