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The New York State Capitol building in Albany is said to be haunted by the ghosts of a night watchman who died in a 1911 fire, artist William Morris Hunt, and others. [ 104 ] Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan is the last home in New York City from the nineteenth-century to be intact, and is reportedly haunted by former resident Gertrude ...
Official guided tours of the Capitol are offered at various times beginning at the Information Desk located in the State Street Lobby. There is a Visitor Center for the New York State Capitol and Empire State Plaza , located on the Concourse Level of the Plaza near the underground entrance to the Capitol.
Abraham Lincoln passed the location twice, far before it became a park. Once as president-elect after meeting with the Albany Legislature, and once after his death, after his body laid in state at the New York State Capitol Building [4].The park was constructed on a vacant 3 acre lot, and opened in June 2015. [5]
William Preston Taulbee, a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1885 to 1889, was murdered in 1890 in the Capitol. Some say he never left. Some say he never left.
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New York State Executive Mansion Tour Program Archived 2012-07-04 at the Wayback Machine; Frommer's Review; Liebs, Chester H. (July 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New York State Executive Mansion". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-12-10
The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is visible as U.S. Capitol Police officers stand guard in a winter storm in the nation's capital on January 6, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Washington Park in Albany, New York is the city's premier park and the site of many festivals and gatherings. As public property it dates back to the city charter in 1686, and has seen many uses including that of gunpowder storage, square/parade grounds, and cemetery.