Greene Mansion is a historic home located at 92 Market Street in
Amsterdam,
Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1881 as a residence for Henry Eckford Greene, who died two months after it was completed and never lived in it. Henry Greene was one of two sons of William Kimball Greene, who founded the Greene Knitting Mills, the first carpet factory in Amsterdam. The Greene family built a number of beautiful houses on Market Street, of which the Greene Mansion is one.
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The mansion is a large two story, irregular brick building with a steeply pitched slate roof and attic
gables. It features an
oriel window
An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. Supported by corbels, bracket (architecture), brackets, or similar cantilevers, an oriel window is most commonly found pro ...
, covered wooden balconies, and porches.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1881
Houses in Montgomery County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, New York
1881 establishments in New York (state)
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