Knower House is a historic home located at Guilderland in

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. It was built about 1800 and is a two-story frame house in the

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style. It accentuates a centroidal entrance and second story

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. While occupied by

Benjamin Knower Benjamin Knower (1775 Roxbury, now a borough of Boston, Massachusetts – August 23, 1839 Watervliet, Albany County, New York) was an American merchant, banker and politician. Early life By 1800 he had removed to Dutchess County, New York. Befor ...

, future

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William L. Marcy William Learned Marcy (December 12, 1786July 4, 1857) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as U.S. Senator, Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of War and U.S. Secretary of State. In the latter office, he negotiated the Gad ...

married Cornelia Knower at the house in 1824. It was listed on the

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in 1982.

References

Houses completed in 1800 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Georgian architecture in New York (state) Houses in Albany County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Albany County, New York {{AlbanyCountyNY-NRHP-stub