Shute Octagon House

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	Shute Octagon House
Designer	Jones, Alexander Delos (Boss)
Location	Duanesburg, New York, USA
Date	1855
Building Type	Agriculture/Subsistence
Construction System	Weatherboard
Architectural Style	Octagon Mode
Street Address	McGuire School Rd. Walk Score
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Shute Octagon House on McGuire School Road, Duanesburg, New York	Shute Octagon House, Duanesburg, New York	Shute Octagon House, Duanesburg, New York	Shute Octagon House, Duanesburg, New York
Shute Octagon House, Main Entrance Detail	Shute Octagon House, Duanesburg, New York

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National Register of Historic Places
Name	Shute Octagon House
NRHP Area	Duanesburg MRA
ID Number	84003276
NRHP Status	Listed In The National Register
Certification Date	10/11/1984
Level of Significance	Local
NRHP Documents	Text (pdf) ; Photos (pdf)

The Shute Octagon House is an historic octagon house located on McGuire School Road in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1855 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a 2-story, clapboard-sided farmhouse with a 1 1⁄2-story wing in the Greek Revival style. It features innovative stacked plank construction, a low-pitched polygonal roof surmounted by a widow's walk, a full entabulature circling the structure. A 1-story porch with porte cochere was added about 1906. Also on the property are four contributing barns, a shed, and a smokehouse.

The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources. The property was also-covered in a study of Boss Jones TR It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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• National Register of Historic Places
• Shute Octagon House on New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation Document Imaging for National Register

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