Van Hoesen House Historical Foundation - Welcome! Welcome Images Articles Significance Probono Contact Support VH Forum House Genealogy Links Bookshelf NYS Museum Archaeological Excavations Summer 2011 Photos Updates The VHHHF began in 2005 when local citizens gathered to address the deterioration of the Jan Van Hoesen House c 1740 in Claverack township NY. The house was abandoned in the 1960s when the land it occupies was acquired by a local businessman who then developed the adjoining fields into a mobile home park. Since then the house has remained undisturbed at the edge of this new community. Although the houses metal roof and brick walls have protected the buildings integrity in the past decade deterioration has accelerated especially in mortar joints and footings.