Dellemont-Wemple Farm
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Dellemont-Wemple Farm is a historic farm complex located at Rotterdam
in Schenectady County, New York
. The complex consists of the farmhouse, Dutch barn
, chicken house, and family cemetery. The brick, gambrel roofed Dutch style farmhouse was built about 1790 and sits on a stone foundation. The wood Dutch barn was built about 1770, or earlier.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1973.
Rotterdam (town), New York
Rotterdam is a town in Schenectady County, New York, United States. The population was 28,316 at the 2000 census.The town of Rotterdam is in the south-central part of the county. It was founded by Dutch settlers, who named it after the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where many emigrants last...
in Schenectady County, New York
Schenectady County, New York
Schenectady County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 154,727. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Schenectady. The name is from a Mohawk Indian word meaning "on the other side of the...
. The complex consists of the farmhouse, Dutch barn
Dutch barn
Dutch barn is the name given to markedly different types of barns in the United States and Canada, and in the United Kingdom. In the United States, Dutch barns represent the oldest and rarest types of barns. There are relatively few—probably less than 600—of these barns still intact...
, chicken house, and family cemetery. The brick, gambrel roofed Dutch style farmhouse was built about 1790 and sits on a stone foundation. The wood Dutch barn was built about 1770, or earlier.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1973.