The James Vanderpoel House in Kinderhook, New York, was constructed around 1820 for Vanderpoel, a lawyer, and his family. The Columbia County Historical Society owns the property and is restoring the house and developing a new interpretive plan. The Fiske Center conducted remote sensing and excavation around the house prior to necessary construction work.

The archaeological research identified a historic cistern, footings for a previous back porch, and layered yard deposits. The documentary research indicates that the property changed hands frequently between the late 18th and early 20th centuries with few households staying for more than 20 years. The layered yard deposits include a stratum of brick rubble that can be tied to the construction of the house and scatters of trash that illustrate how the successive households used the yard space. Deposits around the kitchen doorway, for example, suggest that the side and back yards around kitchen door were areas of fairly heavy sheet refuse disposal, including food waste such as bone and shell and discarded household and personal items such as straight pins.