145 Front St Schenectady

  Van Vorst / Kittle House
 
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the lands north of Front Street were divided into long narrow lots that extended from the street to the river and were collectively described as the “Weyland” or “First Lots.”  The lands of these pasture lots, which originally contained several acres in each lot, extended downhill from Front Street to the Mohawk River.  
 
The house at 145 Front St. was constructed prior to 1807 on one of these pasture lots on a parcel that also included the land that was, in 1900, subdivided to create the house lots and right-of-way of Ingersoll Street.  With its gable-end-to-street main section, it is similar in form to houses at 29, 31, 114-116, and 119 Front St.  Although wood board siding remains, it was altered in the middle years of the 19th century by the addition of ornamental barge boards on the roof rake in the then-popular Gothic Revival style.