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Marker name[1] |
Image |
Date designated |
Location |
City or Town |
Marker text |
1 |
Albany City Hall |
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Eagle St. Between Maiden La. And Pine St. |
Albany |
City Chartered July 22, 1686 This Building Erected 1882 Tower Contains Municipal Carillon of 60 Bells |
2 |
Birthplace of Modern Electricity |
![](../I/m/Birthplace_Of_Modern_Electricity.jpg) |
01940-01-01-00001940 |
Washington Ave., Near Eagle St. |
Albany |
Here Discovering Magnetic Induction, Joseph Henry Pioneered the Telegraph and Electric Motor, 1829–31 |
3 |
Birthplace of American Union |
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Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St. |
Albany |
Near This Site, Benjamin Franklin Presented the 1St Formal Plan of National Union; Congress of 1754 |
4 |
Called Fort Nassau 1614, |
![](../I/m/Albany_Historical_Marker.jpg) |
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Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St. |
Albany |
Fort Orange 1624, Beverwyck 1652, Albany 1664; Chartered 1686 |
5 |
Clermont |
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Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St. |
Albany |
Near the Foot of Madison Avenue Robert Fulton in Aug. 1807, Completed the First Successful Steamboat Voyage |
6 |
Colonial Hospital |
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Lodge And Pine Sts. |
Albany |
Near This Site Stood the Military Hospital Where the Wounded From Ticonderoga, 1758 and Saratoga, 1777 Were Attended. |
7 |
Colonial Warpath |
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Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St. |
Albany |
Rendezvous of Troops in Five Wars. Here Armies Under Abercrombie, Loudoun and Amherst Moved to the Conquest of Canada 1756-60 |
8 |
Court of Appeals |
![](../I/m/Court_Of_Appeals_Historical_Marker.jpg) |
01940-01-01-00001940 |
Eagle And Pine Sts. |
Albany |
Highest Tribunal in New York State This Building Erected 1842 |
9 |
Court of Appeals |
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Eagle And Pine Sts. |
Albany |
Highest Tribunal in New York State This Building Erected 1842 |
10 |
Executive Mansion |
![](../I/m/Executive_Mansion_Historical_Sign_Fenced_In.jpg) |
01940-01-01-00001940 |
Eagle And Elm Sts. |
Albany |
Residence of the Governors of New York State |
11 |
First Church In Albany |
![](../I/m/First_Church_in_Albany_Historical_Marker.jpg) |
01947-01-01-00001947 |
Sw Corner N. Pearl And Orange Sts. |
Albany |
Reformed Organized 1642 Present Building Designed By Philip Hooker Erected 1798 |
12 |
Fort Frederick |
![](../I/m/Fort_Frederick.jpg) |
01940-01-01-00001940 |
Capitol Park, Eagle And State Sts. |
Albany |
In The Middle of This Street To the East Stood Fort Frederick Goal of Burgoyne's Drive to Split the Colonies - 1777 |
13 |
Fort Orange |
![](../I/m/Fort_Orange_Historical_Marker.jpg) |
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Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St. |
Albany |
Site of West India Company Colony 1624. Fort Was Located To The Southeast By the River |
14 |
Fort Van Nassau |
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Port Rd., Nr. Administration Bldg. |
Albany |
Built 1614 By the Dutch Explorers Christiaensen and Block. First Trading Center Established in New York State |
15 |
From The Ground |
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Port Rd., Nr. Administration Bldg. |
Albany |
Glenn Curtiss Began the First Long Distance Airplane Flight Albany to New York May 29, 1910 |
16 |
General John Burgoyne |
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Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St. |
Albany |
Over This Road Entered Albany With His Staff After the Battle of Saratoga Going to Schuyler Mansion As Prisoners of War - 1777 |
17 |
General George Washington |
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Washington Ave. Nr. Swan St. |
Albany |
Traveled This Road On His Tours of the Mohawk Valley 1782 and 1783 |
18 |
Henry Hudson |
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Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St. |
Albany |
Explorer, Here Ended the Voyage of the Half Moon in Quest of the Indies September, 1609 |
19 |
Herman Melville |
![](../I/m/Herman_Melville_Historical_Marker.jpg) |
01953-01-01-00001953 |
Clinton Sq., N. Pearl And Orange Sts. |
Albany |
Author of"Moby Dick", Studied and Worked During Formative Years in Albany, 1830–1838, Family Home at 3 Clinton Square, 1834–1838 |
20 |
