Guilderland Historical Society Address: PO Box 76  City: Guilderland Center State: NY Postal: 12085 Phone: Fax: Longitude: -73.9678 Latitude: 42.7006 Guilderland Historical Society   The Mynderse-Frederick House is one of Guilderland's early taverns. It was built in 1802 by Nicholas Mynderse, the first Guilderland town supervisor and a prosperous merchant. Michael Frederick, a descendent of one of the area's early settlement families, bought the house in the 1820s and operated it as a tavern. Three generations of the Frederick family continued tavern operations here until 1917, when the building became their private home. A significant reminder of Guilderland's early settlement and growth, the Mynderse-Frederick House, is a fine example of Federal and Greek Revival-era architecture. The Federal architecture is characterized by long, narrow pillar-and-scroll decoration. a low-pitched roof, and elliptical fan-light windows. Several of the windowpanes are original and probably were made at the Hamilton Glass Works at Guilderland village. This is a five-bay, center entrance house with 15 rooms. Additions included a two-story front entrance porch and rear wings which appealed to the tastes of the Frederick family. Victorian porches and a latticed well house were both removed in later years in order to return the house to its original appearance. The house and property were sold in 1974 to develop an apartment complex. The developer then donated the house to the town for use as a historic museum. Now in addition to being a museum, the house serves as headquarters for a chapter of the Old Hellebergh Chapter, NSDAR, the Guilderland Garden Club, and the Guilderland Historical Society. Information courtesy of the Guilderland Historical Society [ Schedule ] [ Admissions ] back to top