National Register of Historic Places listings in Rensselaer County, New York

This is the list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rensselaer County, New York. It is intended to be a complete compilation of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".[1] Five of the properties are further designated National Historic Landmarks.

Rensselaer County sits east of the Hudson River in New York's Capital District and borders both Massachusetts and Vermont on the east. The area was originally inhabited by the Mohican Indian tribe until it was bought by the Dutch jeweler and merchant Kiliaen van Rensselaer in 1630 and incorporated in his patroonship Rensselaerswyck (which, in turn, was part of the Dutch colony New Netherland). The land passed into English hands in 1664 until the Dutch regained control for a year in 1673, but the English took it back in 1674. Until 1776, the year of American independence, it was under English or British control.[2] However, the county didn't actually exist as a legal entity until 1791 when it was created from land that was originally part of Albany County.

Rensselaer County consists of two cities: Rensselaer and Troy; and fourteen towns: Berlin, Brunswick, East Greenbush, Grafton, Hoosick, Nassau, North Greenbush, Petersburgh, Pittstown, Poestenkill, Sand Lake, Schaghticoke, Schodack, and Stephentown; and contains six villages: Castleton, East Nassau, Hoosick Falls, Nassau, Schaghticoke, and Valley Falls.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 30, 2011.[3]


Listings county-wide

[4] Landmark name Image Date listed Location City or town Summary
1 Aiken House 01974-12-31December 31, 1974 NE corner of Riverside and Aiken Aves.
Rensselaer
2 Albany Avenue Historic District 01978-11-21November 21, 1978 Albany Ave.
Nassau
3 Bennington Battlefield 01966-10-15October 15, 1966 NY 67, on VT state line
Walloomsac Site of key American victory over British during Revolution. [5]
4 Beverwyck Manor 01979-08-03August 3, 1979 St. Anthonys Lane.
Rensselaer
5 Blink Bonnie 02000-08-10August 10, 2000 1368 Sunset Rd.
Schodack
6 Breese-Reynolds House 02007-03-01March 1, 2007 601 South St.
Hoosick Built by Perry Eldridge in 1880.
7 Burden Iron Works Site 01977-11-10November 10, 1977 Address Restricted
Troy
8 Burden Ironworks Office Building 01972-03-16March 16, 1972 Polk St.
Troy
9 Buskirk Covered Bridge 01978-03-08March 8, 1978 Spans Hoosic River N of NY 67
Buskirk
10 Esek Bussey Firehouse 01973-07-16July 16, 1973 302 10th St.
Troy
11 Cannon Building 01970-03-05March 5, 1970 1 Broadway
Troy 1835 Alexander Jackson Davis-Ithiel Town commercial building further enhanced with mansard roof after 1870s fire.[6]
12 John Carner Jr. House 02004-01-16January 16, 2004 1310 Best Rd.
East Greenbush
13 Central Troy Historic District 01986-08-13August 13, 1986 Roughly bounded by Grand St., Fifth Ave. and Third, Adams, and First and River Sts.
Troy 96-acre (39 ha) commercial section of downtown Troy with many buildings, including two National Historic Landmarks, from 1787-1940.[7]
14 Chapel and Cultural Center 02011-02-22February 22, 2011 2125 Burdett Ave.
Troy New listing; refnum 11000041
15 Chatham Street Row 01978-12-01December 1, 1978 Chatham St.
Nassau
16 Church of the Holy Cross 01973-06-04June 4, 1973 136 8th St.
Troy Gothic Revival church built in 1844.
17 Church Street Historic District 01978-11-21November 21, 1978 Church St.
Nassau
18 Clark-Dearstyne-Miller Inn 02008-01-09January 9, 2008 11-13 Forbes Ave.
Rensselaer
19 Craver Farmstead 01996-12-16December 16, 1996 115 Craver Rd.
East Greenbush
20 Defreest Homestead 01977-08-02August 2, 1977 S of Troy at U.S. 4 and Jordan Rd.
Troy Early Dutch house built around 1750 and early Dutch barn
21 Delaney Hotel 01996-06-21June 21, 1996 Jct. of NY 22 and NY 67
North Hoosick Intact Greek Revival hotel with vernacular Victorian features built ca. 1850[8]
22 District School No. 3 01998-08-28August 28, 1998 1125 S. Schodack Rd.
Castleton-on-Hudson
23 District #6 Schoolhouse 0Error: invalid timeNone Brick Church Rd. and Buck Rd.
Brunswick One-room schoolhouse built c. 1830 and closed in 1952. Believed to be one of the oldest remaining schoolhouses in Rensselaer County.[9]
