Casparus F. Pruyn House

{{short description|Historic house in New York, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Casparus F. Pruyn House

| nrhp_type =

| image = Casparus_F._Pruyn_House_Nov_10.jpg

| caption = Casparus F. Pruyn House, November 2010

| location = 207 Old Niskayuna Rd., Newtonville, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|42|43|55|N|73|46|43|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| architecture = Greek Revival, Federal

| added = October 3, 1985

| area = {{convert|5|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000545|title=Colonie Town MRA}}

| refnum = 85002744{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

Casparus F. Pruyn House is a historic home located in the hamlet of Newtonville within the town of Colonie in Albany County, New York.{{cite web |url=http://www.pruynhouse.org/about-pruyn-house |title=About Pruyn House |publisher=Friends of Pruyn House |accessdate=2013-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518075928/http://www.pruynhouse.org/about-pruyn-house |archivedate=2013-05-18 }} It is a two-story, rectangular five bay wide, center entrance dwelling in a late Federal and early Greek Revival style. It was built between 1824 and 1836. Pruyn was rent collection agent for Stephen Van Rensselaer and, after Stephen's death, William Van Rensselaer who had inherited the "East Manor" in Rensselaer County. From 1839 to 1844 Pruyn resided at the Patroon Agent's House and Office at Rensselaer and was a central figure in the Anti-Rent War at Rensselaerswyck. Also on the property are a contributing carriage house, privy, and smoke house.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=216|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Casparus F. Pruyn House|date=June 1982|accessdate=2010-10-13 |author=David G. Barnet|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} It is open to the public as the historical and cultural arts center for the Town of Colonie. The Verdoy Schoolhouse was moved to the grounds in 1996.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.