Iroquois Treaty |
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Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St. |
Albany |
August 1684 Basic Peach By Gov. Dongan Gov. Howard of Va. and Five Nations at Court House Which Stood 100 Feet West |
21 |
John Tunnicliff, Jr. |
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Maiden Lane Between Eagle St. And Lodge St. |
Albany |
1751–1814 Clockmaker and Superintendent of Town Clocks |
22 |
Near Here |
![](../I/m/First_Railroad_Marker.jpg) |
01940-01-01-00001940 |
Western Ave., Nr. North Allen St. |
Albany |
Mohawk and Hudson First Railroad Chartered in This Country 1826, Began Its Run Albany to Schenectady |
23 |
New York State |
![](../I/m/NYS_Office_Building_Marker.jpg) |
01940-01-01-00001940 |
S. Swan St. And Washington Ave. |
Albany |
Office Building Cornerstone Laid By Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 1928 |
24 |
Patroon Street |
![](../I/m/Patroon_Street_Historical_Marker.jpg) |
01940-01-01-00001940 |
Clinton Ave. at N. Pearl St. |
Albany |
Former Name of Clinton Ave. This Was the Dividing Line Between the City of Albany and the Manor of Rensselaerwyck |
25 |
Pioneer Route |
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Central Ave., Nr. Northern Blvd. |
Albany |
at This Point the Pioneers Going West in Ox Carts and Horse Drawn Caravans Assembled, This Street Formerly Called the Bowery |
26 |
Schenectady Gate |
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Maiden La. Between Eagle And Lodge Sts. |
Albany |
Near This Point the Path to Schenectady Used By Indians and Fur Traders Led Through the Palisades Which Enclosed the City |
27 |
State Education Building |
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Washington Ave. Between Hawk And Swan Sts. |
Albany |
Dedicated 1912. Education Department Offices; State Library; State Museum; Exhibits; Open to Public |
28 |
The Capitol |
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Capitol Park, Eagle St. Nr. Washington Ave. |
Albany |
Of the State of New York Second Capitol Building Erected By the State Cornerstone Laid 1871 25 Years in Construction |
29 |
Schuyler Mansion |
![](../I/m/Schuyler_Mansion_Historical_Marker.jpg) |
01940-01-01-00001940 |
Eagle And State Sts. |
Albany |
[Arrow] ← 1½ Miles Schuyler Mansion Home of General Philip Schuyler. Residence of Alexander Hamilton in 1781 |
30 |
Dietz Massacre |
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NYS 43, .5 Mi. W. of Berne |
Berne |
5 Miles S - E Site of Dietz Massacre Where Johannes Dietz and His Family Were Killed By Tories and Indians September 1781 |
31 |
Ax Factory |
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NYS 156, at Berne |
Berne |
Ax Factory Established By Daniel Simmons in 1825. Said to Be the First Factory in the United States to Make Axes From Cast Steel. |
32 |
Beaver Dam |
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NYS 43, .5 Mi. W. of Berne |
Berne |
Beaver Dam Later Called Bernville Fortified During the Revolution. John Dietz'. Family Massacred By Indians |
33 |
Cheese Factory |
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NYS 156, at Berne |
Berne |
Cheese Factory First in Town of Berne Built in 1878 and Made 495 Pounds in A Single Day |
34 |
Corporation Inn |
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NYS 43, .5 Mi. W. of Berne |
Berne |
Corporation Inn Opened 1817 By Henry Engle |
35 |
Dwelling |
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NYS 43, at W. Berne |
Berne |
Dwelling Built About 1800 By William Shultes |
36 |
Early Settler |
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Nw Corner NYS 43 And NYS 156 at Berne |
Berne |
Early Settler Jacob Weidman, A Swiss, Located On Foxenkill On Site of Berne Village About 1750. Built First Sawmill and Gristmill |
37 |
First Mill |
![](../I/m/Berne%2C_NY_First_Mill_Marker.jpg) |
01932-01-01-00001932 |
NYS 156, at Berne |
Berne |
First Mill Built 1750 By Jacob Weidman Stood Near Here |
38 |
First Store |
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NYS 156, at Berne |
Berne |
First Store Stood On This Site Owned By John Fisher |
39 |
Indian Stockade |
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NYS 43, 1/4 Mi. East of Berne |
Berne |
Indian Stockade Built On Site of Berne Village |
40 |
Justice of Peace |
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NYS 43, at E. Berne |
Berne |
Justice of Peace Jacob Hochstrasser Was First Supervisor and Justice of Peace of Town of Berne |
41 |
M. E. Church |
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Town Rd., at Reidsville |
Berne |