24 East Nassau Central School 01997-05-23May 23, 1997 37 Garfield Rd.
East Nassau
25 Elmbrook Farm 02001-05-21May 21, 2001 2567 Brookview Rd.
Schodack
26 Estabrook Octagon House 01980-02-08February 8, 1980 8 River St.
Hoosick Falls 1854 octagon house built closely following specifications of Orson Squire Fowler[10]
27 Fifth Avenue-Fulton Street Historic District 01970-03-05March 5, 1970 Bounded by Grand, William, and Union Sts., and Broadway
Troy 1860s-era homes of city's business elite. One of five districts consolidated into Central Troy Historic District
28 Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building 02003-01-15January 15, 2003 67 State St.
Troy 1922 building consolidated city's public safety communications systems, in wake of history of devastating fires. After a period of vacancy in late 20th century, back in service as police headquarters[11]
29 Fort Crailo 01966-10-15October 15, 1966 S of Columbia St. on Riverside Ave.
Rensselaer Only well-preserved Dutch patroon house in upper Hudson Valley[12]
30 Albert R. Fox House 02001-04-25April 25, 2001 2801 NY 66
Sand Lake
31 Garfield School 01988-06-09June 9, 1988 NY 2 and Moonlawn Rd.
Brunswick First building in Brunswick to be added to the NRHP.[13][14]
32 Glenwood 01973-05-25May 25, 1973 Eddy's Lane
Troy
33 Grand Street Historic District 01973-02-27February 27, 1973 Grand St. between 5th and 6th Aves.
Troy Civil War-era rowhouses built in wake of devastating 1862 fire. Now part of Central Troy Historic District.
34 Hart-Cluett Mansion 01973-04-11April 11, 1973 59 2nd St.
Troy 1827 Federal style mansion is one of the best in that style in city. Home to Rensselaer County Historical Society since 1950s[15]
35 Haskell School 02003-09-19September 19, 2003 150 Sixth Ave.
Troy
36 Hoosick Falls Armory 01995-03-02March 2, 1995 Jct. of Church and Elm Sts.
Hoosick Falls Intact 1889 Isaac Perry-designed armory. Home to units that have fought in the Mexican Border Campaign and Battle of Saipan[16]
37 Hoosick Falls Historic District 01980-12-03December 3, 1980 Central Ave. and Main St.
Hoosick Falls Eight-acre commercial core of village with intact buildings from turn-of-the-century industrial peak[17]
38 Ilium Building 01970-12-18December 18, 1970 NE corner of Fulton and 4th Sts.
Troy Intact 1904 Marcus F. Cummings commercial building[18]
39 W. P. Irwin Bank Building 02007-10-03October 3, 2007 156 Broadway
Rensselaer
40 Knickerbocker Mansion 01972-12-11December 11, 1972 Knickerbocker Rd.
Schaghticoke
41 Henry Koon House 01997-02-21February 21, 1997 171 Pawling Ave.
Troy
42 Lansingburgh Academy 01976-10-14October 14, 1976 4th and 114th Sts.
Troy
43 Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground 02002-11-21November 21, 2002 Third Ave. and 107th St.
Troy
44 David Mathews House 01979-09-10September 10, 1979 VT 67
Hoosick
45 McCarthy Building 01970-03-05March 5, 1970 255-257 River St.
Troy Downtown Troy landmark built in 1904 and largely intact[19]
46 Mechanicville Hydroelectric Plant 01989-11-13November 13, 1989 At NY 32 on Hudson River
Mechanicville
47 Herman Melville House 01992-08-21August 21, 1992 2 114th St.
Troy
48 Muitzes Kill Historic District 01974-07-24July 24, 1974 An irregular pattern on both sides of Schodack Landing Rd.
Schodack
49 Kate Mullany House 01998-04-01April 1, 1998 350 8th St.
Troy Apartment building of teenaged Irish immigrant who organized her fellow garment workers and went on to become first major female U.S. labor leader[20]
50 National State Bank Building 01970-12-29December 29, 1970 297 River St.
Troy 1904 Marcus F. Cummings building shows influence of early skyscrapers; has been Monument Square landmark since its construction.[21]
51 Northern River Street Historic District 01988-05-19May 19, 1988 403-429 and 420-430 River St.
Troy Transitional neighborhood between downtown and industrial areas in late 19th century; largely unchanged since then[22]
52 Oakwood Cemetery 01984-10-04October 4, 1984 50 101st St.
Troy Burial site of "Uncle Sam" Wilson and Civil War Gen. George H. Thomas[23]
53 Old Troy Hospital 01973-10-25October 25, 1973 8th St.
