The John Evert Van Alen House is a historic home at Defreestville in Rensselaer County, New York. It was built between 1793 and 1794 as a two-story, five-bay-wide, room-and-a-half-deep, wood-frame dwelling, with a two-story, three-bay addition in the Federal style added around 1840 to 1854. It is sheathed in clapboards and topped by a gable roof. The property also includes a contributing L-shaped barn and the Van Alen family burial ground. The house's original owner, John Evert Van Alen, served in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799.
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