80 Auclair Way, Melrose, New York. County/parish: Rensselaer.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 05, 2013. NRIS 13000360.
Part of Farmsteads of Pittstown, New York MPS (NRIS 64501123).
12 contributing buildings.
Auclair–Button Farmstead is a historic home and farm and national historic district located at Melrose, Rensselaer County, New York. The original section of the farmhouse was built about 1785, with the main block built in 1849. It is a two-story, five-bay, frame house with a side-gabled roof. It features a full-width front porch. Also on the property are the contributing garage (c. 1930), ice house (c. 1900), tenant house (c. 1805-1840) and garage (c. 1930), shop barn (c. 1810-1830), dairy barn (c. 1901), milk house (c. 1910), horse barn (c. 1820–1840, c. 1894, c. 1900), hen house (c. 1910), and corn crib (c. 1900).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
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