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Albany County, New York

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
237historic places
—earliest paper
1683formed
314,848pop. 2020
60cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 237 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 11 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Albany, Guilderland, Colonie.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

144 of 237 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

237 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abrams BuildingAlbanyBuilding1980
Albany AcademyAlbanyBuilding1971
Albany City HallAlbanyBuilding1972
Albany Felt Company ComplexMenandsBuilding2014
Albany Glassworks SiteGuilderlandSite1980
Albany Institute of History and ArtAlbanyBuilding1976
Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co.AlbanyBuilding2022
Albany Rural CemeteryMenandsDistrict1979
Albany Union StationAlbanyBuilding1971
Albany VA Main Hospital BuildingAlbanyBuilding2022
Alcove Historic DistrictAlcoveDistrict1980
Altamont Historic DistrictGuilderlandDistrict1982
Apple TavernGuilderlandBuilding1982
Arbor Hill Historic District-Ten Broeck TriangleAlbanyDistrict1979
Arbor Hill Historic District-Ten Broeck Triangle (Boundary Increase)AlbanyDistrict1984
Arnold, Benjamin Walworth, House and Carriage HouseAlbanyBuilding1982
Aumic HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Babcock, Dr. John, HouseSelkirkBuilding2003
Bacon-Stickney HouseColonieBuilding1985
Beattie Machine WorksCohoesBuilding2022
Bennett Hill FarmNew ScotlandBuilding2003
Bethlehem Grange No. 137SelkirkBuilding2002
Bethlehem HouseBethlehemBuilding1973
Blaisdell, Dr. Wesely, HouseCoeymansBuilding2012
Blaisdell, Fletcher, Farm ComplexCoeymansBuilding2001
Boardman and Gray Piano CompanyAlbanyBuilding2022
Broadway-Livingston Avenue Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1988
Bryan's StoreLoudonvilleBuilding1979
Building at 44 Central AvenueAlbanyBuilding2014
Buildings at 744, 746, 748, 750 BroadwayAlbanyDistrict1987
Byrne, Senator William T., HouseColonieBuilding1985
Calvary Methodist Episcopal ChurchAlbanyBuilding2008
Cathedral of All SaintsAlbanyBuilding1974
Cathedral of the Immaculate ConceptionAlbanyBuilding1976
Center Square-Hudson-Park Historic District (Additional Documentation)AlbanyDistrict1980
Chapel HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Cherry HillAlbanyBuilding1971
Church of the Holy InnocentsAlbanyBuilding1978
Clarksville Elementary SchoolClarksvilleBuilding2008
Clinton Avenue Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1988
Coeymans Landing Historic DistrictCoeymansDistrict2018
Coeymans SchoolCoeymansBuilding1970
Coeymans, Ariaanje, HouseCoeymansBuilding1972
Coeymans-Bronck Stone HouseCoeymansBuilding2003
Conkling-Boardman-Eldridge FarmRensselaervilleDistrict2016
Consolidated Car Heating Company ComplexAlbanyBuilding2021
Coppola HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Cramer, Frederick, HouseColonieBuilding1985
Crouse, Frederick, HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Crouse, Jacob, InnGuilderlandBuilding1982
Crouse, John and Henry, Farm ComplexGuilderlandBuilding1982
D. D. T. Moore FarmhouseLoudonvilleBuilding1979
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company BuildingAlbanyBuilding1972
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Freight HouseCohoesBuilding1998
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Passenger StationAltamontBuilding1971
Dickey, William J., HouseCohoesBuilding1998
District School No. 1BethlehemBuilding1998
District School No. 7Coeymans HollowBuilding1996
Downtown Albany Historic District (Additional Documentation)AlbanyDistrict1980
Downtown Albany Historic District (Boundary Increase/Decrease)AlbanyDistrict2022
Downtown Cohoes Historic DistrictCohoesDistrict1984
Dr. Jay McDonald TowersCohoesBuilding2026
Dunsbach, Martin, HouseColonieBuilding1985
Enlarged Erie Canal Historic District (Discontiguous)CohoesDistrict2004
Fine Arts and Flower Building Altamont FairgroundVillage of AltamontBuilding2004
First Congregational Church of AlbanyAlbanyBuilding2014
First Reformed ChurchAlbanyBuilding1974
First Reformed Dutch Church of BethlehemBethlehemBuilding2002
First Trust Company BuildingAlbanyBuilding1973
Fonda HouseCohoesBuilding2004
