Parks-Bentley House
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Parks-Bentley House, also known as Parke Farm or the Old Bentley Place, is a historic home located at South Glens Falls
in Saratoga County, New York
. It was built about 1840 and is 2-story, brick residence in the late Federal
/ early Greek Revival
style. It sits on a hand-dressed limestone
foundation and full basement. Attached to it is a late-18th-century, single-room, -story dwelling. It currently serves as headquarters for the Historical Society of Moreau and South Glens Falls.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1994.
South Glens Falls, New York
South Glens Falls is a village in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 3,368 at the 2000 census. The village is in the northern part of the Town of Moreau, south of the City of Glens Falls....
in Saratoga County, New York
Saratoga County, New York
Saratoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 219,607. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Ballston Spa...
. It was built about 1840 and is 2-story, brick residence in the late Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
/ early Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
style. It sits on a hand-dressed limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
foundation and full basement. Attached to it is a late-18th-century, single-room, -story dwelling. It currently serves as headquarters for the Historical Society of Moreau and South Glens Falls.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1994.