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Van Rensselaer House becomes Williams dormitory in 20th century
Sigma Phi fraternity transfers the Van Rensselaer manor house to Williams College as a dormitory now called Van Rensselaer House. The article details the manor's Dutch patroons, its 1765 Albany origin, transfer to Williamstown, and the enduring ground rents tied to the vast estate once held along the Hudson and beyond.
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Williamstown
Mass
Sigma Phi
Williams College
van Rensselaer
van Rensselaerswyck
Albany
Columbia
Rensselaer
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Philip van Schuyler
Marcus A. Reynolds
Erie Canal
New York Central
Delaware & Hudson
Reynolds
Dutch West India Company
Kiliaen
Abraham Ten Broeck
Hudson River
Hudson
Delaware
Connecticut
West India Camp
Rensselaerwyck
Stephen
Ten Broeck
America
Rensselaer County
Young Stephen
Broadway
Catherine
Philip Livingstone
Patroon
Stephens
New Jersey
Stephen van Rensselaer
Sigma Phi Fraternity
Howard van Rensselaer
van Rensselaer Patroons
N.Y