The Van Buren House was built in 1763. The home has a lot of interesting features inside and out. The house has a gambrel roof with long lower sections that have flaring eaves and short upper sections. This is typical of the Anglo-Dutch gambrel before the Revolutionary War period. The entrance of the house was through the back door. A doorway leads into the living room that has Greek revival molding. The doorway into the north and south rooms also have the Greek revival molding. This leads to stairs that date to the 1840's. All other doorways have trim. Facing the river is a rounded window with white ironstone china doorknobs dating back to the 1860's.
In the attic , there is an area where you can see the numbering on the roof timbers which indicates the roof was built all at one time. The south gable brickwork is a "mouse tooth" design. There have been many alterations made to the house from the 1830-1870's. To the left is a painting of the Van Buren House from 1868.
This is a photo of the Van Buren House today.
In the attic , there is an area where you can see the numbering on the roof timbers which indicates the roof was built all at one time. The south gable brickwork is a "mouse tooth" design. There have been many alterations made to the house from the 1830-1870's. To the left is a painting of the Van Buren House from 1868.
This is a photo of the Van Buren House today.
The Van Buren House in the mid 1800's.
The layout of the Van Buren House as of today. The second floor.
The layout of the first floor of the Van Buren House today.
This is the inventory from the interior of the house of the late Maas Van Buren who passed on May 17,1817. I found it interesting to find an item called pantaloons, which is another name for pants.
On the outside of the front wall there are four decorative wall tiles -there are two shown here. There are also two flat red clay hearth tiles set in the front-one is shown here.
Both tiles have 1763 at top. The tile at the right has the initials MVB ,which stands for Mass Van Buren, in the middle. The other tile has the initials JVB, which stands for Johannis Van Buren. And both tiles have the word May at the bottom.
The Van Buren House is located at 99 South Main Street. The house marker also has an inscription of the year 1763-1827.
I found this project to be very interesting and I never realized how much history was in our area. This makes me glad to be a Castletonian.
I found this project to be very interesting and I never realized how much history was in our area. This makes me glad to be a Castletonian.