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The Craver Farmstead was established circa 1790 consisting of 225 acres with a farmhouse and a barn. Today, the Craver Farmstead is both architecturally and historically significant. The farmhouse was built prior to 1790 and stands as one of the oldest and best preserved examples of Federal-style architecture in upstate New York. The Federal style evolved as the dominant classicizing architecture in North America between 1780 and 1830 as the new republic of the United States sought to define itself as independent in literature, art, and architecture just as it was politically. Craver Farmstead is located on Craver Road in southern Rensselaer County, NY at the northeast corner of the town of East Greenbush, NY near the hamlet of West Sand Lake, NY. The one-mile county road bearing the site's name ("Craver Road") stretches across the original historic site to connect two more recently developed roadways. Historians agree that Craver Road was at first simply a horse trail leading to the then-new farmhouse during the mid-to-late 18th century. Soon afterward, Craver Road became a personal carriageway for the Craver Family as one may think of the modern driveway. The barn located at Craver Farmstead originally served as a private draft horse stable and carriage house for the exclusive use of the Craver family far prior to the advent of the horseless carriage. Historically, the Craver Farmstead represents the agricultural heritage of 18th and 19th century rural New York. It serves as a landmark of the region’s agrarian past as well as a tangible link to the hardy folks who settled upstate New York. The Craver Farmstead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as certified by the U.S. Department of the Interior.〔 ''See also:'' 〕 thumb == Farmhouse == The Craver farmhouse is a fine vernacular example of the Federal style of architecture. The Craver farmhouse also provides a rich historical example of the type of home in which generation after generation of upstate New York farmers resided and reared their families and retains a high degree of integrity of location, feeling, association, materials, and craftsmanship. In the spirit of Federal-style architecture, the Craver farmhouse is characterized by balance and symmetry in design, lightness and elegance in mood, and delicacy and finesse in execution. It retains a high level of historic integrity with its original fenestration and fabric largely intact. The house is a five-bay center-entrance building. It is a two-story side-gabled dwelling of post-and-beam construction with cedar clapboard siding. The front entrance features a gabled porch with a vaulted ceiling and sidelights composed of three vertical panes. The doors and windows of are in strict symmetry. The front windows feature twelve-over-twelve double-hung sashes, original shutter mounts and simple surrounds. The farmhouse has flush raking eaves and five frieze windows across the front. The interior of the Craver farmhouse contains graceful decorative ornament, including a hand-carved wooden fireplace mantel featuring Federal detailing. Board and batten doors with wrought iron hardware are featured in rooms throughout the home. An open balustrade staircase leads to the upper level, which features the original wide pine plank flooring. The walls throughout the house are mostly plaster and contain lath, both sawed and split. The farmhouse faces south, standing over a one-room deep hand-dug earth basement with a bedrock floor. The house is supported by a stone-rubble foundation featuring original hand-hewn beams. It stands on the north side of Craver Road, flanked by a quarter-acre pond to the west, a large 19th-century heavy timber-frame, English-style barn to the south and a producing apple orchard to the east. An old stone fence runs in an east–west direction on the northern boundary of the property. The remnants of one stone and mortar foundation are located about 100 feet east of the barn. There are also remnants of a second stone-and-mortar foundation adjacent to the farmhouse on its northern side which is believed to have once been the site of the kitchen as separated from the main dwelling. The foundations are considered unevaluated archeological resources. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Craver Farmstead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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