M. E. Church Organized at Reidsville 1830 By Reverend Rosman Kelly Church Replaced in 1841 |
42 |
Mill Site |
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NYS 156, at Berne |
Berne |
Mill Site For Carding and Fulling Mill Built at An Early Date By Malachi Shipple William H. Ball and Lyman Dwight |
43 |
Pioneer |
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NYS 156, .5 Mi. N. of Berne |
Berne |
Pioneer Col. Jesse Wood of Long Island Settled Here About 1800. Served in War of 1812. Died July 23, 1853 at Age of 83 Years |
44 |
Reformed Dutch Church |
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NYS 43, .5 Mi. W. of Berne |
Berne |
Reformed Dutch Church Organized 1763, First Pastor Johannes Schuyler 1767. Oldest Church in County Outside of Albany |
45 |
Reformed Dutch Church |
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NYS 43, at W. Berne |
Berne |
Reformed Dutch Church Organized 1763 By Rev. Johannes Schuyler of Schoharie Log Church 1765. Frame 1786 Which Was Taken Down 1830 |
46 |
Schools |
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NYS 43, .5 Mi. W. of Berne |
Berne |
Schools in 1812 There Were 21 School Districts in Town of Berne and 30 the Next Year. in 1816 There Were 1710 Pupils in School |
47 |
South Berne |
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Co. Rd., at S. Berne |
Berne |
South Berne Previous to 1828 Called Centerville Because It Was Equi-Distant From Three of the Other Villages. |
48 |
Town of Berne |
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NYS 43 And NYS 85, at Mallory Corners |
Berne |
Town of Berne Formed March 17, 1795, From Rensselaerville. Town of Knox Taken off in 1822. Jacob Weidman, First Settler About 1750 |
49 |
Weidman Home |
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NYS 43, at Berne |
Berne |
Weidman Home the Largest House in Berne With Ten Firplaces Built By Peter Weidman in 1800, Stood On This Site |
50 |
West Berne |
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NYS 43, at W. Berne |
Berne |
West Berne Called Mechanicsville 1830-34 Because So Many Mechanics Lived There. |
51 |
Willis' Store |
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NYS 157, .5 Mi. Ne of E. Berne |
Berne |
Willis' Store Established in 1800 By Major Stephen Willis Stood Here. He Also Had A Potash Factory, Tannery, Whiskey Still, and Shoe Factory. |
52 |
Agricultural Fair |
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NYS 32, 100 Yds. W of US 9W |
Bethlehem |
Agricultural Fair First Annual Fair of Albany County Agricultural Society Held at Bethlehem Center Oct. 4-6, 1853 |
53 |
Baker Farm |
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NYS 144, .5 Mi. N. of Selkirk |
Bethlehem |
Baker Farm Settled By Joab Baker of Connecticut in 1791 |
54 |
Becker Homestead |
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NYS 396, N. of Rr Bridge |
Bethlehem |
Becker Homestead at Becker's Corners Settled By Albertus Becker Who Married Helen Van Derzee |
55 |
Bethlehem Center |
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W Corner, US 9W And NYS 32 |
Bethlehem |
Bethlehem Center Known As Babcock Corners On the Albany and Bethlehem Turnpike |
56 |
Delmar |
![](../I/m/DelmarMarker.jpg) |
01932-01-01-00001932 |
Delaware Avenue near Adams Street |
Delmar |
Delmar Earlier Adamsville and Adams Station Nathaniel Adams Located Here in 1836 and Built A Hotel in 1838. |
57 |
Tannery |
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Willowbrook Ave., In S. Bethlehem |
Bethlehem |
Tannery Built About 1825 On Farm of Isaac and John Coffin. Operated For Many Years By Robert Carhart. Burned 1883 |
58 |
Turnpike |
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NYS 43, W. of Albany City Line |
Bethlehem |
Turnpike Albany and Delaware Chartered March 2, 1805. 6000 Shares at $25. Extensively Travelled Albany to Otego. Abandoned 1868 |
59 |
Van Wie's Dock |
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Town Rd., at Van Wie's Point |
Bethlehem |
Van Wie's Dock Site of Dock Owned By Peter G. and Henry Van Wie and Leased Feb. 23, 1835 to Hudson River Steamboat Co. For Albany Terminal |
60 |
Van Wie's House |
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Town Rd., Nr. Wm. Gibson's Rd. at Van Wie's Point |
Bethlehem |
Van Wie's House Built By Hendrick Van Wie in 1732. the Home of Six Generations of This Dutch Colonial Family, Settlers at Fort Orange, in 1664 |
61 |
Van Wie's Point |
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Town Rd., at Van Wie's Point |
Bethlehem |
Van Wie's Point Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie Dutch Colonist in Fort Orange 1664, Built House Here in 1679 |
