[citation needed] It is located at 85 North Washington Street (also known as New York State Route 385), inside the Village of Athens Multiple Resource Area (MRA).

[6] Jan was the earliest European settler to the area, and gave the settlement its first name: Loonenburg.

Only one wall of his house remains in the current structure, at 39 South Washington Street.

After Albertus died in 1754,[7] the Van Loon family lived in the house for three generations and moved out in the early 19th century.

[6] Media related to Albertus Van Loon House at Wikimedia Commons