HISTORIC ALBANY FOUNDATION


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    Contact:  Elizabeth Griffin -- 518/465-0876
     
     

    A Driving Tour of Four Early Dutch Houses

    Historic Albany Foundation 
    and
    Turpin Bannister Chapter
    Society of Architectural Historians
    present

    A tour of four early Dutch houses

    Sunday, November 5, 2000
    12 noon - 5:00 p.m.


     


    The drive-yourself tour, coordinated and led by John Scherer, Curator of Decorative Arts for the New York State Museum, will include:
     

    • The VanSante-Bleecker House (now Toohey), ca. 1759, where we will also see the larger VanWemp Barn which has been reconstructed on the site;
    • The Teunis Slingerland House, ca. 1762;
    • The Peter Winne House, early 18th century, now undergoing restoration; and
    • The Tobias Ten Eyck House, ca. 1760.

    The tour is free and open to the public. For reservations and directions, please contact Kathleen Kearney at Historic Albany Foundation, 465-0876.

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    Historic Albany Foundation
    and
    Architectural Parts Warehouse
    89 Lexington Avenue
    Albany, NY  12206
    518/465-0876
    www.historic-albany.org
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