62 |
Winne Farm |
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Co. Rd., W. of Albany Filtration Plant |
Bethlehem |
Winne Farm Settled By Francis Winne |
63 |
Coeymans |
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Church And Westerlo Sts., Coeymans |
Coeymans |
Coeymans Town Formed March 18, 1791 From Watervliet. A Part Went to Form Westerlo in 1815. Named from the Patentee Barent Pieterson Coeymans |
64 |
Coeymans Gazette |
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NYS 144, at Coeymans |
Coeymans |
Coeymans Gazette Started 1863 By Thomas Mckee As Editor. Succeeded By Coeymans Herald |
65 |
Camp Van Schaik |
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Se Corner Myrtle And Park |
Cohoes |
Camp Van Schaik Continental Army, Northern Department Under Command General Philip Schuyler General Horatio Gates Aug. 15 - Sept. 8, 1777 |
66 |
Continental Ave. |
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Sw Corner Ontario And Continental |
Cohoes |
Continental Ave. Algonquin and Mohawk Indian Trail Colonial Military Route |
67 |
Egberts And Bailey Mill |
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Ontario, W. of Remsen |
Cohoes |
Egberts and Bailey Mill First Building Erected For the Manufacture of Knit Goods By Power in America, 1836. First Power Knitting Machinery Applied in Cohoes, 1832 |
68 |
First Bridge |
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Mohawk And Remsen Sts. |
Coeymans |
First Bridge Across Mohawk River Opened 1795. 900 Ft. Long 24 Ft. Wide, 15 Ft. Above Bed of River On 13 Stone Piers. Cost $12,000 Dollars |
69 |
Home of James Buttermilk Lansing |
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W. Columbia St., Between Sunset And Elaine Cts. |
Cohoes |
Home of James Buttermilk Lansing Built By Douw Fonda Before 1767. One of the Founders of Boght Settlement, Choes, N.Y. |
70 |
Indian Spring |
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Continental Ave., E. of School |
Cohoes |
Indian Spring Algonquin and Mohawk Indians Colonial Military Spring 1690 1782, First Source of Water Supply For the Settlers of Cohoes |
71 |
Juncta |
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Nw Corner Spring And Saratoga Sts. |
Cohoes |
Juncta Junction of the Original Erie and Champlain Canals First Settlement and Name Cohoes. Site of the First Post office |
72 |
Manor Avenue |
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N. Baker And Manor Ave. |
Cohoes |
Manor Avenue the Old Boght Road Northern Boundary Line of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck June 17, 1904 |
73 |
Military Road From 1690 |
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Continental Ave., S. of School |
Cohoes |
Military Road From 1690 Through the Revolution. Used By General Ebenezer Learned On His Way to Relieve For Stanwix - Aug. 14, 1777 |
74 |
Site of Reformed Church |
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Sw Corner Baker Ave., And Vliet Blvd. |
Cohoes |
Site of Reformed Church of the Boght One of the First Churches North of Albany, Built About 1783 |
75 |
Mastodon |
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Mohawk And Vliet Sts. |
Cohoes |
Site of Cohoes Mastodon Found September 1866 Now in N. Y. State Museum |
76 |
Van Schaik Burial Plot |
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Delaware Ave. Between Ontario And Van Schaick |
Cohoes |
Van Schaik Burial Plot First Settlers of Cohoes and Owners of Half Moon Patent Buried Here |
77 |
Shakers |
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NYS 155, W. of Airport |
Colonie |
1/4 Mile [Arrow] Shakers South Family Only Surviving Family of Watervliet Community First Building Erected 1800 and Still Standing |
78 |
Boght Church |
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Boght Rd., E. of US 9 |
Colonie |
Boght Church Site of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Boght 1St Church North of Albany Organized By the Classis of Albany, Feb. 22, 1784 |
79 |
Louden's Ford |
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Fonda Rd. at Power Station |
Colonie |
Louden's Ford British and Continental Army Ford Protected August–September 1777 By Generals Enoch Poor and Benedict Arnold |
80 |
Old Loudon Road |
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Fonda Rd. at Power Station |
Colonie |
Old Loudon Road Named After Earl Loudon in 1756. Route of British and American Armies to Montreal |
81 |
Shaker Cemetery |
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NYS 155, W. of Airport |
Colonie |
Shaker Cemetery First Burial 1797 and Earlier Burials Removed Here Later |
