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Quackenbush House as seen in 1890, the buildings to the right have since been replaced by an exit ramp of I-787. [3] The Quackenbush House, built in the 1730s, was until recently considered the oldest house and structure in the city of Albany. However, it has recently been discovered that 48 Hudson Avenue may have been built as early as 1728.
The Irish American Heritage Museum is located at 21 Quackenbush Square in downtown Albany. Parking is available on the street and in parking lots behind the museum. The museum is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 am to 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon to 4 pm, and closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Most likely built in the 1740s—though possibly as early as 1736—the Quackenbush House is the oldest remaining example of Dutch Colonial architecture, which was once characteristic of early Albany. It is the only original house left on the block; the rest were demolished during the construction of the Clinton Avenue exit of Interstate 787. [140]
Includes main local history museum, log house, Victorian mansion, locomotive display, military/transportation building and children's museum Allen Memorial Art Museum: Oberlin: Lorain: Northeast Art: Part of Oberlin College: Alpine Hills Museum Sugarcreek: Tuscarawas: Northeast Local history Early days of Swiss and Amish heritage [6] Alverta ...
Apr. 10—ALBANY ─ Thursday was a special homecoming for the Albany Museum of Art. For the first time since hurricane-force winds breached the roof of the Albany Museum of Art on Jan 2, 2017 ...
Old Albany, Pond Hill, Methodist Hill Rds. and Main St. 42°30′59″N 74°08′06″W / 42.516389°N 74.135°W / 42.516389; -74.135 ( Rensselaerville Historic Rensselaerville
The New York State Museum was founded in 1836 as the New York State Geological and Natural History Survey, formed in 1836 by Governor William Marcy to document the mineral wealth of the state. [2] In 1870, it was reorganized as the New York State Museum of Natural History under the trusteeship of the regents of the State University. [ 3 ]
Mar. 13—NEW ALBANY — A new short-stay inn in downtown New Albany pays homage to the Southern writer who was born on the site — Nobel laureate William Faulkner. The Union County Historical ...