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On Saturday, 20 May 2006, please join Historic Albany Foundation, members of your community, and a panel of experts to discuss challenges faced and opportunities presented by the buildings on our Endangered Resources list. The event flyer can be found by clicking here.
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Trinity Church, 31 Trinity Place This small and simple church, built in 1848, was an early commission of the nationally significant architect James Renwick. |
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Traditional Neighborhood Overlay District The Albany Common Council adopted this overlay district in 1993, to protect property owners in the majority of Albany's 19th and early 20th-century residential neighborhoods from inappropriate renovation that would negatively impact the character and value of properties within this diverse district. |
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Wellington Row, 132-140 State Street This row, across from the New York State Capitol Building and Albany's City Hall, on one of Albany's most prominent and historically significant streets, includes the 1832 John Taylor Cooper House and the 1911 Elks Lodge, and has been threatened and abandoned for the last two decades. |
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Church of the Holy Innocents, 271 North Pearl Street Prominent church architect Frank Wills designed the main church around 1850, while the firm of Woollett and Ogden designed the chapel in 1866. |
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755 Madison Avenue Attributed to architect Albert Fuller, this 1889 Queen Anne mansion could be a showpiece among the freestanding late 19th-century mansions along Madison Avenue. |
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Third Precinct Police Station, 222 North Pearl Street Designed by Albany architect Walter Van Guysling and built in 1910, this brick building is less than three blocks from the restored Palace Theatre, and Albany’s entertainment district. |
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School 17, 43 Second Avenue Charles B. Nichols designed this school, which was constructed in 1878 and altered in 1890. This building sits on a crest of Second Avenue, with remarkable views of the South End and Downtown Albany, and maintains a great deal of its architectural character. |
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Albany Knitting Company, 373 South Pearl Street In 1886, this building was constructed to house the Albany Leiderkranz Singing Society. Hinckel Brewing Company owned a saloon in the building in 1915. By the 1920s the Albany Knitting Company occupied the structure, which complements the South Pearl streetscape with interesting and unique architectural details. |
| On December 12, 2005,
Historic Albany Foundation released its latest list of Albany's
Endangered Historic Resources.
The
8 resources on this list span the spectrum of Albany’s rich
architectural
heritage, from the 1832 John Taylor Cooper House at 134 State Street,
part of
Wellington Row, to the early 20th-century neighborhoods that
comprise the Traditional Neighborhood Overlay District in
Midtown/Uptown
Albany. The purpose of the Endangered
Historic Resource List is to encourage interest in and educate the
public about
these resources. The Foundation will
hold a symposium in Spring 2006 to discuss the challenges in preserving
these
important historic resources, as well as examples of successful reuses
for
these types of buildings, in Albany and nationwide. This list updates Historic Albany Foundation’s 2000 Endangered Buildings List, which included twelve threatened sites. Historic Albany Foundation is pleased to announce that five of those sites have been restored, rehabilitated, or stabilized, while two have transferred ownership and are awaiting or undergoing restoration or rehabilitation. The 2005 Endangered List has 8 resources on it. All but the Traditional Overlay District are officially listed on the City of Albany’s Designated Historic Resource List and the National Register of Historic Places, and all but the Overlay District are vacant. |
 Albany County Executive Michael Breslin
speaks at the Endangered Resources press conference.
 Hon. Carolyn McLaughlin, 2nd Ward Alderwoman, speaks at the Endangered Resources press conference. |
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