Feura Bush in Albany County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Wemp Barn

Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, December 31, 2024

1. The Wemp Barn Marker

Inscription.
Mohawk Valley Dutch barn built in the early 1700's by Jan Wemp, Indian trader yeoman and master builder

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Architecture.

Location. 42° 33.346′ N, 73° 54.68′ W. Marker is in Feura Bush, New York, in Albany County. It is at the intersection of Onesqeuthaw Creek Road and Quick Terrace, on the left when traveling south on Onesqeuthaw Creek Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 375 Onesquethaw Creek Road, Feura Bush NY 12067, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

in the Capital District,

and in the Albany Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured

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as the crow flies: Oriskatach (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Slingerland House 1762 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Onesquethaw Valley Historic District (approx. 1.1 miles away); Van Der Zee Manor House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Van Dyke House (approx. 1.4 miles away); Slingerland-Lagrange Farm (approx. 1.4 miles away); Onesquethaw Reformed Church (approx. 1.8 miles away); DeLong-Vanderbilt Home - June 5,1807 (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Feura Bush.

Regarding The Wemp Barn. The Wemp Barn was built in Fort Hunter, NY at the Wemp Homestead on Queen Anne Street, on land that the Mohawk Indians deeded to Johannes Wemp in 1736. Carl Touhey, an Albany County politician, bought the barn in 1989 and moved it to his property, where the deterioration it was undergoing could be reversed. (information from Historic Markers of the Town of New Scotland, NY, published 2024)

Also see . . .
1. The Larger Wemp Barn. by Vincent Schaefer, Fall 1990 newsletter of the Dutch Barn Preservation Society

This Dutch barn of Fort Hunter, Montgomery County, NY, one of the finest of the pre-Revolutionary
Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, December 31, 2024

2. The Wemp Barn and Marker
period, has been sold, dismantled, and reerected at a site along the Onesquethaw Creek, in the Town of New Scotland, in Albany County. Despite four separate attempts to keep the barn at its original site, all efforts failed.

(Submitted on December 31, 2024, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York.)

2. Dutch Barn Preservation Society Newsletter, Fall 2000.

This will be the tenth anniversary of one barn that was saved from destruction by the many efforts of a few people. Two people in particular deserve most of the credit for saving the life of The Greater Wemp Barn, they are: Carl Touhey of Feura Bush, and the late Vincent Schaefer Professor of Atmospheric Science and co-founder of the Dutch Barn Preservation Society. Working together to replace, on Mr. Touhey's property, a Dutch barn that had been destroyed by fire, they chose The Greater Wemp Barn. This is one of the two oldest barns still in existence, the Wemple Barn in Rotterdam being the other.

(Submitted on December 31, 2024, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York.)

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