82 |
Shakers |
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NYS 155, Nr. Albany Airport |
Colonie |
Shakers Ann Lee and Company Came to America 1774 and Founded Here in the Valley of the Wilderness the First Shaker Community 1776 |
83 |
The Boght |
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US 9, at Boght Corners |
Colonie |
The Boght Settled 1718–1750 By Families From the Netherlands, Among Them Fonda, Lansing, Lieverse, Roff, Staats, Van Denbergh, Visscher, Etc. |
84 |
Shakers |
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NYS 155, W. of Airport |
Colonie |
[Arrow] Shakers West Family at First Known As the Second Family Occupied By Shakers 1810–1915 |
85 |
Shakers |
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Shaker Rd., Nr. Co. Jail |
Colonie |
[Arrow] 1/2 Mile Shakers North Family Occupied By Shakers -1919Principal Building Yet Standing Reconstructed |
86 |
Site of First Reformed Dutch Church |
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NYS 146, W. of NYS 158 |
Guilderland |
100 Ft. W. Site of First Reformed Dutch Church in Guilderland Before 1767. First Pastor Rev. Harmanus Van Huysen |
87 |
Frederick Crounse |
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NYS 156, S. of Altamont |
Guilderland |
About 1750 Frederick Crounse Son of Polish Nobleman Settled Here Farm Owned By Crounse Family to Present 1934 |
88 |
Abraham Wemple |
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US 20, W. of RR Bridge |
Guilderland |
Abraham Wemple Col. Schenectady Militia During American Revolution Owned Farm Here 1765 to Death in 1799. Buried On High Knoll Above Reservoir |
89 |
Altamont |
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Western Ave., at Fire House In Altamont |
Guilderland |
Altamont Incorporated As A Village 1890 officers: President Hiram Griggs. Trustees - Smith Philley, Jesse Crounse Henry A. Wilbur |
90 |
Battle of Normanskill |
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NYS 146, 2 Mis. W. of Guilderland |
Guilderland |
Battle of Normanskill Fought North of the Creek Schenectady Militia With 40 Rhode Island Troops Dispersed Large Group of Tories On August 11, 1777 |
91 |
Case Homestead |
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US 20, E. of Guilderland |
Guilderland |
Case Homestead Built As Tavern By Russell Case at the Opening of Great Western Turnpike, 1799 |
92 |
Dr. F. Crounse |
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US 20, at Gun Club Rd. |
Guilderland |
Dr. F. Crounse Built This House 1833 First Physician at West Guilderland (Altamont) Practised Here Sixty Years |
93 |
John Groot |
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NYS 397, N. of Altamont |
Guilderland |
Farm and Burial Place John Groot Officer 3D Regiment Albany County Militia War of Revolution |
94 |
Frederick Crounse |
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NYS 156, 1 Mi. S. of Altamont |
Guilderland |
Farm of Frederick Crounse Officer 3D Albany Co. Militia in Revolution. Carried Food to Army Battle of Saratoga Buried Here |
95 |
Farm of Evert Bancker |
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NYS 146, .5 Mi From US 20 |
Guilderland |
Farm of Evert Bancker Third Mayor of Albany, 1695 Indian Commissioner, 1669 Master Chancery, 1705 Died Here, 1734 |
96 |
Farm of Walter Vorman |
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NYS 158, S. of US 20 |
Guilderland |
Farm of Walter Vorman Capt. Schenectady Militia During American Revolution Captured By Tory Force South of Oneida Lake; Held Prisoner in Canada 1780-82 |
97 |
First Meeting |
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NYS 146, 1 Mi. W. of Guilderland Center |
Guilderland |
First Meeting of Town of Guilderland Held April 5, 1803 in This House, at the Time A Tavern Conducted By Hendrick Apple |
98 |
Freeman House |
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NYS 146, at Guilderland Center |
Guilderland |
Freeman House Said to Have Been Erected 1734. Later the Home of Barent Mynderse, Lieut. in War of Rev. |
99 |
French's Mills |
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NYS 146, at Guilderland Center |
Guilderland |
French's Mills Site of Early Sawmill; Clothes Works of Peter K. Broek 1795; Factory of Abel French 1800; Tavern of Jacob Aker 1800 |
100 |
Glass Works, 1785–1815 |
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US 20, at Guilderland |
Guilderland |
Glass Works, 1785–1815 Made Bottle and Window Glass. Started Here By Leonard De Neufville. Later Called Albany Glass House, Then Hamilton Glass Works |
101 |
George Wagner House |
