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Quackenbush House. / 42.6540194°N 73.7484583°W / 42.6540194; -73.7484583. Quackenbush House is a historic building in Albany, New York. It is a house with a double-pitched gable roof that was built in about 1736. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]
Julius Tauss. One Commerce Plaza, also known as the Twin Towers, is an office building located at 99 Washington Avenue in downtown Albany, New York. At 20 floors and 252 feet (77 meters), it is the thirteenth tallest structure in Albany. Although it is a privately owned office tower, much of the building is occupied by New York State government ...
In 1873, Albany's rapid growth required the construction of the original buildings of this complex to pump water from the Hudson. It reached its present configuration in 1895, and continued pumping until 1937, with the city's water department continuing to use it as office space. [59] Now the Albany Pump House, a restaurant and brewpub, [49] 58
Washington Park in Albany, New York is the city's premier park and the site of many festivals and gatherings. As public property it dates back to the city charter in 1686, and has seen many uses including that of gunpowder storage, square/parade grounds, and cemetery. The park is often mistaken as being designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, as it ...
Added to NRHP. March 18, 1980. The Center Square/Hudson–Park Historic District is located between Empire State Plaza and Washington Park in Albany, New York, United States. It is a 27- block, 99-acre (40 ha) area taking in both the Center Square and Hudson/Park neighborhoods, and Lark Street on the west. In 1980 it was recognized as a ...
Colvin Central Plaza. Colvin Central Plaza was a large strip mall in Albany, New York, along Central Avenue, a major business and shopping area of the New York State Capital Region. For this area, it was significant as it was over 100,000 square feet (9,300 m 2) and was initially opened in 1981. It survived in this form for two decades.
Added to NRHP. January 31, 1978. The former Church of the Holy Innocents, later known as Church of the Nativity of our Virgin Lady, was originally an Episcopal church located on North Pearl Street ( New York State Route 32) in Albany, New York, United States. It and an adjacent chapel were built in the mid-19th century in an early Gothic ...
The history of Albany, New York, began long before the first interaction of Europeans with the native Indian tribes, as they had long inhabited the area.The area was originally inhabited by an Algonquian Indian tribe, the Mohicans, as well as the Iroquois, five nations of whom the easternmost, the Mohawk, had the closest relations with traders and settlers in Albany.