Bacon-Stickney House
a.k.a. Component No. 1
441 Loudon Rd., Colonie, NYThe Bacon and Stickney House is a significant example of late nineteenth century "pattern book" suburban architecture in the town of Colonie. Designed by the prominent Albany architect William M. Woollett in 1874, specifications for the house were included as "Design 6" in A.J. Bicknell's Wooden and Brick Buildings with Details (1875). The house embodies the distinctive characteristics of a picturesque frame cottage in its asymmetrical plan, complex elevations and conspicuous use of materials and finely crafted details. As part of the suburban development growing out of Albany along the Loudon Road, the structure reflects a transition from the earlier development of large suburban estates to smaller scale middle-class dwellings which took place during the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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