Avery Farmhouse is a historic home and farm complex located at Duanesburg in

Schenectady County, New York Schenectady County () is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,061. The county seat is Schenectady. The name is from a Mohawk language word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands," a term ...

. The house was built about 1850 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a two-story, T-shaped, clapboard sided frame building in the

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. The main block is flanked by two one-story frame wings. It features a giant pedimented

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

supported by square columns. Contributing outbuildings include five

silo A silo (from the Greek σιρός – ''siros'', "pit for holding grain") is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are used in agriculture to store fermented feed known as silage, not to be confused with a grain bin, which is used t ...

s, a garage, a large multi-component barn complex, and a barn. The property 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 1984.

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Houses completed in 1850 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses in Schenectady County, New York Greek Revival houses in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Schenectady County, New York {{SchenectadyCountyNY-NRHP-stub