page_title: Shute Octagon House
hierarchical_section_title: Shute Octagon House
caption_attribution_description: One of only two examples of octagon mode architecture in Duanesburg. Built in the 1850’s by Duanesburg’s most prolific and skilled master carpenter, Alexander Delos “Boss” Jones. Photo by Wendy Voelker
context_page_description: The Shute Octagon House is a historic octagon house located on McGuire School Road in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1855 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a 2-story, clapboard-sided farmhouse with a ​1 ¹⁄₂-story wing in the Greek Revival style. It features innovative stacked plank construction, a low-pitched polygonal roof surmounted by a widow's walk, a full entablature circling the structure. A 1-story porch with porte cochere was added about 1906. Also on the property are four contributing barns, a shed, and a smokehouse.
  The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources.
  The property was also-covered in a study of Boss Jones TR
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
context_section_description: The Shute Octagon House is a historic octagon house located on McGuire School Road in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1855 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a 2-story, clapboard-sided farmhouse with a ​1 ¹⁄₂-story wing in the Greek Revival style. It features innovative stacked plank construction, a low-pitched polygonal roof surmounted by a widow's walk, a full entablature circling the structure. A 1-story porch with porte cochere was added about 1906. Also on the property are four contributing barns, a shed, and a smokehouse.
  The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources.
  The property was also-covered in a study of Boss Jones TR
  
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
caption: Shute Octagon House, October 2009
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