National Historic Landmark

Langmuir, Irving, House

Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York
Listed
January 7, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76001275

About this property

The Irving Langmuir House is a historic house at 1176 Stratford Road in Schenectady, New York. Built about 1900, it was the home of physicist-chemist Irving Langmuir, winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry during his research career with General Electric. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The Irving Langmuir House is located in the middle of a suburban area east of Union College known as the General Electric Realty Plot, a historic district to which it is a contributing property. The neighborhood is residential, with large houses dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is located on the east side of Stratford Road, a short way north of Rugby Road. Architecturally, the house is unremarkable. It is a two-and-a-half-story building in a vernacular interpretation of the Colonial Revival style. The hipped roof is tiled in terra cotta and pierced by two almost symmetrical dormer windows. A columned porch covers the Palladian-style main entrance. The interior follows a basic central-hall plan. The house was probably built ca. 1900. In 1919 Langmuir moved in, living there until his death in 1957. It was still in his family's hands at the time of its landmark designation almost two decades later. Langmuir worked at GE's Schenectady research laboratory in 1909, where he performed basic research in a wide array of areas of physics and chemistry. He retired in 1950, having won numerous awards, most prominently the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in surface chemistry. National Register of Historic Places listings in Schenectady County, New York

Location

1176 Stratford Rd.
Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York
42.81516, -73.91956

Categories

SCIENCE
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Sources

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When was Langmuir, Irving, House listed on the National Register?

Langmuir, Irving, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Langmuir, Irving, House?

Langmuir, Irving, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

Is Langmuir, Irving, House a National Historic Landmark?

Yes. Langmuir, Irving, House has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL), the highest level of federal recognition for historic properties in the United States.

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The period of significance for Langmuir, Irving, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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