Troy Also known as West Hall. French Second Empire structure home to Arts Department at RPI
54 J. C. Osgood Firehouse 02000-11-02November 2, 2000 316-324 Third St.
Troy
55 Patroon Agent's House and Office 01979-08-03August 3, 1979 15 Forbes Ave.
Rensselaer
56 Petersburgh United Methodist Church 02004-01-02January 2, 2004 12 Head of Lane Rd.
Petersburgh
57 Poesten Kill Gorge Historic District 01978-03-08March 8, 1978 Address Restricted
Troy Try also Poestenkill Gorge Historic District
58 Powers Home 01974-04-16April 16, 1974 819 3rd Ave.
Troy
59 Proctor's Theater 01979-10-04October 4, 1979 82 4th St.
Troy 1914 theater shows transition between eras of live entertainment and motion picture.[24]
60 Public School No. 10 01994-11-04November 4, 1994 77 Adams St.
Troy
61 Pumpkin House 01998-06-08June 8, 1998 180 Fourth St.
Troy
62 River Street Historic District 01976-06-03June 3, 1976 Both sides of River St. from Congress St. to jct. with 1st St.
Troy Oldest downtown neighborhood in city, largely rebuilt after 1820 fire. Now part of Central Troy Historic District.
63 Sand Lake Baptist Church 02004-01-02January 2, 2004 2960 NY 43
Averill Park
64 Schodack Landing Historic District 01977-09-15September 15, 1977 NY 9J
Schodack Landing
65 Second Street Historic District 01974-08-07August 7, 1974 Both sides of 2nd St.
Troy Troy's first desirable residential neighborhood. Many houses from 1820s-1840s. Merged into Central Troy Historic District in 1986.
66 Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery 02005-05-19May 19, 2005 44 Laura Ln.
Defreestville
67 Sherman Farm 02003-07-05July 5, 2003 35 Sherman Rd.
Pittstown
68 Henry Tunis Smith Farm 01975-09-18September 18, 1975 S of Nassau on NY 203
Nassau
69 St. Barnabas Episcopal Church 02004-01-28January 28, 2004 2900 Fifth Ave.
Troy
70 St. Mark's Episcopal Church 02000-07-27July 27, 2000 Main St.
Hoosick Falls 1858 Henry Dudley church done in brick rather than his usual stone [25]
71 St. Paul's Episcopal Church Complex 01979-09-07September 7, 1979 58 3rd St.
Troy 1828 church is early Gothic Revival imitation of Ithiel Town's Trinity Church in New Haven, Connecticut[26]
72 Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin 01978-12-15December 15, 1978 N of Castleton-on-Hudson
Castleton-on-Hudson
73 Tibbits House 01978-05-22May 22, 1978 S of Hoosick at jct. of NY 22 and NY 7
Hoosick
74 Trinity Church Lansingburgh 01995-05-01May 1, 1995 585 Fourth Ave.
Troy
75 Troy Gas Light Company 01971-02-18February 18, 1971 NW corner of Jefferson St. and 5th Ave.
Troy Unusual structure used to hold coal gas in the 1800s.
76 Troy Public Library 01973-01-17January 17, 1973 100 2nd St.
Troy
77 Troy Savings Bank and Music Hall 01989-04-11April 11, 1989 32 Second St.
Troy Late 19th-century bank building with full theater, including pipe organ, upstairs
78 US Post Office-Hoosick Falls 01988-11-17November 17, 1988 35 Main St.
Hoosick Falls 1925 brick Colonial Revival building mostly intact[27]
79 US Post Office-Troy 01989-05-11May 11, 1989 400 Broadway
Troy Stripped Classical Revival-style building from 1936, excellent example of that sort of architecture in larger city post offices during Depression. One of only three in the U.S. with interior mural by Waldo Peirce.[28]
80 John Evert Van Alen House 02004-08-20August 20, 2004 1744 Washington Ave. Ext.
Defreestville
81 W. & L. E. Gurley Building 01970-03-05March 5, 1970 514 Fulton St.
Troy Exemplary Neoclassical commercial building preserved nearly intact; built in only eight months on site of 1845 original after 1862 fire. Home of Gurley Precision Instruments for over 150 years.[29]
82 Washington Park Historic District 01973-05-25May 25, 1973 Washington Park and adjacent properties on 2nd, 3rd, and Washington Sts. and Washington Pl.
Troy Rows of townhouses built by local businessmen in 1839 on the model of British residential squares in Bloomsbury. Residents are still assessed for the maintenance of the park. Now part of Central Troy Historic District.
83 Emma Willard School 01979-08-30August 30, 1979 Pawling and Elmgrove Aves.
Troy
84 Winslow Chemical Laboratory 01994-11-04November 4, 1994 105 Eighth St.
Troy 1866 structure on RPI campus.

