Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery

44 Laura Ln., Defreestville, New York. County/parish: Rensselaer.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 19, 2005. NRIS 05000440.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.

From Wikipedia:

Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery

Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery is a historic home and cemetery located at Defreestville in Rensselaer County, New York. The house was built about 1740 and is a 1+12-story rectangular frame dwelling, 20 feet by 40 feet, topped by a steeply pitched gable roof covered with standing seam metal. It rests on a low fieldstone foundation. The family cemetery contains approximately a dozen stones marking the graves of the Sharpe and Barringer families.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321293

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