History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925

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History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Jan Mabie House, 1670

[This information is from Vol. I, p. 355 of History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, edited by Nelson Greene (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925). It is in the Schenectady Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.7 G81h. This online edition includes lists of portraits, maps and illustrations. As noted by Paul Keesler in his article, "The Much Maligned Mr. Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

Jan Mabie House in 1924

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Photo: Jan Mabie House, 1670

This old Schenectady district farm house stands today at Rotterdam Junction, five miles west of Schenectady, exactly as built 255 years ago, with the exception of the small addition shown in the picture. An adjoining building was used as slave quarters for over 150 years, up to the abolishment of slavery in New York State in 1827.

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925Jan Mabie House, 1670

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Jan Mabie House, 1670