See also

References and notes

  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For about 1% of NRIS original coordinates, experience has shown that one or both coordinates are typos or otherwise extremely far off; some corrections may have been made. A more subtle problem causes many locations to be off by up to 150 yards, depending on location in the country: most NRIS coordinates were derived from tracing out latitude and longitudes off of USGS topographical quadrant maps created under the North American Datum of 1927, which differs from the current, highly accurate WGS84 GPS system used by Google maps. Chicago is about right, but NRIS longitudes in Washington are higher by about 4.5 seconds, and are lower by about 2.0 seconds in Maine. Latitudes differ by about 1.0 second in Florida. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ The Kingdom of England existed until the Acts of Union 1707, when Scotland and England came together to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.
  4. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmark sites and National Register of Historic Places Districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  5. ^ Richard Greenwood (November 24, 1975), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Bennington BattlefieldPDF (242 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 10 photos from 1967 and 1975PDF (1.28 MB)
  6. ^ Peckham, Mark (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Central Troy Historic District (requires JavaScript)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7683. Retrieved 2008-10-26. . Also see excerpts at "Central Troy Historic District". Livingplaces.com. http://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Rensselaer_County/Troy_City/Central_Troy_Historic_District.html. , which does not require JavaScript to view.
  7. ^ Peckham, Mark (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Central Troy Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRHP). http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7683. Retrieved 2008-10-26. . Also see excerpts at "Central Troy Historic District". Livingplaces.com. http://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Rensselaer_County/Troy_City/Central_Troy_Historic_District.html. , which does not require JavaScript to view. Page numbers used for the former version are those assigned by the JavaScript reader at the NYSOPRHP site, not those used in the document itself.
  8. ^ DiSanto, Victor. "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Delaney Hotel". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7508. Retrieved October 27, 2009. 
  9. ^ Zankel, Sharon (2008-04-22). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, District 6 Schoolhouse (Javascript)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=102534. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
  10. ^ Harwood, John (November 15, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Estabrook Octagon House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7510. Retrieved OCtober 27, 2009. 
  11. ^ Shaver, Peter (2002-06-17). "National Register of Historic Places nomination; Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=11183. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  12. ^ James Dillon (1983), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fort CrailoPDF (303 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying photos, exterior, from 1965.PDF (1.27 MB)
  13. ^ Ingraham, Frances (1993-04-25). "Eagle Mills' Rural Charm Keeps Longtime Residents". Times Union (Albany). pp. G1. http://archives.timesunion.com/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5664949. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
  14. ^ Waite, Diana S. (1988-04-29). "National Register of Historic Places Registration nomination, Garfield School (Javascript)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7501. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
  15. ^ Brooke, Cornelia (September 1971). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Hart-Cluett Mansion". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7616. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  16. ^ Todd, Nancy (December 1994). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Hoosick Falls Armory". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7503. Retrieved October 25, 2009. 
  17. ^ Powers, Robert (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Hoosick Falls Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7512. Retrieved October 22, 2009. 
  18. ^ Liebs, Chester (May 1970). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Ilium Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7620. Retrieved 2008-11-11. 
  19. ^ Waite, Diana (December 1969). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, McCarthy Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7623. Retrieved 2008-11-06. 
  20. ^ Page Putnam Miller, Jill S. Mesirow, Andrew Laas, John W. Bond, and Rachel Bliven (September 4, 1997), National Historic Landmark Nomination—Kate Mullany HousePDF (864 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 2 photos, from 1994.PDF (493 KB)
  21. ^ Liebs, Chester (May 1970). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, National State Bank Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7626. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  22. ^ Smith, Raymond (February 1988). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Northern River Street Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7640. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 
  23. ^ Harrison, A. Rebecca (1984-08-03). "National Register of Historic Places Registration nomination, Oakwood Cemetery (Javascript)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7627. Retrieved 2009-10-06. 
  24. ^ Powers, Robert (May 1979). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Proctor's Theater". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=11276. Retrieved 2008-10-28. 
  25. ^ Shaver, Peter (November 24, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, St. Mark's Episcopal Church". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7552. Retrieved October 24, 2009. 
  26. ^ Dunn, Shirley (June 19, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, St. Paul's Episcopal Church (JavaScript)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7655. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 
  27. ^ Gobrecht, Larry (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, US Post Office–Hoosick Falls". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7514. Retrieved October 21, 2009. 
  28. ^ Gobrecht, Larry (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, U.S. Post Office-Troy". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7658. Retrieved 2008-10-25. 
  29. ^ George R. Adams (November, 1977), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: W. & L.E. Gurley BuildingPDF (641 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 6 photos, 5 exterior and 1 interior, from 1977 and c.1970PDF (1.53 MB)