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NYS 397, S of Dunnsville |
Guilderland |
Home of George Wagner Lieutenant in the American Revolution |
102 |
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft |
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Willow St., In Guilderland |
Guilderland |
Home of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft B. 1793-D. 1864 Glass Maker, Explorer, Author, Poet, Authority On American Indians |
103 |
House Built 1802 |
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NYS 146, at Guilderland Center |
Guilderland |
House Built 1802 By Nicholas V. Mynderse Sold to Michael Frederick Who Ran It As A Tavern For Many Years |
104 |
Inn of George Severson |
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Altamont Blvd. And Helderberg Ave., In Altamont |
Guilderland |
Inn of George Severson Old Schoharie Road Built at Close of Revolution First Post office of West Guilderland As This Place Was Then Called |
105 |
Inn of Jacob Crounse |
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NYS 146, E. of Altamont |
Guilderland |
Inn of Jacob Crounse Built 1833. Midway Tavern Where Horses Were Changed On Schoharie-Albany Stage Coach Route |
106 |
Jacob Van Aernam (1723–1813) |
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NYS 156 Between Altamont And Vorheesville |
Guilderland |
Jacob Van Aernam (1723–1813) Capt. 3Rd Albany Regiment Leader of Patriot Forces in the Helderbergh Region During American Revolution Lived On Farm Here |
107 |
Knower House |
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NYS 146, E. of Altamont |
Guilderland |
Knower House Est. As Hat Factory About 1800 By Benjamin Knower Gov. William L. Marcy Married Cornelia Knower in This House |
108 |
Old Hellebergh |
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Main St. And Maple Ave., Altamont |
Guilderland |
Old Hellebergh Land of Bitter Conflict Between Patriot and Tory Known Later As West Guilderland, Knowersville, and Altamont |
109 |
Old Plank Road |
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Main St. And Brandle Rd., Altamont |
Guilderland |
Old Plank Road Schoharie to Albany Followed This Route Chartered 1849 Abandoned 1867 |
110 |
First Lutheran Church |
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NYS 146, 2 Mis. E. of Altamont |
Guilderland |
On This Spot Stood the First Lutheran Church in Town of Guilderland 1787 Rev. Heinrich Moeller First Regular Pastor |
111 |
Red Men's Hall |
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US 20, E. of Guilderland |
Guilderland |
Red Men's Hall Formerly Used As Baptist Church, 1850–66; Catholic Church; Temperance Hall |
112 |
Severson House |
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NYS 146 at Altamont |
Guilderland |
Severson House Built By Early Settler Jurrian Severson Located On Map of West Manor Rensselaerwyck, 1767 |
113 |
First Inn |
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US 20 at Dunnsville |
Guilderland |
Site of First Inn and Store Kept in Dunnsville By John E. Winne 1800–1830 |
114 |
Indian Village |
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N. of US 20 at Dunnsville |
Guilderland |
Site of Indian Village Neighboring Stream Called Wildehause Kill Or Indian House Creek |
115 |
Hamilton Union Church |
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US 20, at Guilderland |
Guilderland |
Site of Hamilton Union Church Octagonal Building Used Also As A School House Built By Hamilton Mfg. Society About 1797 |
116 |
Toll Gate |
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US 20, 2 Mis. E. of Guilderland |
Guilderland |
Site of Toll Gate Number Two On Western Turnpike. Road Planked in 1849. This Gate Maintained Until 1906 |
117 |
Site of House |
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US 20 at Dunnsville |
Guilderland |
Site of House of Dr. Jonathan Johnson First Physician in Dunnsville Who Came Here On Horseback in 1808 Surgeon in War of 1812 |
118 |
The Vale of Tawasentha |
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NYS 146, 3/4 Mi. W. of Guilderland |
Guilderland |
The Vale of Tawasentha |
119 |
Town of Guilderland |
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NYS 146, And NYS 158 at Osborn's Corners |
Guilderland |
Town of Guilderland Established April 4, 1803 From Part of Watervliet First officers, Supervisor, Nicholas V. Mynderse, Town Clerk, Peter G. Veeder |
120 |
Albany County |
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NYS 43, W. of W. Berne at Albany Schoharie Co. Line |
Knox |
Albany County Derived Its Name From the Scotch Title of the Duke of York and Albany Afterwards King James Ii of England |
