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1 Funded in Part by the Hudson River Valley Greenway, National Tr Historic Albany Foundation Oldest Building Inventory (by date) 1 ARCHITECT/BUILDER/1ST Locally Listed/ National Register/ STREET # STREET NAME BLD NAME DATE CIRCA NOTES OWNER National Historic Landmark 36 South Pearl Street 1720 circa Fragment remains of this spout- Willem Van Zandt house according to Paul Huey, South Pearl Commercial District (local only) gabled house; remodelled in 1870 who dates this house to c.1757. I think it was possibly built for Rev. Thomas Barclay soon after 1718. 48 Hudson Avenue Van Ostrande- 1728 Johannes Van Ostrande Altered c. 1790, c. 1835, c.1900, c. 1937. National Register Listed (individually) Radliff House 683 Broadway Quackenbush House 1730 circa National Register Listed (individually) 27 North Pearl Street Lerner Shops 1755 circa Heavily altered Pruyn house. Downtown Albany Historic District 27 Clinton Street Schuyler Mansion 1761 -65 National Register Listed (individually) 32 Catherine Street The Pastures 1761 -63 Schuyler Mansion; The Pastures National Register Listed (individually) 20 Green Street 1785 circa survives only as a fragment--one wall 523 1/2 South Pearl Street Cherry Hill 1787 Between 1st and McCarty Avenue Between 1st and McCarty Avenue; Solomon Van National Register Listed (individually) Rensselaer house--incorrect; it's the Philip van Rensselaer house 9 Ten Broeck Place Prospect 1797 -98 Philip Hooker (attributed), architect. National Register Listed (individually) Abraham Ten Broeck first owner. 110 North Pearl Street First Church Dutch 1798 Philip Hooker and Elisha Putnam John Boardman designed rear addition in 1830--this National Register Listed (individually) Reformed info is wrong 447 South Pearl Street 1800 -20 circa very low to the ground wood framed house; wide South End/Groesbeckville Historic District gable roof; likely quite old; date range is guess 305 McCormack 1800 -25 circa banked wood-framed house; could be much earlier 3 Mill Road 1800 -25 circa wood framed 15 Mill Road 1800 -25 circa 1 1/2 story wood framed 87 Krumkill Road 1800 circa date is a wild guess; it's a five bay wide farmhouse 534 Livingston Avenue 1800 circa date is a guess; its form looks to be that of an 18th century rural dwelling, with no eave overhangs and steep roof. 1021 Western Avenue 1800 circa I believe that this house encases a late 18th or very early 19th century frame 69 State Street (New York State 1803 Philip Hooker; only front elevation Original Façade of 1803 Bank Downtown Albany Historic District Bank /Bank of remains America) 50 Hudson Avenue 1804 circa 513 Broadway 1804 pre Downtown Albany Historic District 515 Broadway 1804 pre Downtown Albany Historic District 59 North Pearl Street Secretary of State's 1806 circa Philip Hooker architect Remodeld 1879 Downtown Albany Historic District house 100 Madison Avenue 1808 circa Altered c.1890 Pastures Historic District 75-77 North Pearl Street Lodges 1810 circa Brownstone jack arches of this type were popular Downtown Albany Historic District c.1795-1820 in Albany 110 Washington Avenue Fort Orange Club 1810 Samuel Hill House; Philip Hooker Albert Fuller alterations, 1880, M Reynolds West Determined Eligible for Listing on the National (attributed) architect lounge in 1907; Worthington Palmer, 1937 Register of Historic Places Funded in part by the Hudson River Valley Greenway, National Trust for Historic Preservation and Preservation League of New York State. Research completed by Don Rittner and Walter Wheeler. Last updated 4/12/2016 Historic Albany Foundation Oldest Building Inventory (by date) 2 ARCHITECT/BUILDER/1ST Locally Listed/ National Register/ STREET # STREET NAME BLD NAME DATE CIRCA NOTES OWNER National Historic Landmark 96 Madison Avenue 1811 circa Philip Hooker (attributed) architect for Later house of NYS Governor Yates Pastures Historic District John Stafford 8 Sheridan Avenue 1813 pre Downtown Albany Historic District Academy Park Albany Academy 1814 -17 Philip Hooker Joseph Henry Memorial name change in 1930 National Register Listed (individually) 420 Broadway Coulson's 1814 -15 Spencer Stafford Downtown Albany Historic District 637 Western Avenue 1815 -20 circa Jessel Buel House; appears to contain portions of an earlier dwelling 84 Madison Avenue 1815 circa Pastures Historic District 86 Madison Avenue 1815 circa Pastures Historic District 88 Madison Avenue 1815 circa Pastures Historic District 90 Madison Avenue 1815 circa Pastures Historic District 92 Madison Avenue 1815 circa Pastures Historic District 94 Madison Avenue 1815 circa Pastures Historic District 75-77 South Ferry Street 1815 circa Built for James Boyd Pastures Historic District 132 State Street 1815 circa splayed brownstone lintels with reserves showing Downtown Albany Historic District incurved corners survive on the south elevation. 