. A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time;. all where it may now be cannot be, however, that the house was built at that the date indicates when the brick was made. Insize and shape it differs from the other bricks of which theolder part of the house was built. The southern woodenportion was added by Mrs. Jarvis. All we can say of theorigin of this house is that it goes back to the time of theIndian wars. Some of the huge beams bear traditionaltraces of Indian warfare; and near the peak of the roof arethe old-time portholes changed, with regre
. A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time;. all where it may now be cannot be, however, that the house was built at that the date indicates when the brick was made. Insize and shape it differs from the other bricks of which theolder part of the house was built. The southern woodenportion was added by Mrs. Jarvis. All we can say of theorigin of this house is that it goes back to the time of theIndian wars. Some of the huge beams bear traditionaltraces of Indian warfare; and near the peak of the roof arethe old-time portholes changed, with regrettable taste, fromtheir original narrow oblong form to circles. Miss Jane VanAlstyne, who died in 1905 in her ninety-ninth year, was wontto say that in her childhood the house was much dilapidatedand was occupied by colored people. Later, it was fullyrepaired and made a charming home. It was at one time theproperty of James I. Van Alen who married the widow ofJohn C. Wynkoop (Lydia Silvester). Of later owners wenote: 1837, Peter Niver; 1848, Benjamin Race; 1851, Eliza. The Silvester House From a photograph
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