title: Israel Shear House
text: # Israel Shear House
  
  Israel Shear House is a historic home located at Ravena in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1810 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular heavy timber-frame dwelling on a rubble foundation. It is in the Federal style. The center entrance features a broad nine-panel door framed by Corinthian columns and side lights.
  
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
  
  