Burden Ironworks Office Building is a historic

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building located in

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. It was built about 1880 and is a one-story, brick building laid out in a

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plan. It features gabled and hipped roofs and a central octagonal

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and

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. ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 1972.

Gallery

File:Burden iron works entrance.JPG, Entrance to the old office / museum

References

External links

* Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic American Engineering Record in New York (state) Commercial buildings completed in 1880 Buildings and structures in Rensselaer County, New York 1880 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Troy, New York {{RensselaerCountyNY-NRHP-stub