National Register of Historic Places

Sage, Henry M., Estate

Menands, Albany County, New York
Listed
July 3, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80004398

About this property

Henry M. Sage Estate, also known as "Fernbrook," is a historic estate home located at Menands in Albany County, New York. The main house was built in the 1890s and remodeled in 1920. It is an asymmetrical three-story, Georgian Revival style mansion sheathed in limestone. It has a hipped roof and dormers. It features a large, two-story, pedimented portico supported by four Ionic order columns. Also on the property are a carriage barn and caretaker's cottage dated to the 1890s. The estate was bequeathed to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute by Cornelia Cogswell Sage, widow of Henry M. Sage. She retained use of the property until her death in 1972. The estate was costly to maintain so the Institute sold the property in 1973 to Albany International Corporation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Location

1 Sage Rd.
Menands, Albany County, New York
42.69443, -73.73372

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Menands Manor
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0.5 mi
Menand Park Historic District
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0.5 mi
St. Agnes Cemetery
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Menand, Louis, House
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0.8 mi
Albany Rural Cemetery
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When was Sage, Henry M., Estate listed on the National Register?

Sage, Henry M., Estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 1980.

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Sage, Henry M., Estate is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Sage, Henry M., Estate is recorded as the industrial era.

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