7 Washington Ave Schenectady

 Jacob R. Vrooman/Bertha V. Moore House. The land on which the Vrooman/Moore House stands was once occupied by the route of the Schenectady and Saratoga Railroad.  The right-of-way crossed Front Street at about the location of No. 3 Front Street and curved through the back yards to come into Washington Avenue and pass in front of the houses at Nos. 1, 3, and 5, which were standing at the time the railroad was constructed, to cross the old Burr Bridge to Scotia.  The stone abutments of the bridge can be seen at the end of Washington Avenue and across the river on the Scotia embankment.  Following the removal of the railroad, the land became the southern sideyard of the house at 3-5 Washington Avenue, which was originally a single house that came into the ownership of the Vrooman family. The Vrooman/Moore house was designed in a Colonial Revival Cottage style, sometimes referred to as an American Four-Square, that blends details, such as the porch columns, that refer back to classical Greek and Roman precedents with contemporary space planning.  The façade, faced with painted wood clapboards and wood trim, presents a symmetrical composition, with a full porch with centered stairs, three evenly spaced windows at the second floor, and a centered dormer in the hip roof.  The entry door is located to the south of center hinting that the entry and stair hall are located at one side of the house, rather than at the center, and the flow of rooms without a center hall.

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