Settling along the Hudson River in the land that became New York State, Dutch colonists built brick and stone homes like those found in the Netherlands.
Photo © Jackie Craven
The John Teller House is a Dutch Colonial home in the Stockade neighborhood of Schenectady, NY. The home was built in about 1740.
Dutch Colonial homes have many of these features:
- Located in New York State
- Stone or brick construction
- Dutch doors (upper and lower halves can be opened independently)
- Matching chimneys on each side
- Wide, slightly flared eaves, OR
- Gambrel roof, OR
- Gambrel roof with flared eaves