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Adams–Myers–Bryan Farmstead is a historic home and farm and national
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
located at Valley Falls,
Rensselaer County, New York Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the l ...
. The farmhouse was built about 1855, and consists of three blocks. It consists of a two-story,
Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
style main block with a two-story side wing and 1 1/2-story rear ell. Also on the property are the contributing main barn group (c. 1860, c. 1880-1930), pump house (c. 1920-1940), milk house (c. 1920-1940), horse barn (c. 1850), corn house (c. 1850), pig house (mid-19th century), carriage barn (c. 1860-1875), ice house (c. 1900), and
outhouse An outhouse is a small structure, separate from a main building, which covers a toilet. This is typically either a pit latrine or a bucket toilet, but other forms of dry toilet, dry (non-flushing) toilets may be encountered. The term may als ...
(c. 1900). ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying photographs''
/ref> It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2013.


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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Greek Revival houses in New York (state) 1800 establishments in New York (state) Houses completed in 1855 Buildings and structures in Rensselaer County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer County, New York {{RensselaerCountyNY-NRHP-stub