House of the Month
House of the Month
- Only Stone House in the village of Rensselaerville
- Deed August 17, 1841 Judson & Caroline H. Conklin to George Dean
- George Dean credited for building the house
- On Mortgage dated March 1, 1844 lists a stone house and out building
- George Dean’s son is Charles Dean the undertaker
- Deed March 24, 1854 George Dean and wife Mary to Philip Huisong
- Deed 1863 Philip Huisong to Adam Kline (Clync)
- 1870 Mary Hedges lived there when she was editor of Rensselaerville Press
- Deed January 6, 1877 Adam Kline to Robert Washbon
- Deed December 8, 1878 Robert Washbon to Harriet W. Hedges
- Deed April 10, 1922 Harriet Hedges to Charles and Christina Shufelt
- Deed May 1922 Charles and Christina Shufelt to John Goodrich
- John Goodrich never lived there he moved to Boston and died leaving no heirs
- 1925-1931 No taxes were paid, Property was up for no tax sale, no one purchased it and the property went to Albany County.
- Deed 1937 Hugh Flick bought house from Albany County for back taxes
- House was in very poor condition, while renovating, the house collapsed except end wall with two fireplaces
- 1939-40 House was restored, $130.83 was paid to laborers, workers made between 40 cents to $1.00 an hour.
- Houses were mostly constructed from rock quarried from the ledge house sits on
- Insulation was created by building two separate stone walls, inner and outer one creating an air pocket which was filled with hay and corn. This protects inner wall from frost.
- Dr. Betty Price owned house 1950s -2010
- 2010 Josh Schroeder and family purchased the house
- 2010-2018 Interior has been update