This barn is typical of 19th century barns in Colonie. It was used on the Buhrmaster farm near the Mohawk River and was relocated to this site in 1988. — — Map (db m310871) HM
Moved from River Road - 1912
Moved from Troy Schenectady Road - 1988
Dedicated August 30, 1989
Friends of Pruyn House
& Town of Colonie — — Map (db m310867) HM
Through this place passed
Gen. Henry Knox
in the Winter of 1775 - 1776
to deliver to
Gen. George Washington
at Cambridge
the train of artillery
from Fort Ticonderoga
used to force the British
Army to evacuate Boston . . . — — Map (db m23447) HM
Although the Pruyn family was an early owner of this property, the Henkes family lived here for nearly 90 years, the longest among its many occupants.
After the death of Casparus F. Pruyn in 1846, ownership of the Pruyn House property passed . . . — — Map (db m310875) HM
Hosam Deen, pilot for U.S. CHECK, crashed his plane on this site on December 10, 1994, at 2:28 am. In doing so, he spared many lives in our community. This memorial is dedicated to him and his love for aviation. — — Map (db m256792) HM
The 182-acre farm of Casparus F. Pruyn was acquired from patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer II in 1825. Pruyn was land agent and manager of the patroon's vast estate in upstate New York. The house's "high style" of architecture reflects the influence . . . — — Map (db m246249) HM
Farm of Casparus F. Pruyn
land agent for last Patroon
Purchased and restored by
the Town of Colonie, 1983
National Historic Register — — Map (db m310842) HM
In the 19th century, farm families preserved most meats by "smoking." The raw meats (like hams) were suspended above a slow-burning wood fire to flavor and "cure" the meat. Salted meats were smoked at temperatures high enough to dry them of . . . — — Map (db m310886) HM
Built in the mid-19th century,
this utility building with
adjoining privy was used to store wood
for the fireplaces in Pruyn House.
The privy was used into the 1940's. — — Map (db m310866) HM
This one-room schoolhouse opened in 1910
and served the students in the vicinity of Verdoy
near the present Albany International Airport
into the 1950s. It was then used as a storage
facility. In 1996, it was donated to the Town
of Colonie and . . . — — Map (db m310846) HM
