Holey moley.....like the city...Rotterdam is slowly losing its history......
Where is the historian???.....hiding in the basement???....
It's funny watching them play musical chairs with the historic building in mohawk commons plaza. I bet it's off to texas soon, or they just *oops* drop it.
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Someone (probably out of state) will have the frame re-erected as a timber framed home. It will become a very expensive and fine home for a wealthy person. More Rotterdam heritage gone. Several years ago there was a state matching grant for historical purposes that allowed people who had these barns to make inprovements to the their historical barns, and n turn the state would pay a portion of their repairs if they were in accordance with historical guildlines. Also in return for that the state would then dictate the uses and non-uses and would also gain a historical easement and a deed restriction. Often various agencies and historical groups may be found visiting your barn and showing it to tourists and architects and archaeologists. Also it kind of pre-empts you from doing things like pouring a concrete floor and putting a modern and secure door, etc.
I recall when Carolina Lazzari spent 200,000 fixing her barn up and got a grant for a 1/4 of it for something along those lines. She was accused of "receiving pork." I also recall her telling me that she had a six figure offer from a timber frame outfit to dismantle her barn and get rid of it in a similar fashion as this one, that she refused. She also had to give the state control over use of her barn via deed restriction and such. The local democraps, after that campaign should be proud that in their efforts for destroy Ms Lazzari, they made it undesirable and distasteful for local residents to keep their barns. Now more of our historical treasure can be shipped to millionaires in other states for profit. Thanks again, democraps. Always doing the right thing (for themselves!)
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It's funny watching them play musical chairs with the historic building in mohawk commons plaza. I bet it's off to texas soon, or they just *oops* drop it.
My understanding is that the old building in Niskayuna was moved the second time because there are plans for it to be used by a bank. Personally, I believe that the old building looks better in the new/second location.
I refrain from using the word "historic" in regard to that building because while it is old it only had - at best - marginal connection with Leland Stanford. It was his family's summer home roughly during the time that he was attending college and therefore he may have only visited the property for a few weeks for about 4 years of his life.
The actual SITE of the former Ingersol rest home/now shopping plaza is historic because at one time a much older structure stood there. An older building that was built just a few years after the Glen-Sanders Mansion and was home to a family that was one of Schenectady County's earliest settlers. But that older structure was torn down sometime in the 1850's to make way for the mansion that the Stanford family bought and then changed hands several times before being purchased by the folks who established the Ingersol Home. In my opinion, the developers of the new shopping plaza should at least preserve the exterior of what remains of the mansion. I am ok with the adaptive reuse of the interior for a bank or other commercial venture. Further, I would recommend that some historic marker or even a interpretive display (if possible) with pictures explaining the historic significance of the site should be erected somewhere on the site.
As for the barn on Duanesburg Road - and the question of where is the Town Historian on the matter, I will say that primarily the function of the Town Historian is to collect, maintain, display, educate/write about and preserve the historic papers and artifacts of the town. Being involved in the cause of historic preservation of specific sites is not necessarily a part of the official duties -- rather it is something that each municipal historian may or may not take up depending on their level of interest and expertise.
If anyone has any specific concerns or questions about the preservation of this building or any other building in the town, he/she should call the supervisor's office (355-7575) and leave a message for the Town Historian. The town historian will then respond to those questions or concerns.
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My understanding is that the old building in Niskayuna was moved the second time because there are plans for it to be used by a bank. Personally, I believe that the old building looks better in the new/second location.
I refrain from using the word "historic" in regard to that building because while it is old it only had - at best - marginal connection with Leland Stanford. It was his family's summer home roughly during the time that he was attending college and therefore he may have only visited the property for a few weeks for about 4 years of his life.
The actual SITE of the former Ingersol rest home/now shopping plaza is historic because at one time a much older structure stood there. An older building that was built just a few years after the Glen-Sanders Mansion and was home to a family that was one of Schenectady County's earliest settlers. But that older structure was torn down sometime in the 1850's to make way for the mansion that the Stanford family bought and then changed hands several times before being purchased by the folks who established the Ingersol Home. In my opinion, the developers of the new shopping plaza should at least preserve the exterior of what remains of the mansion. I am ok with the adaptive reuse of the interior for a bank or other commercial venture. Further, I would recommend that some historic marker or even a interpretive display (if possible) with pictures explaining the historic significance of the site should be erected somewhere on the site.
As for the barn on Duanesburg Road - and the question of where is the Town Historian on the matter, I will say that primarily the function of the Town Historian is to collect, maintain, display, educate/write about and preserve the historic papers and artifacts of the town. Being involved in the cause of historic preservation of specific sites is not necessarily a part of the official duties -- rather it is something that each municipal historian may or may not take up depending on their level of interest and expertise.
If anyone has any specific concerns or questions about the preservation of this building or any other building in the town, he/she should call the supervisor's office (355-7575) and leave a message for the Town Historian. The town historian will then respond to those questions or concerns.
which basically means sitting on your fat a** doing nothing................moron
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