Gansevoort Mansion is a historic home located at Gansevoort in Saratoga County, New York. It was built in 1813 and is two-story, five-bay rectangular building with a gable roof and central entrance. I
Gansevoort Mansion, November 2010
Peter Gansevoort was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the resistance to Barry St. Leger's Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777. Gansevoort
Gansevoort Mansion
…a front verandah with fluted Doric order columns. It was once used as a Masonic Lodge. It was built by Herman Gansevoort (1779–1862), son of General Peter Gansevoort (1749–1812) and uncle of the American novelist Herman Melville. It is now operated as an inn and cafe. It was added to the National Register of Historic…
Portrait of Gansevoort by Gilbert Stuart, 1794
Statue of Peter Gansevoort, Rome, NY
Catherine Van Schaick Gansevoort, portrait by Ezra Ames