Mystery House of the Month

The Hart Cluett Museum has well over 100 blueprints of both private and public buildings designed by Stanton P. Lee, constructed in the Troy area, ranging from 1900 to about 1965. Lee lived and worked in Troy as a well-known architect during that period.

Most of the blueprints are identified by name or location, however many are not. Can you help us identify the unknowns? Each month, Barbara Urban will post a photo of a house blueprint as the Master House of the Month and describe any unusual features. If you recognize a building, please let us know by email at ksheehan@hartcluett.org or by phone at 518-272-7232 x. 12.

Our first house is a one story, built sometime between 1933 and 1963. Built like an H, the right wing was the primary bedroom and the left wing had a bedroom in the front and kitchen in the back. The two wings were connected by the dining room with the entry way on the right wing side. The most notable feature, arguably, was a large picture window in the left wing, made of glass block! It is very possible that the glass blocks have been replaced and a smaller window put in, and additions to this one story building may have been added.