Significant contributing properties Downtown Albany Historic District

1 significant contributing properties

1.1 national historic landmark
1.2 national register of historic places
1.3 other notable buildings

significant contributing properties

six of district s properties listed on national register in own right, , 1 national historic landmark. there several others notable.

the d&h building



st. mary s church



home savings bank building



kenmore hotel


national historic landmark

st. peter s episcopal church, 107 state street. richard upjohn , son designed church completed in 1860, congregation founded in 1704. in french gothic revival style , considered 1 of best churches. remains of lord howe interred under vestibule; british lord buried in united states. listed on register in 1972 , designated nhl 8 years later.

national register of historic places

delaware , hudson railroad company building, broadway , state street. used headquarters of state university of new york, downtown albany s best-known building. copy of 13th-century flemish gothic cloth hall in ypres, belgium, built in 1913 local architect marcus f. gilbert.
old post office, broadway , state street. renaissance revival design of 1883 post office less expensive substitute larger structure planned before land turned out far more expensive expected.
first trust company building, broadway , state. 1902 gilbert building in classic beaux arts style.
st. mary s church, 10 lodge street. when built in 1869 nichols , brown, third building house city s oldest catholic church application of romanesque revival. upon completion of 175-foot (53 m) tower in 1890s became first albany church electric lighting.
united traction company building, broadway , columbia. 1902 beaux arts gilbert building serves focal point going down columbia street.
van ostrande–radliff house oldest building in albany, added register in 2008.
ymca building, 60 north pearl. 1886 richardsonian romanesque building albert fuller.

other notable buildings

coulson building, 420 broadway. warehouse, built in 1815 , expanded later in century.
home savings bank building. 1927 art deco skyscraper albany s tallest when built denisson , hirons. 1 of newest contributing properties in district.
kenmore hotel, columbia , north pearl street. demolition or redevelopment of other hotels, edward ogden-designed 1873 building, renovated 13 years later, 1 of downtown s 19th-century hotels remaining intact. has been office building since 1986.
national state bank building, 60 state street. classical revival temple of finance designed york , sawyer in 1901.
r.b. wing building, 384 broadway. local architect walter van guysling s dutch colonial revival building brought style district in 1913.
albany masonic temple, oldest continuously owned masonic property in united states.
james t. foley united states courthouse, 445 broadway, built 1931-1934 in art deco style.




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