Falling into disrepair, the site was vandalized and became a notorious haunt for young people. It burned to the ground under suspicious circumstances in 1962. The property is owned by the Town of Colonie - which purchased the initial 2.5 acres there in 1975. In 1990, the town was deeded an additional 9.3 acres by Albany County. A portion of the Schuyler Flats site was excavated by archeologists in 1971.
Future plans call for making the site a recreational park.
Photograph taken during the 1870s by Augustus Pruyn, Augustus Pruyn Collection, New York State Library. The section in the foreground represents the earlier incarnation of the farmhouse. The adjoining structure with the gambrel roof in the rear was added after the fire of 1759. Article by Jane Gottlieb, published in the Times Union on September 21, 1998. Print in the Graphic Archive of the Colonial Albany Project .