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The Ten Broeck Mansion in Albany, New York was built in 1797. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1] A decade later it was included as a contributing property to the Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle when that neighborhood was listed on the Register.
49 Ten Broeck Street: This three-story brick house, built in 1859, has a prominent entrance portico with Ionic columns. It serves as the focal point for eastward views down Second Street. [4]: 14 51 Ten Broeck Street: This two-story brick house is the earliest dated house on the street, built in 1842 before the cemetery was moved.
There are two sub-neighborhoods in Arbor Hill, Dudley Heights [3] and the Ten Broeck Triangle. [4] "Arbor Hill" was the name given to the Ten Broeck estate; [5] the Ten Broeck Mansion is still an important cultural and historical museum.
The Ten Broeck Mansion, built near the end of the 18th century, is the earliest listing postdating American independence. [63] Like Schuyler's a gabled brick estate house, its early use of the similarly classically -inspired Federal style shows the transition from colonial architecture to the modes of the new nation and century.
Also in 1797 the Ten Broeck Mansion was completed by Stephen Van Rensselaer for his brother-in-law Mayor Ten Broeck. Later that year he was replaced by Philip Van Rensselaer. A State Capitol, jointly used as City Hall, was finished at the corner of State and Lodge streets.
Abraham Ten Broeck (May 13, 1734 – January 19, 1810) was a New York politician, businessman, and militia Brigadier General of Dutch descent. He was twice Mayor of Albany, New York and built one of the largest mansions in the area, the Ten Broeck Mansion, that still stands more than 200 years later.
North Swan, to the east, is the boundary of the Arbor Hill Historic District – Ten Broeck Triangle, also listed on the Register. On that block is Ten Broeck Mansion, a contributing property to that district and listed on the Register individually. Two parks, Wilkie Playground and Arbor Hill Park, are in the blocks to the north.
The estate was controlled by Abraham Ten Broeck until Stephen III's twenty-first birthday. [33] Stephen III attended school in Albany and then New Jersey and Kingston during the Revolution. He graduated from Harvard College in 1782. Stephen van Rensselaer III became well known for his many achievements.