Figure 20 Drawing showing the probable original appearance of the Samuel
and Ariaantje Coeymans House, Coeymans, New York, 1717-1723. (Drawing
by Thomas Nelson, Albany Institute
of History & Art.) This drawing is based on measurements of the house
and a 1730s painting depicting the structure. Miss Charlotte Amelia Houghtaling
(1838-1933) donated the painting
to the Holland Society in New York by the early twentieth century (see
fig. 45), but it was subsequently lost. The main or east façade
was 56 feet wide, and the gable or south façade was 28 feet wide. |