National Register of Historic Places - New York (NY), Albany County

Albany County New York (Vacant / Not In Use) has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Enlarged Erie Canal Historic District (Discontiguous), Lock 18 of Enlarged Erie Canal, Myers, Stephen and Harriet, House, Van Ostrande--Radliff House and Albany Union Station.

Several famous people are associated with these Albany County historic places including Harriet Myers, Stephen Myers, Eleanor Spensley and Acton Civill.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Albany County places including Holmes Hutchinson, Barker and Smith, Carr & Co. Merriam, Rutan & Coolidge Sheply, Marcus T. Reynolds, Norcross Bros., Alexander J. Davis, Albert W. Fuller, William A. Wheeler and William Robinson. Prominent architectural styles found in Albany Country are Greek Revival, Colonial and Romanesque.

Abrams Building (added 1980 - - #80002577)

55-57 S. Pearl St. , Albany

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Albany Union Station (added 1971 - - #71000516)

E side of Broadway between Columbia and Steuben Sts. , Albany

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Norcross Bros., Sheply,Rutan & Coolidge

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Bethlehem House (added 1973 - - #73001158)

Also known as Rensselaer Nicoll House

E of Bethlehem off NY 144 , Bethlehem

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Broadway--Livingston Avenue Historic District (added 1988 - - #87002300)

Broadway and Livingston Ave. , Albany

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Greek Revival, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Coeymans School (added 1970 - - #70000418)

Also known as Acton Civill Polytechnic Institute

SW corner of Westerlo St. and Civill Ave. , Coeymans

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Civill,Acton

Significant Year:

1873

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use

Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building (added 1972 - - #72000813)

The Plaza on State St. , Albany

MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Reynolds,Marcus T.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business

Enlarged Erie Canal Historic District (Discontiguous) (added 2004 - - #04000434)

City of Cohoes, roughly from S to NW city boundary , Cohoes

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Merriam, Carr & Co., Barker and Smith

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Harmanus Bleecker Library (added 1996 - - #96000559)

161 Washington Ave. , Albany

MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Robinson, William, Fuller, Albert

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hills, Ebenezer, Jr., Farmhouse (added 1985 - - #85002712)

Also known as Component No. 10

1010 Troy-Schenectady Rd. , Colonie

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hughson Mansion (added 1979 - - #79003245)

374 Loudon Rd. , Loudonville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Second Empire

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Knox District School No. 5 (added 2005 - - #05000441)

Also known as Ketchum Schoolhouse, Knox District Schoolhouse

Ketchum Rd. , Knox

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Lock 18 of Enlarged Erie Canal (added 1971 - - #71000526)

Also known as Double Lock

W of 252 N. Mohawk St., E of Reservoir St. near Manor Ave. , Cohoes

Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hutchinson,Holmes

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Myers, Stephen and Harriet, House (added 2004 - - #04000999)

Also known as Vigilance Committee Office

194 Livingston Ave. , Albany

MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Myers, Stephen, Myers, Harriet

Significant Year:

1847, 1858, 1855

Area of Significance:

Black, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Nut Grove (added 1974 - - #74001215)

Also known as William Walsh House

McCarty Ave. , Albany

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Davis,Alexander J.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Spensley,Eleanor

Significant Year:

1903, 1845

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Ohio Street Methodist Episcopal Church Complex (added 2005 - - #05001393)

Also known as St. Anne Maronite Catholic Church, Third Avenue Methodist Church

1921 Third Ave. , Watervliet

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Quackenbush House (added 1972 - - #72000816)

683 Broadway , Albany

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Quackenbush Pumping Station, Albany Water Works (added 1983 - - #83001634)

Quackenbush Sq. , Albany

MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ogden,Edward

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Public Works, Water Works

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

United Traction Company Building (added 1976 - - #76001205)

598 Broadway , Albany

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Reynolds,Marcus T.

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Valley Paper Mill Chimney and Site (added 2004 - - #04000350)

NY 143 at Cty Rd. 111 , Alcove

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Van Ostrande--Radliff House (added 2008 - - #07000291)

48 Hudson Ave. , Albany

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Community Planning And Development, Exploration/Settlement, European

Cultural Affiliation:

Dutch

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Watervliet Side Cut Locks (added 1971 - - #71000529)

Also known as West Troy Side Cut Locks

23rd St. at the Hudson River , Watervliet

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Water-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Young Men's Christian Association Building (added 1978 - - #78001838)

60-64 N. Pearl St. , Albany

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wheeler,William A., Fuller,Albert W.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use