470 Broadway 1815 Spencer Stafford, First Owner Downtown Albany Historic District 1 Central Avenue 1815 Charles Townsend, First Owner 17 Central Avenue 1815 44 Central Avenue 1817 circa J.R. Peter’S & Sons 40-42 Central Avenue 1817 circa 67-71 South Ferry Street 1817 circa Built for James Boyd Pastures Historic District 402 Broadway Bookstore, until 1819 circa part of a row of three commercial buildings originally Downtown Albany Historic District recently 17 Catherine Street 1819 pre Lansing Pendelton, Carpenter; First Also listed as 1844-48 South End/Groesbeckville Historic District Owner 103-111 Green Street 1819 Five Blds Pastures Historic District 53 Bleecker Street 1820 circa Pastures Historic District 55 Bleecker Street 1820 circa Pastures Historic District 32 Liebel Street 1820 circa Adam Liebel House A guess on the date of this house, which was constructed before the grid was extended into this part of the city. 373 Madison Avenue 1820 circa Center Square/Hudson Park Historic District 109 State Street 1820 circa Cast stone façade, c.1915 Center Square/Hudson Park Historic District 18 Tudor Road 1820 circa Originally a Magazine St address; A wood framed farmhouse, with barn. Possibly a New World Dutch barn 71 Westerlo Street 1820 circa Pastures Historic District 388-90 Broadway 1820 pre early building was cut down for widening of Hudson Downtown Albany Historic District Ave; sheathed with new façade in late 19th c. 49 South Ferry Street 1820 pre Pastures Historic District 51 South Ferry Street 1820 pre Pastures Historic District 89-91 Beaver Street 1824 pre A wood building--it is likely early Downtown Albany Historic District 97 Columbia Street 1825 -30 circa marble trim Lafayette Park Historic District 1022 Central Avenue 1825 circa Funded in part by the Hudson River Valley Greenway, National Trust for Historic Preservation and Preservation League of New York State. Research completed by Don Rittner and Walter Wheeler. Last updated 4/12/2016 Historic Albany Foundation Oldest Building Inventory (by date) 3 ARCHITECT/BUILDER/1ST Locally Listed/ National Register/ STREET # STREET NAME BLD NAME DATE CIRCA NOTES OWNER National Historic Landmark 111 State Street 1825 circa Bloodgood family, First Owners Downtown Albany Historic District 113 State Street 1825 circa Bloodgood family, First Owners Downtown Albany Historic District 136 State Street Wellington Hotel 1825 circa early 20th century photos show the original house Downtown Albany Historic District was built around to create the hotel. 36 Westerlo Street 1825 circa Pastures Historic District 38 Westerlo Street 1825 circa Pastures Historic District 40 Westerlo Street 1825 circa Pastures Historic District 65-67 Green Street 1825 pre 50 Chapel Street 1826 circa Building appears to date to c.1975, but I believe it incorporates older structure. 52 North Pearl Street 1826 circa later façade Downtown Albany Historic District 54 North Pearl Street 1826 circa later façade Downtown Albany Historic District 53 South Ferry Street 1826 circa Pastures Historic District 25 Eagle Street 1827 circa Downtown Albany Historic District 82 Madison Avenue 1827 circa Pastures Historic District 59 South Ferry Street 1827 circa Built for William Fowler Pastures Historic District 73 Westerlo Street 1827 circa Pastures Historic District 2 Elk Street 1827 William Marcy Governor House Also listed as 1827 Lafayette Park Historic District 3 Elk Street 1827 William P. Van Rensselaer Lafayette Park Historic District 4 Elk Street 1827 Martin Van Buren, First Owner; M Also listed as 1830; M Reynolds Alterations 1900 Lafayette Park Historic District Reynolds Alterations 1900 5 Elk Street 1827 Lafayette Park Historic District 353 Madison Avenue Alfred Conckln 1827 Attributed to Philip Hooker Center Square/Hudson Park Historic District House 61 South Ferry Street 1827 Built for Robert Boyd Pastures Historic District 123 State Street 1827 Downtown Albany Historic District 125 State Street 1827 John Dep. Douw Family, First Owner Downtown Albany Historic District 35 South Ferry Street 1828 -29 Philip Hooker architect, orig. St. Altered 1908 Pastures Historic District John's Church 52-58 Westerlo Street 1828 -29 Henry Rector and Darius Geer, Pastures Historic District Builders 46-50 Westerlo Street 1828 -31 circa Henry Rector, Darius Geer, Builders 52 to 58 built in 1829; 48 and 50 built for innkeeper Pastures Historic District Thomas Thomas 307 South Pearl Street 1828 -36 circa South End/Groesbeckville Historic District 3 Columbia Place 1828 circa Lafayette Park Historic District 101 Columbia Street 1828 circa marble trim Lafayette Park Historic District 107 Columbia Street 1828 Originally two houses (105 and 107), remodelled Lafayette Park Historic District early 20th century 146 Madison Avenue
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