121 |
Anti-Rent Riots |
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NYS 157 A, 3 Mis. N. of East Berne |
Knox |
Anti-Rent Riots More Leased Land in Berne Than Any Other Town in Albany County Led to Serious Outbreaks After 1840 |
122 |
Knoxville Academy |
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NYS 156, at Knox |
Knox |
Knoxville Academy Incorporated 1837 Chartered Regents 1842–1869 Faced Military Training Ground 1776 |
123 |
Sand Farm |
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NYS 156, 1 Mi. W. of Knox |
Knox |
Sand Farm Settled By Christian Zandt in 1787 |
124 |
Whipple Farm |
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NYS 156, W. of Altamont |
Knox |
Whipple Farm Settled By Malachi Whipple of Conn. About 1793. in 1820 Farm Won Premium As Model Farm in Albany County |
125 |
Clarksville |
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NYS 43, at Clarksville |
New Scotland |
Clarksville A Halfway Station Located On Albany and Delaware Turnpike Named From Adam A. Clark Who Settled Here in 1822 |
126 |
Early Mission |
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NYS 85, at New Scotland |
New Scotland |
Early Mission Founded 1787 By Suffolk Presbytery Incorporated 1789 First Church 1791 Original Frame Standing |
127 |
Helderbergs |
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NYS 157, at J.B. Thatcher Park |
New Scotland |
The Name Means Clear Mountains. They Have Been Called "The Key to the Geology of North America" |
128 |
Methodism |
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NYS 156, W. of Vorheesville |
New Scotland |
Here Built Its First Church in This Entire Area Known As Bethlehem, North of Black Creek Church, 1823 |
129 |
New Scotland |
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NYS 85, at New Scotland |
New Scotland |
Townformed April 25, 1832 From Bethlehem. Scotch Names Appear Among Early Settlers. First Town Meeting April 9, 1833 |
130 |
Slingerland |
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NYS 32, 3 Mis. S. of Feura Bush |
New Scotland |
House 1762 Built By Tunis Cornelise Slingerland, Dutch Emigrant 1650, On Land Purchased From Indians |
131 |
Tory Cave 1777 |
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N. of NYS 157, at Trail, In J.B. Thatcher Park |
New Scotland |
Jacob Salsbury, A Spy During Burgoyne Invasion, Found Refuge From Settlers in A Cave Against the Cliffs Nearby |
132 |
Albany County |
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NYS 145, Nw of Preston Hollow at Albany |
Rensselaerville |
One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683. Mother of Many Counties |
133 |
Albany County |
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NYS 145 S. of Cooksburg at Albany-Greene Co. Line |
Rensselaerville |
One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683. Mother of Many Counties |
134 |
Albany County |
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NYS 145, Nw of Preston Hollow at Albany-Schoharie Co. Line |
Rensselaerville |
One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683. Mother of Many Counties |
135 |
Manor of Rensselaerswyck |
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NYS 85, 1.5 Mis. Ne of Rensselaerville |
Rensselaerville |
Districts Manor of Rensselaerswyck Created A District in 1772 and Subdivided Into East and West Districts in 1779 |
136 |
Dr. Samuel Preston |
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NYS 145, at Preston Hollow |
Rensselaerville |
Dr. Samuel Preston Settled Here in 1789 and Gave His Name to Preston Hollow. He Built the First Sawmill and Gristmill. |
137 |
Indian Trail |
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NYS 81 at Cooksburg |
Rensselaerville |
Indian Trail Ran From Catskill to Schoharie Valley Along This Steam Through Preston Hollow and Livingstonville |
138 |
Joseph Burchard Settled |
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NYS 145, 1.5 Mis. Nw of Preston Hollow |
Rensselaerville |
Pioneer Joseph Burchard Settled Here in 1789. President R.B. Hayes Was Related to This Family |
139 |
Turnpike |
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NYS 81 And 145, at Cooksburg |
Rensselaerville |
Turnpike Schoharie to Athens Chartered in 1802 and Much Used in Early Days |
140 |
Whipping Post |
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NYS 145, Nw of Preston Hollow |
Rensselaerville |
Whipping Post For Town Located On Farm of Lawrence Faulk Who Settled Here in 1790, and Died in 1838 |
141 |
Academy |