Fort Orange Archeological Site NHLAlbanySite1993
Freeman HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Fuller's TavernGuilderlandBuilding1982
Fuller, Royal K., HouseColonieBuilding1985
Gardner HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Gifford Grange HallGuilderlandBuilding1982
Gillespie HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Godfrey FarmhouseCohoesBuilding1979
Goodrich SchoolColonieBuilding2000
Gorham HouseLoudonvilleBuilding1979
Graceland Cemetery Receiving VaultAlbanyBuilding2024
Griggs, Hiram, HouseAltamontBuilding2010
Guilderland Cemetery VaultGuilderlandSite1982
Hall, James, Office NHLAlbanyBuilding1976
Hamilton Union Church RectoryGuilderlandBuilding1982
Hamilton Union Presbyterian ChurchGuilderlandBuilding1982
Harmanus Bleecker LibraryAlbanyBuilding1996
Harmony Mill Historic District NHLCohoesDistrict1978
Harmony Mill No. 3 NHLCohoesBuilding1971
Haswell, Isaac M., HouseColonieBuilding1985
Hayes HouseAltamontBuilding1973
Hedge LawnColonieBuilding1985
Helderberg Reformed Dutch ChurchGuilderlandBuilding1982
Henry-Remsen HouseColonieBuilding1985
Hills, Ebenezer, Jr., FarmhouseColonieBuilding1985
Hilton, Adam, HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Hook and Ladder No. 4AlbanyBuilding2001
Houck FarmhouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Houghtaling, Abraham, HouseCoeymansBuilding1998
Houghtaling, Teunis, HouseClarksvilleBuilding2004
Hughson MansionLoudonvilleBuilding1979
Humphrey, Friend, HouseColonieBuilding1985
Kemp, John Wolf, HouseColonieBuilding1985
Knower HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Knox District School No. 5KnoxBuilding2005
Knox Street Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict2008
Lackman, J. Leonard, HouseCohoesBuilding1998
Lafayette Park HistoricAlbanyDistrict1978
Lainhart Farm Complex and Dutch BarnAltamontBuilding2001
Lansing, John V. A., Farmhouse and Billsen Cemetery and Archeological SiteColonieDistrict1985
Lawton, George H., HouseColonieBuilding1985
LeGrange FarmsteadSlingerlandsBuilding2005
Lil's DinerAlbanyBuilding2000
Livingston, Philip, Junior High SchoolAlbanyBuilding2014
Lock 18 of Enlarged Erie CanalCohoesStructure1971
Loudon Road Historic DistrictLoudonvilleDistrict1979
Lustron Houses of Jermain Street Historic DistrictAlbanyBuilding2009
Mansion Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1982
Mark HouseColonieBuilding2022
Matton ShipyardCohoesDistrict2009
McCarty, Brigadier General David, Stone CottageCoeymansBuilding2015
McKownville-Country Club Highlands Historic DistrictGuilderlandDistrict2022
McNiven Farm ComplexGuilderlandBuilding1982
Menand Park Historic DistrictColonieDistrict1985
Menand, Louis, HouseColonieBuilding1985
Menands ManorColonieBuilding1985
Mendelson, A., and Son Company BuildingAlbanyBuilding2003
Merchant, Walter, HouseAlbanyBuilding2002
Mull House and CemeteryCoeymansBuilding1999
Music HallCohoesBuilding1971
Myers, Stephen and Harriet, HouseAlbanyBuilding2004
Mynderse-Frederick HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
National Biscuit Company ComplexAlbanyBuilding2020
New Scotland Avenue (Troop B) ArmoryAlbanyBuilding1994
New York Executive MansionAlbanyBuilding1971
New York State Barge CanalCohoesDistrict2014
New York State Barge Canal NHLMultipleDistrict
New York State Capitol NHLAlbanyBuilding1971
New York State Court of Appeals BuildingAlbanyBuilding1971
New York State Department of Education BuildingAlbanyBuilding1971
Newtonville Post OfficeNewtonvilleBuilding1973
Newtonville SchoolColonieBuilding2000
Newtonville United Methodist ChurchColonieBuilding2001
Norman ValeGuilderlandBuilding2009
Normanskill FarmAlbanyDistrict2019
Nut GroveAlbanyBuilding1974
Ohio Street Methodist Episcopal Church ComplexWatervlietBuilding2005
Old Post OfficeAlbanyBuilding1972
Olmstead Street Historic DistrictCohoesDistrict1973
Onesquethaw Valley Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1974
Palace TheatreAlbanyBuilding1979
Pangburn, Stephen, HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Park MartAlbanyBuilding2021
Parker, Charles, HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Pastures Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1972
Patterson FarmhouseDelmarBuilding1997
Pine Hollow Road Historic DistrictSlingerlandsDistrict2026
Potter Hollow District No. 19 SchoolPotter HollowBuilding2012
