New York - Albany County - Vacant / Not In Use
Albany County New York (Vacant / Not In Use) has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Enlarged Erie Canal Historic District (Discontiguous), Lock 18 of Enlarged Erie Canal, Myers, Stephen and Harriet, House, Van Ostrande--Radliff House and Albany Union Station.

Several famous people are associated with these Albany County historic places including Harriet Myers, Stephen Myers, Eleanor Spensley and Acton Civill.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Albany County places including Holmes Hutchinson, Barker and Smith, Carr & Co. Merriam, Rutan & Coolidge Sheply, Marcus T. Reynolds, Norcross Bros., Alexander J. Davis, Albert W. Fuller, William A. Wheeler and William Robinson. Prominent architectural styles found in Albany Country are Greek Revival, Colonial and Romanesque.

Abrams Building (added 1980 - - #80002577)
55-57 S. Pearl St. , Albany
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Albany Union Station (added 1971 - - #71000516)
E side of Broadway between Columbia and Steuben Sts. , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Norcross Bros., Sheply,Rutan & Coolidge
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bethlehem House (added 1973 - - #73001158)
Also known as Rensselaer Nicoll House
E of Bethlehem off NY 144 , Bethlehem
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Broadway--Livingston Avenue Historic District (added 1988 - - #87002300)
Broadway and Livingston Ave. , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Coeymans School (added 1970 - - #70000418)
Also known as Acton Civill Polytechnic Institute
SW corner of Westerlo St. and Civill Ave. , Coeymans
Pubdog, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Civill,Acton
Significant Year:
1873
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building (added 1972 - - #72000813)
The Plaza on State St. , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Reynolds,Marcus T.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business
Enlarged Erie Canal Historic District (Discontiguous) (added 2004 - - #04000434)
City of Cohoes, roughly from S to NW city boundary , Cohoes
Tsf01, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Merriam, Carr & Co., Barker and Smith
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Harmanus Bleecker Library (added 1996 - - #96000559)
161 Washington Ave. , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Robinson, William, Fuller, Albert
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hills, Ebenezer, Jr., Farmhouse (added 1985 - - #85002712)
Also known as Component No. 10
1010 Troy-Schenectady Rd. , Colonie
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hughson Mansion (added 1979 - - #79003245)
374 Loudon Rd. , Loudonville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Knox District School No. 5 (added 2005 - - #05000441)
Also known as Ketchum Schoolhouse, Knox District Schoolhouse
Ketchum Rd. , Knox
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lock 18 of Enlarged Erie Canal (added 1971 - - #71000526)
Also known as Double Lock
W of 252 N. Mohawk St., E of Reservoir St. near Manor Ave. , Cohoes
Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hutchinson,Holmes
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Myers, Stephen and Harriet, House (added 2004 - - #04000999)
Also known as Vigilance Committee Office
194 Livingston Ave. , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Myers, Stephen, Myers, Harriet
Significant Year:
1847, 1858, 1855
Area of Significance:
Black, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Nut Grove (added 1974 - - #74001215)
Also known as William Walsh House
McCarty Ave. , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Davis,Alexander J.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Spensley,Eleanor
Significant Year:
1903, 1845
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Ohio Street Methodist Episcopal Church Complex (added 2005 - - #05001393)
Also known as St. Anne Maronite Catholic Church, Third Avenue Methodist Church
1921 Third Ave. , Watervliet
FlickreviewR, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Quackenbush House (added 1972 - - #72000816)
683 Broadway , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Quackenbush Pumping Station, Albany Water Works (added 1983 - - #83001634)
Quackenbush Sq. , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ogden,Edward
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Public Works, Water Works
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
United Traction Company Building (added 1976 - - #76001205)
598 Broadway , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Reynolds,Marcus T.
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Valley Paper Mill Chimney and Site (added 2004 - - #04000350)
NY 143 at Cty Rd. 111 , Alcove
Pubdog, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Van Ostrande--Radliff House (added 2008 - - #07000291)
48 Hudson Ave. , Albany
MattWade, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Community Planning And Development, Exploration/Settlement, European
Cultural Affiliation:
Dutch
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Watervliet Side Cut Locks (added 1971 - - #71000529)
Also known as West Troy Side Cut Locks
23rd St. at the Hudson River , Watervliet
Pubdog, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Young Men's Christian Association Building (added 1978 - - #78001838)
60-64 N. Pearl St. , Albany
Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wheeler,William A., Fuller,Albert W.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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