1950 Godley Residence

Postcard created about 1950.

From the National Historic Register application:

201 Main St (Van Rensselaer Manor (a.k.a. Godleys')): Two-story, five-bay, hip-roofed, stone house with hip-roofed stone
back ell and later gable-roofed frame addition projecting beyond side wall of the ell. Main block has center entrance with
sidelights and ellipical fanlight surrounding wood door, possibly period. Open entrance porch with squared posts and frieze
with triglyphs and metopes projects over flight of stone steps. Palladian window with louvered fan above center window is
placed above entrance in upper story front. Regular fenestration throughout uses six-over-six wood sash and functional wood
louvered shutters. Four large interior brick chimneys set equidistant within main block; chimney locations original, but brick appears to be recent material used to rebuild the chimneys. Built 1814.

Historic map references: 1856: R. van Rensselaer; 1868: R. van Rensselaer; 1903: V. van Rensselaer
Historic notes: House built by Volkert P. van Rensselaer, who came to Morris, then Louisville, in the early 1800s from
Claverack, Columbia County, to join Paschal Franchot in business, Van Rensselaer's son Robert married Joanna Franchot,
daughter of Paschal Franchot, in 1843, and they lived in the house. Their descendants, the Godleys, still own the property.

NYS 51 headed north out of the village as it passes the Godley estate on the left. The state put in a concrete road that was later covered with asphalt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._McMurtrie_Godley