Presbyterian Church in New Scotland and the New Scotland CemeteryNew ScotlandBuilding2010
Prospect Hill Cemetery BuildingGuilderlandBuilding1982
Pruyn, Casparus F., HouseColonieBuilding1985
Quackenbush HouseAlbanyBuilding1972
Quackenbush Pumping Station, Albany Water WorksAlbanyBuilding1983
Rapp Road Community Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict2002
Reformed Dutch Church of Rensselaer in WatervlietColonieBuilding1985
Renshaw, Alfred, House (Additional Documentation)ColonieBuilding1985
Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad: Green Island ShopsGreen IslandBuilding1973
Rensselaerville Historic DistrictRensselaervilleDistrict1983
Rose HillGuilderlandBuilding1982
Roulier Heights Historic DistrictCohoesDistrict2026
Rowe FarmSouth BethlehemBuilding2012
Sage, Henry M., EstateMenandsBuilding1980
Schoolcraft, John, HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Schoolhouse #6GuilderlandBuilding1982
Schoonmaker HouseSelkirkBuilding2001
Schuyler Flatts NHLMenandsSite1974
Schuyler, Philip, Mansion (Additional Documentation) NHLAlbanyBuilding1967
Selfridge & Langford BuildingAlbanyBuilding2024
Sharp Brothers HouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Sharp FarmhouseGuilderlandBuilding1982
Shear, Israel, HouseRavenaBuilding1996
Silliman Memorial Presbyterian ChurchCohoesBuilding1979
Simmons Stone HouseColonieBuilding1985
Slinger-Sprong HouseSlingerlandsBuilding2012
Slingerlands Historic District (Additional Documentation)SlingerlandsDistrict2012
Slingerlands, Albert, HouseSlingerlandsBuilding1997
South End-Groesbeckville Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1984
Springwood ManorLoudonvilleBuilding1979
St Casimir's Church ComplexAlbanyDistrict2018
St. Agnes CemeteryMenandsSite2008
St. Andrew's Episcopal ChurchAlbanyBuilding2005
St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchGreen IslandBuilding1978
St. Mark's Lutheran ChurchGuilderlandBuilding1982
St. Mary's ChurchAlbanyBuilding1977
St. Nicholas Ukranian Catholic ChurchWatervlietBuilding2004
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBerneBuilding2016
St. Peter's Church NHLAlbanyBuilding1972
Steamboat Square Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict2022
Strong, Jedediah, HouseColonieBuilding1985
Ten Broeck MansionAlbanyBuilding1971
Ten Eyck, Tobias, House and CemeteriesCoeymansBuilding1994
Tilley, John S., Ladders CompanyWatervlietBuilding2017
Treemont ManorColonieBuilding1985
Trimble, George, HouseColonieBuilding1985
Turner FarmhouseLoudonvilleBuilding2022
US Post Office-DelmarDelmarBuilding1988
USS Slater (Destroyer Escort) NHLAlbanyStructure1998
United States Post Office, Court House, and Custom HouseAlbanyBuilding2020
United Traction Company BuildingAlbanyBuilding1976
University Club of Albany, TheAlbanyBuilding2011
Valley Paper Mill Chimney and SiteAlcoveSite2004
Van Denbergh-Simmons HouseColonieBuilding1985
Van Der Zee, C., HouseCoeymans HollowBuilding2002
Van Derheyden HouseDelmarBuilding2001
Van Ostrande-Radliff HouseAlbanyBuilding2008
Van Patten Barn ComplexGuilderlandBuilding1982
Van Schaick HouseCohoesBuilding1971
Van derzee, Cornelius and Agnietje HouseCoeymansBuilding2005
Vanderpool Farm ComplexGuilderlandBuilding1982
Veeder Farmhouse #1GuilderlandBuilding1982
Veeder Farmhouse #2GuilderlandBuilding1982
Verdoy SchoolColonieBuilding1985
Verdoy SchoolhouseColonieBuilding1997
Washington Avenue (Tenth Battalion) ArmoryAlbanyBuilding1995
Washington Avenue Corridor Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict2019
Washington Park Historic DistrictAlbanyDistrict1972
Washington Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)AlbanyBuilding2015
Watervliet Arsenal NHLWatervlietDistrict1966
Watervliet Shaker Historic DistrictColonieDistrict1973
Watervliet Shaker Historic District (Boundary Increase)ColonieDistrict1973
Watervliet Side Cut LocksWatervlietStructure1971
Wheeler HomeLoudonvilleBuilding1979
Whipple Cast and Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss BridgeAlbanyStructure1971
White, Sidney, HousePreson HollowBuilding2005
Whitney MansionLoudonvilleBuilding1979
Willis, Alexander, HouseCoeymansBuilding2004
Young Men's Christian Association BuildingAlbanyBuilding1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Albany was formed in 1683 (1683-11-01) from unknown / original county.

