Ten Broeck

Abraham and Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Ten Broeck were presiding today, in these 1763 portraits by Thomas Mcllworth, over Albany's Ten Broeck Mansion, which they didn't get around to building until 1797.

Also in evidence were Christmas decorations and a Daniel Huntington portrait of Harriet Langdon Roberts Parker (1814-1889), who among other things was great-grandmother of Mayor Erastus Corning.

The late 19th-century addition on right fits in well with the Federal style original. Architects then, unlike their modernist successors (who would probably have stuck on a brutalist carbuncle), did not find it is dishonest to fit in with a superior original.(Previous photos mine. This one CC-BY-SA-3.0/Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia )

That's a rear view. The entrance is a less successful addition.
Upcoming events at the mansion next weekend include the Helderberg Madrigal Singers and the Musicians of Ma'alwyck.