James G. Van Valkenburgh House is a historic home located at

Chatham Chatham may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Canada * Chatham Islands (British Columbia) * Chatham Sound, British Columbia * Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi * Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...

Columbia County, New York Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 61,570. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the name of Christopher Columbus, which was at the ...

. It was built in 1843 and is a

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 residence. It is a large, 2-story, five-bay center-entrance, two-bay-deep, frame dwelling with a large -story service wing. The main entry features a single-story open porch with four fluted

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

columns and a deep entablature. Also on the property are a garage, two barns, and a well house. ''See also:'' It was added to 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 2002.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Greek Revival houses in New York (state) Houses completed in 1843 Houses in Columbia County, New York 1843 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, New York {{ColumbiaCountyNY-NRHP-stub