Ten Broeck Mansion

{{short description|Historic house in New York, United States}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Ten Broeck Mansion | nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes | image = TenBroeckMansion.jpg | caption = Front elevation, 2009 | alt = A six-bay-wide brick house with green window shutters, a balustrade on the roof and an entrance porch with round fluted Ionic columns. Along the front lawn, which rises slightly, is a line of five tree stumps with bark removed. There is a large tree on the left partially shading the house. | location = Albany, NY | coordinates = {{coord|42|39|31|N|73|45|6|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = New York#USA | mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker = building | mapframe-zoom = 12 |mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Ten Broeck House | area = | built = 1797 | partof = Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle | architecture = | added = August 12, 1971 | refnum = 71000522<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref> | website = [http://www.tenbroeckmansion.org/ Ten Broeck Mansion] }}

The '''Ten Broeck Mansion''' in Albany, New York was built in 1797. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316353 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Ten Broeck Mansion|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Chester H. Liebs|date= August 1970| access-date=October 24, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref> A decade later it was included as a contributing property to the Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle when that neighborhood was listed on the Register.

==History== Ten Broeck Mansion was built in 1797 by Elizabeth (Van Rensselaer) Ten Broeck and her husband Abraham Ten Broeck on land leased from her brother, the patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer. At the time the land was in the town of Watervliet north of the city of Albany.<ref name=TenBroeck/> Originally built in the Federal-style, the mansion was called "Prospect".

Abraham Ten Broeck enjoyed Prospect for only 12 years before his death in 1810. His widow, Elizabeth, lived there another three years until her death.<ref name="our history">[http://www.tenbroeckmansion.org/albany/history/ Our History] Stefan Bielinski, History of Ten Broeck Mansion. Retrieved 2019-12-11</ref>

Over the next thirty years, the Mansion was renovated in the Greek-revival style.<ref name=TenBroeck/> In 1848 Thomas Worth Olcott purchased the residence and renamed it Arbor Hill (Arbour Hill),<ref name="our history"/> along with adding a first-floor butler's pantry and the second-floor bathrooms,<ref name=TenBroeck/> both of which reflect the Victorian style of the late 19th Century.<ref name='our history'/> The house has been owned by the Albany County Historical Association since it was purchased from the Olcott family in 1948.<ref name=TenBroeck>{{cite web | title = Mansion History | publisher = Albany Times Union | accessdate = 2009-04-14 | url = http://timesunion.memlink.com/default.aspx}}</ref>

The house is open as a historic house museum with decorations and furnishings from the mid-19th century.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:TenBroeckMansionBack.jpg|Rear elevation of the mansion File:TenBroeckMansionGarden.JPG|Mansion garden </gallery>

==See also== {{Portal|National Register of Historic Places}} *History of Albany, New York *National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany, New York *Schuyler Mansion

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==External links== {{commons category|Ten Broeck Mansion}} *[http://www.tenbroeckmansion.org/ Ten Broeck Mansion (Albany County Historical Association)]

Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:Houses completed in 1797 Category:Houses in Albany, New York Category:History of Albany, New York Category:Historic house museums in New York (state) Category:Historical society museums in New York (state) Category:Museums in Albany, New York Category:Historic district contributing properties in Albany County, New York Category:National Register of Historic Places in Albany, New York