Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin

The Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin is a national historic district[1] in the Town of Schodack in Rensselaer County, New York.[2]

For the Staats House (Stockport, New York), see Staats House (Stockport, New York). For the Abraham Staats house in South Bound Brook, New Jersey, see Staats House (South Bound Brook, New Jersey).

Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin
Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin is located in New York
Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin
Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin is located in the United States
Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin
Nearest citySchodack, New York
Coordinates42°34′15″N 73°44′58″W
Area39 acres (16 ha)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal, Dutch Tradition
NRHP reference No.78001898[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 1978

History

The Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin is located on Papscanee Island, a former island that later became a peninsula.[3] It consists of one contributing building and two contributing sites. The Joachim Staats House is a private residence consisting of a two-story, rectangular stone building[4] built in 1696,[5] with a brick addition built about 1790 and a wood addition completed about 1880. The surrounding land includes the site of a former sloop landing, a small family cemetery, and the site of the Gerrit Staats house. The Gerrit Staats house was built in 1758 and destroyed by fire in 1973. There are no visible ruins on the property.[4] As of 2012, the Joachim Staats House was owned by a corporation controlled by the Staats family; it had been continuously owned by the Staats family since it was built, and nine generations of the family had resided there.[5]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References
  1. "Asset Detail - Staats, Joachim, House and Gerrit Staats Ruin". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. Broderick, Warren. ""Ben Pie": A Native American Tale". The Hudson Valley Regional Review. p. 33. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  3. "Papscanee Island Nature Preserve Returned To Stockbridge-Munsee Community". WAMC. May 14, 2021.
  4. Manley, Doris; Florance, Charles (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 21, 2010. See also: "Accompanying 17 photos".
  5. Crowe, Kenneth (September 4, 2012). "A link to Capital Region through 3 centuries". Times Union.
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