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Van Schaick House

Van Schaick House is a historic home located on at in . It was built about 1735 for Anthony Van Schaick, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, brick dwelling with a gambrel roof.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: historic house in New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Van Schaick Mansion”
  • Address: 1 Van Schaick Avenue, Cohoes, NY 12047

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Herman Melville House and 112th Street Bridge.

Museum
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The is a historic home located at in , . It was a home of author Herman Melville between 1838 and 1847. is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Van Schaick House.

Bridge
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The is a bridge that carries New York State Route 470 across the in . It connects in the city of with the neighborhood of . is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Van Schaick House.

Cemetery
is a historic located in the section of in . It was founded in 1771 and contains approximately 350 graves dating to 1912. is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Van Schaick House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Green Island and Watervliet.

Village
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is a coterminous town-village in , , United States, some 8 miles north of . is one of only five such town-village amalgamations in New York. is situated 1½ miles south of Van Schaick House.

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is a city in northeastern , United States. The population was 10,375 as of the 2020 census. is north of , the capital of the state, and is bordered on the north, west, and south by the town of .

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is a city in , located northeast of . Its nicknames include "The Collar City" and "Home of Uncle Sam." As a result of its unique history, still has what is widely considered to be the best-preserved big-city 19th-century downtown in the country.

Van Schaick House

Latitude
42.76775° or 42° 46′ 4″ north
Longitude
-73.68654° or 73° 41′ 12″ west
Operator
General Peter Gansevoort Chapter, NSDAR
Open location code
87J8Q897+39
Open­Street­Map ID
way 596159366
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7913650
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Van Schaick Cemetery and Van Schaick Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Van Schaick House”. Photo: Tsf01, CC BY-SA 3.0.