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63 Hudson Street

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c.1910
John Smith House

63 Hudson Street
Queen  Ann / Free Classic
Residential with Distinctive  Collection  of  Outbuildings

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This  contributing residence,   with its intact  and  distinctive  collection  of  outbuildings,  represents  one  of  the  most  architecturally distinguished  homes  from  the c.l900  era.    It  features  design  aspects  of  both Queen  Anne  and  Colonial  Revival  styles,  with  its asymmetrical  massing, integral  (recessed) upper-story  porches, wrap-around  first-story. porch with classical columns and multi-paned windows in a variety of configurations. The massive, 2-1/2 story, wood frame residence retains its original slate roof, window sash, and external  detailing, rendering  it one of the most  notable  and intact resources  associated  with the residential  development  of Hudson Street.   Two, intact contributing outbuildings include a clapboard-sided  carriage barn with gabled  dormers,  cupola and multi-paned sash, and a similarly designed service building attached to a green house.
John G. ("Jack") Smith came to Warrensburgh from Canada in 1862 and bought a half interest in the clothespin factory located on Fourth Street.  He built a number of homes in town and helped rebuild the Burhans Sawmill on the Schroon River.  At age 44, he leased the abandoned Burhans Tannery to use the river to power a dynamo and provide electricity to the town.  In 1894 selected homes and streetlights in Warrensburg were illuminated with electricity.  He was also engaged in the lumbering business, machine works and was Secretary of the Schroon River Pulp and Paper Mill.  Married to Kate Osborne in 1890, in 1910 they built the large handsome home still standing on the corner of Hudson Street and Woodward Avenue.  (Kate died in 1914 at age 62.)  "Jack" Smith was president of the Viele Pond Club and an officer of Masonic Lodge No. 425.  He died in 1928 at the age of 79.

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