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Shute Octagon House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Shute Octagon House, October 2009
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Location	McGuire School Rd., Duanesburg, New York
Coordinates	42°46′28″N 74°13′10″W / 42.77444°N 74.21944°W / 42.77444; -74.21944
Area	41.6 acres (16.8 ha)
Built	1855
Architect	Jones, Alexander Delos (Boss)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Octagon Mode
MPS	Duanesburg MRA
NRHP reference No.	84003276
Added to NRHP	October 11, 1984

The Shute Octagon House is a 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 entablature 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.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Schenectady County Planning Dept. (1983) . "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Shute Octagon House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
3. Lucy A. Breyer, Nancy Todd, and Schenectady County Planning Dept. (August 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Duanesburg MRA". National Park Service.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. unnamed (October 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Submission: Boss Jones TR". National Park Service.

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