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After the English gained control of the Hudson Valley from the Dutch in 1674, they established a strong presence in the town they renamed Albany. Soldiers headquartered at Fort Frederick just above this intersection. They formed a masonic lodge in…
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In the middle of State, formerly Yonkers Street, one block below, stood the First English Church, built A.D. 1715, upon ground granted by letters patent from King George the First. It bore the name of St. Peter's Church. The parish was incorporate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM186D_bleecker-park_Albany-NY.html
In 1835 the City appropriated $1,000 and citizens raised a fund to enclose it within an iron fence. A fountain, the first in the city, dedicated in 1863. Albany 300 - 1686-1986 - Still making HistoryErected by Albany Tricentennial Committee 1986
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM186C_lafayette-park_Albany-NY.html
Named in honor of the Marquis de LaFayette who commanded troops at Albany in 1778. Returned here in 1784 on his way to Fort Schuyler was entertained by the State of New York and the City of Albany during his visits in 1824-1825.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM186B_nsdar-revolutionary-soldiers-memorial_Albany-NY.html
The New York State Organization National Society Daughters of the American Revolution honors the courage and valor of more than 41,000 patriot troops in the line. The levies and the militia from New York Colony and State who left their homes and f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM186A_academy-park_Albany-NY.html
Established in 1882, a hill on the site required the removal of 10,000 loads of sand and clay filling a gully on the north side of Elk Street where present houses were built. Albany 300 - 1686-1986 - Still making HistoryErected by Albany Tricen…
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Residence for NYS Governors Enos Throop - 1830-2, Washington Hunt - 1850-2, Horatio Seymour - 1852-4 and Mayor J. Stevenson - 1826-8New York State Bar Association
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1868_court-of-appeals_Albany-NY.html
Highest tribunal in New York StateThis building erected 1842State Education Department 1940
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1867_kilian-van-rensselaer_Albany-NY.html
Kilian Van Rensselaerthe Progenitorof the Van Rensselaer family in America. A merchant of Amsterdam Holland, the original proprietor and first patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, under a grant from the Dutch government in 1629. In following ye…
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In commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the founding in 1624 of the first permanent settlement of Albany, then known as Fort Orange, near the site of Fort Nassau built in 1614 and abandoned in 1617. With the establishment of Renssel…
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