Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1892 — An Old Dwelling. [ARTICLE]

An Old Dwelling.

According to information gathered by a correspondent the oldest inhabited dwelling house in the United States is that of Killian Van Kcnsselaer, opposite Albany, New York. It is of brick, with a gambrel roof. The front wall contains two portholes, out of which the early inhabitants used to shoot at the Indians. According to a plate in the rear, set up by the Albany Commemorative Society, the building was erected in ] 642. The Dutch Reformed settlers held religious services in the old hall. There is a well behind the house, which legend names as the place where “Yankee Doodle” was composed during the French and Indian war.