3921 Altamont Rd., Guilderland, New York. County/parish: Albany.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 10, 1982. NRIS 82001073.
Part of Guilderland MRA (NRIS 64000557).
1 contributing building.
Knower House is a historic home located at Guilderland in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1800 and is a two-story frame house in the Georgian Colonial style. It accentuates a centroidal entrance and second story Palladian window. While occupied by Benjamin Knower, future New York Governor William L. Marcy married Cornelia Knower at the house in 1824.
A historical marker in front of the house states:
"Knower House
Est. as hat factory about 1800
by Benjamin Knower
Gov. William L. Marcy
Married Cornelia Knower
in this house"
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75311967