Schoharie in Schoharie County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Colonel Peter Vroman House
Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, September 4, 2026
1. The Colonel Peter Vroman House Markers
Peter Vroman House
Built c.1791
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the
United States
Department of the Interior
(lower plaque)
Vrooman House
1785
Schoharie Historic Association
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1791.
Location. 42° 40.786′ N, 74° 18.077′ W. Marker is in Schoharie, New York, in Schoharie County. It is on Covered Bridge Lane south of New York State Route 443, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 112 Covered Bridge Lane, Schoharie NY 12157, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bridge No. 1 (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Major Eckerson's Mill (within shouting distance of this marker); Stone Church Parsonage (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); George Mann Tory Tavern (about 700 feet away); Col. Peter Vroman (about 700 feet away); Civil War Nurse (approx. 0.2 miles away); David Williams Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); David Williams (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Schoharie.
Regarding The Colonel Peter Vroman House. Colonel Peter Vroman and His House
The two plaques displayed here preserve different dates for the Colonel Peter Vroman House. The older plaque, erected by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association, dates the house to 1785, while the National Register plaque above it gives a construction date of circa 1791. More recent historic-preservation research places its construction in the early 1790s; when the property was recommended for the State and National Registers of
Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, September 4, 2026
2. The Colonel Peter Vroman House
The markers are to the right of the oval window.
Peter B. Vroman (1736–1794) was a prominent military and political figure in Revolutionary-era Schoharie. He served as secretary of the Schoharie District Committee of Safety and as colonel of the 15th Regiment of the Albany County Militia. Contemporary correspondence confirms his active military role: in July 1778 Vroman warned Brigadier General Abraham Ten Broeck that enemy forces appeared to be advancing toward Schoharie and requested reinforcements without delay.
Vroman and the Schoharie militia played an important part in defending a valley repeatedly threatened during the Revolution. On October 17, 1780, British, Loyalist, and Indigenous forces under Sir John Johnson swept through the Schoharie Valley, destroying most of its buildings and crops. The devastation makes the surviving Vroman house especially significant: although erected after the war, it represents the early rebuilding of a community whose prewar building stock had been largely destroyed.
Vroman's public service continued after the Revolution. He represented his region in several sessions
Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, August 21, 2026
3. Colonel Peter Vroman House
Architecturally, the house is an important surviving example of New World Dutch domestic architecture. The story-and-a-half timber-frame dwelling retains late-eighteenth-century features, including finished ceiling beams and other woodwork. Later alterations record the building's continued use, including nineteenth-century changes and Colonial Revival additions made in the early twentieth century. The property was nominated to the National Register both for its association with Vroman and for its architectural significance.
(sources)
— Founders Online, National Archives. “George Clinton to George Washington, 21 July 1778.”
— New York Almanack. “State Recommends 16 for State, National Registers,” December 2018.
— New York State Board for Historic Preservation. “174th
Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, August 21, 2026
4. The Colonel Peter Vroman House Outbuildings
The marker is The Site of Major Eckerson's Mill
Reynolds, Cuyler. Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs/material reproduced in History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West, 1614–1925.
— Roscoe, William E. History of Schoharie County, New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., 1882.
— Times Union. “Troy, Schoharie sites recommended for Historic Register,” December 2018.
Also see . . . New York State Board for Historic Preservation — Col. Peter B. Vroman House nomination summary.
"The Col. Peter B. Vroman House is located in the Town of Schoharie, Schoharie County, at a location traditionally known as Vroman Corners. Constructed in the early 1790s, the Vroman house is an architecturally significant example of traditional New World Dutch domestic architecture…The dwelling was erected for Col. Peter B. Vroman, a figure of considerable prominence in regional affairs during his lifetime. Vroman served as the Secretary of the Schoharie District Committee of Safety, as a Colonel of the 15th Regiment of the Albany County Militia, as a representative in several sessions of the New York State Legislature, and as an elected delegate to the New York Constitution Ratification Convention....Given the destruction of Schoharie during the American Revolution in 1780, at which time the vast majority of its housing stock was destroyed, it remains an important artifact from the early period of rebuilding which occurred in the community subsequently. The house is being nominated for its direct association with Colonel Vroman, its most noted occupant, in association with Criterion B in the area of Politics & Government. It is also being nominated in association with Criterion C…”(Submitted on September 7, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York.)
Credits. This page was last revised on September 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. This page has been viewed 17 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 4, 2026, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
