5 Front St Schenectady

Stephen A. Daggett House. The Stephen A. Daggett House was constructed after Schenectady’s “Great Fire” of 1819 on the site of an earlier structure, and is representative of Federal period detached townhouse architecture in the city.  Daggett was a prominent attorney in the City who specialized in real estate law, served as Schenectady County Commissioner of Deeds during the 1830s, and was a member of St. George’s Lodge of Masons. The Federal style townhouse features brick façades laid in Flemish bond brickwork above a rough ashlar stone foundation, with stepped brick gable end walls.  The entry porch contains brownstone treads and wrought iron handrails.  The painted wood cornice is likely original, although window and door lintels inspired by French Neo-Grec designs, were likely added in the 1880s or 90s as part of a remodeling campaign.  The pair of three-panel painted wood entry doors display the heavy molding panel trim and raised panels characteristic of the style.