Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — Oldest Inhabited House. [ARTICLE]

Oldest Inhabited House.

The oldest inhabited house within the limits of the United States is said to be that of Killian Van Rensselaer, which stands opposite Albany, N. Y. It is of old Holland bricks, and the front wall still exhibits enormous loop-holes, through which the first owners formerly shot at Indians and wild beasts. According to a plate set in the wall by the Albany Commemorative Society a few years ago, the building was erected in 1642. The house is still in good repair, after having been In constant use for more than two and a half centuries.—[St. Louis Republic. The death rate largely exceeds the birth rate in France. Among flowers chrysanthemums live the longest after being cut.