Dr. Abram Jordan House
The Dr. Abram Jordan House, also known as the Wedding Present House, is a brick two-story home on NY Route 23 in Claverack-Red Mills, New York. Built in 1822 as a wedding present from local landowner Peter Mesick to his daughter Catherine and her husband, Jordan, the house started in the Federal style and received Greek Revival touches around 1845. It sits on a lot of less than 2 acres and is set back on a slight rise along the north side of Route 23.
The house is a five-by-two-bay, brick structure on a stone foundation with a low gabled roof and seamed metal panels. It has green shutters, two end chimneys, and a front entrance with sidelights, pilasters, a fanlight, and an arched lintel. The east and west elevations feature pedimented gables.
Inside, a wide central hall leads to rooms on both sides on the first floor, all with original mantels, moldings, and plaster details. The second floor has a similar layout, though some interiors have been altered. A rear kitchen wing has been modernized, but retains a cooking fireplace and baking oven in the frame portion, suggesting it may once have been a separate building. A brick smokehouse sits behind the house.
Two barns to the northeast, added in 1845, display Greek Revival ornamentation. The property has seen little change since then.
The Dr. Abram Jordan House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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