Knower House is a historic home located at

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. It was built about 1800 and is a two-story frame house in the

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style. It accentuates a centroidal entrance and second story

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. While occupied by

Benjamin Knower Benjamin Knower (1775 Roxbury, now a borough of Boston, Massachusetts – August 23, 1839 Watervliet, Albany County, New York) was an American merchant, banker and politician. Early life By 1800 he had removed to Dutchess County, New York. Before ...

, future

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married Cornelia Knower at the house in 1824. It was listed on the

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in 1982.

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Houses completed in 1800 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Georgian architecture in New York (state) Houses in Albany County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Albany County, New York {{AlbanyCountyNY-NRHP-stub