Beverwyck Manor is a historic home located at Rensselaer in

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 ...

. It was built between 1839 and 1842. It is constructed of

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over brick and consists of a three-story, three bay wide central block with the central bay recessed. The central block is flanked by two story, single bay extensions. It has a restrained Neoclassical facade and features a one bay

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with stone steps and four

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stone columns. It was built by

William Paterson Van Rensselaer William Paterson Van Rensselaer (March 6, 1805 – November 13, 1872) was an American attorney, landowner, and businessman from New York. Early life Van Rensselaer was born on March 6, 1805, at the Van Rensselaer Manor House in Albany, New York ...

and later became part St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary, a

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Seminary. ''See also:'' The Seminary closed in 1989. The manor was used as a retreat center for a time, and then converted to a residence for staff and retired Franciscans. 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 1979.

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* Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state) Neoclassical architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1842 Houses in Rensselaer County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer, New York National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer County, New York {{RensselaerCountyNY-NRHP-stub