James Hall Office

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James Hall Office
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Front elevation, 2008
Front elevation, 2008
Location: Albany, NY
Coordinates: 42°38′45.44″N 73°46′9.03″W / 42.6459556, -73.769175Coordinates: 42°38′45.44″N 73°46′9.03″W / 42.6459556, -73.769175
Built/Founded: 1852
Architect: Calvert Vaux and Andrew Jackson Downing
Architectural style(s): Italianate
Designated as NHL: December 08, 1976[1]
Added to NRHP: December 08, 1976[2]
NRHP Reference#: 76001204
Governing body: Local

James Hall Office, also known as Sunshine School, is located on Lincoln Park in Albany, New York. It was the office of paleontologist James Hall, a leader in research on the geology of North America during the 19th century.

Among his many works, James Hall identified that stromatolite fossils discovered at Petrified Sea Gardens, a site near Saratoga Springs, New York that is now another National Historic Landmark, were originally organic.[3]

Constructed circa 1852, the building was designed during a bried period of collaboration between Andrew Jackson Downing and Calvert Vaux. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[1][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b James Hall Office. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service (2007-09-15).
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ Joanne Kluessendorf (July 14, 1998), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Petrified Sea Gardens / Ritchie ParkPDF (0.99 MiB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 2 exterior photos from 1998, plus image of Winifred Goldring, undatedPDF (252 KiB)
  4. ^ James Sheire (July 9, 1976), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: James Hall's OfficePDF (622 KiB), National Park Service 
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