Albany

45 historical markers in New York

Abraham Wemple

Guilderland, NY

Abraham Wemple Col. Schenectady Militia During American Revolution Owned Farm Here 1765 to Death in 1799.

Agricultural Fair

Bethlehem, NY

Agricultural Fair First Annual Fair of Albany County Agricultural Society Held at Bethlehem Center Oct. 4-6, 1853

Albany County

Rensselaerville, NY

One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683.

Albany County

Rensselaerville, NY

One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683.

Albany County

Rensselaerville, NY

One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683.

Albany County

Westerlo, NY

Albany County One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683.

Altamont

Guilderland, NY

Altamont Incorporated As A Village 1890 officers: President Hiram Griggs.

Ax Factory

Berne, NY

Ax Factory Established By Daniel Simmons in 1825.

Camp Van Schaik

Cohoes, NY

Camp Van Schaik Continental Army, Northern Department Under Command General Philip Schuyler General Horatio Gates Aug. 15 - Sept. 8, 1777

Clarksville

New Scotland, NY

Clarksville A Halfway Station Located On Albany and Delaware Turnpike Named From Adam A. Clark Who Settled Here in 1822

Clermont

Albany, NY

Near the Foot of Madison Avenue Robert Fulton in Aug. 1807, Completed the First Successful Steamboat Voyage

Colonial Hospital

Albany, NY

Near This Site Stood the Military Hospital Where the Wounded From Ticonderoga, 1758 and Saratoga, 1777 Were Attended.

Colonial Warpath

Albany, NY

Rendezvous of Troops in Five Wars.

Delmar

Delmar, NY

Delmar Earlier Adamsville and Adams Station Nathaniel Adams Located Here in 1836 and Built A Hotel in 1838.

Dr. F. Crounse

Guilderland, NY

Dr. F. Crounse Built This House 1833 First Physician at West Guilderland (Altamont) Practised Here Sixty Years

Dr. Samuel Preston

Rensselaerville, NY

Dr. Samuel Preston Settled Here in 1789 and Gave His Name to Preston Hollow.

Early Settler

Berne, NY

Early Settler Jacob Weidman, A Swiss, Located On Foxenkill On Site of Berne Village About 1750.

Egberts And Bailey Mill

Cohoes, NY

Egberts and Bailey Mill First Building Erected For the Manufacture of Knit Goods By Power in America, 1836.

Farm of Walter Vorman

Guilderland, NY

Farm of Walter Vorman Capt. Schenectady Militia During American Revolution Captured By Tory Force South of Oneida Lake; Held Prisoner in...

First Bridge

Cohoes, NY

First Bridge Across Mohawk River Opened 1795.

First Lutheran Church

Guilderland, NY

On This Spot Stood the First Lutheran Church in Town of Guilderland 1787 Rev. Heinrich Moeller First Regular Pastor

Fort Van Nassau

Albany, NY

Built 1614 By the Dutch Explorers Christiaensen and Block.

Frederick Crounse

Guilderland, NY

Farm of Frederick Crounse Officer 3D Albany Co. Militia in Revolution.

French's Mills

Guilderland, NY

French's Mills Site of Early Sawmill; Clothes Works of Peter K. Broek 1795; Factory of Abel French 1800; Tavern of Jacob Aker 1800

Hamilton Union Church

Guilderland, NY

Site of Hamilton Union Church Octagonal Building Used Also As A School House Built By Hamilton Mfg.

House Built 1802

Guilderland, NY

House Built 1802 By Nicholas V. Mynderse Sold to Michael Frederick Who Ran It As A Tavern For Many Years

Inn of Jacob Crounse

Guilderland, NY

Inn of Jacob Crounse Built 1833.

Iroquois Treaty

Albany, NY

August 1684 Basic Peach By Gov. Dongan Gov. Howard of Va.

Jacob Van Aernam (1723–1813)

Guilderland, NY

Jacob Van Aernam (1723–1813) Capt. 3Rd Albany Regiment Leader of Patriot Forces in the Helderbergh Region During American Revolution...

Juncta

Cohoes, NY

Juncta Junction of the Original Erie and Champlain Canals First Settlement and Name Cohoes.

Mill Site

Berne, NY

Mill Site For Carding and Fulling Mill Built at An Early Date By Malachi Shipple William H. Ball and Lyman Dwight

New Scotland

New Scotland, NY

Town formed April 25, 1832 From Bethlehem.

Pioneer

Berne, NY

Pioneer Col. Jesse Wood of Long Island Settled Here About 1800.

Reformed Dutch Church

Berne, NY

Reformed Dutch Church Organized 1763, First Pastor Johannes Schuyler 1767.

Site of First Reformed Dutch Church

Guilderland, NY

100 Ft. W. Site of First Reformed Dutch Church in Guilderland Before 1767.

Site of House

Guilderland, NY

Site of House of Dr. Jonathan Johnson First Physician in Dunnsville Who Came Here On Horseback in 1808 Surgeon in War of 1812

The Boght

Colonie, NY

The Boght Settled 1718–1750 By Families From the Netherlands, Among Them Fonda, Lansing, Lieverse, Roff, Staats, Van Denbergh, Visscher,...

Toll Gate

Guilderland, NY

Site of Toll Gate Number Two On Western Turnpike.

Town of Berne

Berne, NY

Town of Berne Formed March 17, 1795, From Rensselaerville.

Town of Guilderland

Guilderland, NY

Town of Guilderland Established April 4, 1803 From Part of Watervliet First officers, Supervisor, Nicholas V. Mynderse, Town Clerk, Peter...

Turnpike

Bethlehem, NY

Turnpike Albany and Delaware Chartered March 2, 1805.

Van Der Zee Manor House

Selkirk, NY

Original house built in 1754, by Harmon Van Der Zee, grandson of Storm Bradt who was born at sea in 1636.

Van Wie's House

Bethlehem, NY

Van Wie's House Built By Hendrick Van Wie in 1732.

Whipple Farm

Knox, NY

Whipple Farm Settled By Malachi Whipple of Conn.

Willis' Store

Berne, NY

Willis' Store Established in 1800 By Major Stephen Willis Stood Here.

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