ALBANY created from non-county area in New York; northern limit was not defined.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Albany County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

315k174k34k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
75,73634,10338,11668,593113,917154,890165,571186,106221,315239,386272,926285,909294,565314,848

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Martin Van Buren National Historic SiteNational Historic Site32.8 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

60 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 60 of 60 listed
NameLatLon
Albany Rural Cemetery42.7057-73.73529
Albany Rural Cemetery Soldiers' Lot42.70941-73.72793
Alcove Cemetery42.46807-73.92901
Berne and Beaverdam Cemetery42.62854-74.16168
Beth Emeth Cemetery42.61042-73.76932
Beth Emeth Cemetery42.71058-73.73752
Bethlehem Cemetery42.61978-73.82217
Brookside Cemetery42.44269-74.20497
Calvary Cemetery42.59841-73.79584
Calvary Cemetery42.75885-73.70138
Campbell Cemetery42.44394-74.09009
Coeymans Hollow Cemetery42.46716-73.88408
Crystal Lake Cemetery42.50783-74.20412
Eagle Hill Cemetery42.67507-73.81354
Elmwood Cemetery42.56917-73.80318
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery42.75841-73.88068
Fairview Cemetery42.70808-73.99817
Gifford Hollow Burial Ground42.56857-74.12871
Graceland Cemetery42.63423-73.79336
Grove Cemetery42.4676-73.79454
Guilderland Cemetery42.7142-73.98726
Hannacroix Rural Cemetery42.49131-73.98167
High Point Cemetery42.69243-74.05862
Holy Spirit Lutheran Cemetery42.60091-73.79735
Huntersland Christian Cemetery42.56388-74.23639
Immaculate Conception Cemetery42.73429-73.73483
Indian Fields Cemetery42.47562-73.92637
Kimmey Cemetery42.58014-73.81953
Lainhart Cemetery42.72549-74.03103
Maplewood Cemetery42.74618-73.71216
Medusa Cemetery42.43603-74.1235
Memory Gardens Cemetery42.74177-73.83101
Mount Pleasant Cemetery42.53231-73.85132
Mount Pleasant Cemetery42.62478-73.95003
Mull Cemetery42.50467-73.78215
Onesquethaw Cemetery42.56127-73.95203
Ostrander Cemetery42.73337-74.11559
Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery42.60174-73.78095
Our Lady of Angels Cemetery42.70647-73.81679
Prospect Hill Cemetery42.70088-73.8972
Reidsville Cemetery42.5735-74.02753
Saint Agnes Cemetery42.70302-73.72804
Saint Agnes Cemetery42.76747-73.72866
Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery42.7056-73.79793
Saint Matthew Cemetery42.59942-73.7885
Saint Nicholas Cemetery42.77984-73.74406
Saint Patrick Cemetery42.46809-73.7932
Saint Patrick Cemetery42.73673-73.72633
Severson Cemetery42.70187-74.02283
Sicker Cemetery42.75689-73.8108
Snyder Cemetery42.52323-74.07139
Snyder Cemetery42.72567-74.11212
South Berne Rural Cemetery42.55812-74.0918
Stanton Cemetery42.4731-73.98702
Vanderpool Cemetery42.73137-74.03951
Waldron Cemetery42.49894-73.82436
Westerlo Cemetery42.52991-74.04462
Westerlo Central Cemetery42.47218-74.03918
Wolf - Kemp Cemetery42.72643-73.80282
Woodlawn Cemetery42.62593-74.14976
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Beaver Dam42.54111-73.79222
Indian Fields42.49278-73.94444

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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