Dr. Abram Jordan House
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Dr. Abram Jordan House
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South elevation and east profile, 2008
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| Location | Claverack, NY |
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| Nearest city | Hudson |
| Coordinates | 42°13′29″N 73°43′25″W / 42.22472°N 73.72361°WCoordinates: 42°13′29″N 73°43′25″W / 42.22472°N 73.72361°W |
| Built | 1822 |
| Architectural style | Federal, Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 99001135 |
| Added to NRHP | September 9, 1999 |
The Dr. Abram Jordan House, also known as the Wedding Present House, is located along the NY 23 state highway in Claverack, New York, United States. It is a brick Federal style house, with some Greek Revival decorative touches, built in the 1820s as a wedding present from a local landowner to his daughter and son-in-law.
It typifies the application of that style in the eastern upper Hudson Valley. In 1999 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house is on a lot of less than 2 acres (0.81 ha) along the north side of Route 23, just north of the Van Wyck Lane intersection. It is set back slightly from the road, on a slight rise. To its west are other older houses on large lots, two of which, the Stephen Miller House across the street and Van Rensselaer Lower Manor House a few hundred feet to the west, are also listed on the National Register. To the east the land descends slightly into an area of more densely developed and newer residential subdivisions on either side of the road. There are three other buildings on the property, all of them considered contributing to its historic character.
The building itself is a two-story, five-by-two-bay structure on a stone foundation sided in brick painted white topped with a low gabled roof covered in seamed metal panels. A boxed cornice and plain frieze mark the roofline. Two white brick chimneys rise at the ends. A single-story brick service wing, with attached frame extension, projects from the north.
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