Zopher Delong House
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Zopher Delong House is a historic home located at Glens Falls
, Warren County, New York
. It was built about 1870 and is a -story, three-bay brick residence with a frame service wing. It has Italianate
- and Second Empire–style design elements, including a mansard roof
. It features a 2-story central pavilion and bracketed entrance portico
. Also on the property is the original carriage house
. It is maintained as a historic house museum known as the Chapman Historical Museum
by the Glens Falls-Queensbury Historical Association.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1984.
Glens Falls, New York
Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States. Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,700 at the 2010 census...
, Warren County, New York
Warren County, New York
Warren County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 65,707. It is named in honor of General Joseph Warren, an American Revolutionary War hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill...
. It was built about 1870 and is a -story, three-bay brick residence with a frame service wing. It has Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
- and Second Empire–style design elements, including a mansard roof
Mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret...
. It features a 2-story central pavilion and bracketed entrance portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...
. Also on the property is the original carriage house
Carriage house
A carriage house, also called remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack.In Great Britain the farm building was called a Cart Shed...
. It is maintained as a historic house museum known as the Chapman Historical Museum
Chapman Historical Museum
The Chapman Historical Museum is a restored house museum featuring furnishings and historical artifacts depicting life in Glens Falls, New York, USA during the late 19th century. The museum is owned and operated by the Glens Falls/Queensbury Historical Association...
by the Glens Falls-Queensbury Historical Association.
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 1984.