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During the late 17th century, the area was a staging ground for raids between English and French colonies. Whitehall was first called "Skenesborough" in 1759 when it was settled by a land grant to a British officer, Philip Skene (1725 - after 1785), who later returned to Britain, and who was subsequently declared an enemy of the State of New York for his land dealings.
Whitehall is a village located in the town of Whitehall in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. [4] The village population was 2,614 in 2010. [2] The village of Whitehall is located at the point where the Vermont border connects to the southern end of Lake Champlain. [5]
The Brooklyn Navy Yard (originally known as the New York Navy Yard) is a shipyard and industrial complex in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S.The Navy Yard is located on the East River in Wallabout Bay, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlears Hook in Manhattan.
Whitehall—a side-wheel gunboat and converted ferry built in 1850 at Brooklyn, New York City—was purchased by the Navy there on 10 October 1861 and was commissioned soon thereafter at the New York Navy Yard, Acting Master Francis P. Allen in command.
Whitehall Armory is a historic National Guard armory building located at Whitehall in Washington County, New York. It is a brick and stone castle-like structure built in 1899, designed to be reminiscent of medieval military structures in Europe.
It lacks its own entrance from Whitehall and is entered through the Ripley Courtyard or Ripley Building. [4] It is a three-storey building in yellow brick with neoclassical interiors. [5] The ground floor comprises meeting rooms for the Cabinet Office and the upper floors are three ministerial residences. [6] Admiralty House, Hong Kong in 1935
At the end of the War of 1812, a combination of US Navy and captured British Navy ships which had survived the Battle of Plattsburgh were placed in Whitehall, NY, out of service. After several years of disuse, their condition had deteriorated so much that, in 1820, they were floated into the Poultney River, where they were allowed to sink.
Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Whitehall in Washington County, New York. It includes 40 contributing buildings. It encompasses a three-block-long row of two- and three- story brick and stone commercial structures facing the Champlain Canal. The structures were built between 1865 and 1900, after the fire ...