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NYS 143, N. of Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Academy This House Was the Chesterville Academy Built About 1800 Gabriel Pinney Head Master |
142 |
Albany County |
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NYS 32 at Albany-Greene Co. Line |
Westerlo |
Albany County One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683. Mother of Many Counties |
143 |
Allen House |
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Co. Rd.,1 Mi. W. of Basic Creek Reservoir |
Westerlo |
Allen House Built 1795, Here and On This Road Lived Ebeneazer Allen and His Sons Justice, Howard and Stephen. All Soldiers in Revolution. |
144 |
Anti-Rent War |
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NYS 85, at Snyder's Corners |
Westerlo |
Anti-Rent War Events in the Quarrel of Tenants With Lord of the Van Rensselaer Manor Occurred in This Region in 1840 and Later |
145 |
Baptist Church |
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NYS 143, at Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Baptist Church Organized at Chesterville 1800. Roswell Beckwith Was the First Pastor |
146 |
Beardsley House |
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Co. Rd., W. of Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Beardsley House Home of William Beardsley Here Was Held First Town Meeting of Westerlo April 4, 1815 |
147 |
Dormansville |
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NYS 32 And NYS 143 at Dormansville |
Westerlo |
Named in Honor of Daniel Dorman, An Inn and Store Keeper, and First Post- Master in 1832 |
148 |
Dr. Jonathan Prosser |
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NYS 32, 1.Mi.S.,Dormansville |
Westerlo |
Early Doctor Dr. Jonathan Prosser of Dutchess County Settled On This Farm in 1788 |
149 |
Grant And Eadie |
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NYS 143, at Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Grant and Eadie Early Storekeepers Made Potash at Chesterville, 1798 |
150 |
Indian Trail |
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Co. Rd., W. of Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Indian Trail Old Indian Trail Led Through This Valley to the Switzkill, Indian Camp Ground Near Here |
151 |
Manor of Van Rensselaer |
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NYS 143, at Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Manor of Van Rensselaer 1630 Kiliaen Van Rensselaer Granted Patent For 1152 Square Miles Including All of Albany and Rensselaer Counties |
152 |
Myers Farm |
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Co. Rd., S. of NYS 143, at Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Philip Myers of Germany in 1763 Built A Log House at Chesterville, Married A Daughter of Nicholas Stoddard and Died 1813 |
153 |
Andrew Hannay |
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NYS 32 And NYS 143 at Dormansville |
Westerlo |
Near Here Andrew Hannay Raised A Company of Volunteers October 1777 to Oppose Invasion of Burgoyne, Who Surrendered Before Their Arrival |
154 |
Quaker Church |
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Co. Rd., Nr. Smith's Corners |
Westerlo |
Quaker Church Site of A Quaker Church and School. Erected 1803 Cemetery in Rear |
155 |
Reformed Church |
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NYS 143, E. of Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Reformed Church First Church in Town. Organized 1793. Original Site Five Miles South of Here |
156 |
Snyder Cemetery |
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Co. Rd., 1.5 Mis. S. of Snyder's Corners |
Westerlo |
Snyder Cemetery Contains the Unmarked Graves of Several Soldiers of the Revolution |
157 |
South Westerlo |
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Co. Rd., at S. Westerlo |
Westerlo |
South Westerlo Name Changed in 1827 From Smith's Mills Named After David Smith Who Also Owned A Tannery and Ashery |
158 |
Temperance Society |
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NYS 143, at Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Temperance Society Organized in School House Near Chesterville in 1828 Deacon Holmes Presided |
159 |
Van Leuvan's Corners |
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Co. Rd.,.5 Mis. S. of Snyder's Corners |
Westerlo |
Van Leuvan's Corners Named After Isaac Van Leuvan. Earlier Known As Sackett's Corners and Then Preston's Corners |
160 |
Westerlo |
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NYS 143, at Westerlo |
Westerlo |
Westerlo Town Formed March 16, 1815 From Coeymans and Rensselaerville. Named For Rev. Eilardus Westerlo of Albany |