The DeFreest Homestead is a historic house and barn in the Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush, New York, owned and managed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It was the original home of Philip DeFreest, one of the first Dutch settlers to arrive in the area in the mid-eighteenth century, and the surrounding land preserves buildings typical of a working Dutch farm, including a farmhouse restored in 1984 to house the park's administrative offices and a Dutch barn. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountNew York, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. DeFreest Homestead (Wikipedia)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The DeFreest Homestead is a historic house and barn in the Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush, New York, owned and managed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It was the original home of Philip DeFreest, one of the first Dutch settlers to arrive in the area in the mid-eighteenth century, and the surrounding land preserves buildings typical of a working Dutch farm, including a farmhouse restored in 1984 to house the park's administrative offices and a Dutch barn.
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
The DeFreest Homestead is a historic house and barn located in the Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush, New York, United States. The homestead and surrounding land are owned and managed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It was the original home of Philip DeFreest, one of the first Dutch settlers to arrive in the mid-18th century. The land includes historic buildings typical of a worki
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1765)
completion_date/completed = c. 1765
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia lead
The DeFreest House was built around 1765, partially constructed of European brick used as ballast in Dutch fur trading ships that sailed up the Hudson.
View the Source2. DeFreest Homestead (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 394579): New York, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 394579): New York, United States
Wikidata item Q5243894, property P131/P17 (location): New York, United States
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