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2. Rensselaerswyck - Wikipedia

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   Rensselaerswyck [a] was a Dutch colonial patroonship and later an English manor owned by the van Rensselaer family located in the present-day Capital District of New York in the United States. The estate was originally deeded by the Dutch West India Company in 1630 to Kiliaen van Rensselaer, a Dutch merchant and one of the company's original ...

3. Pastures Historic District - Wikipedia

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   Greek Revival. NRHP reference No. 72000815. Added to NRHP. 1972. The Pastures Historic District is a residential neighborhood located south of downtown Albany, New York, United States. Its 17 acres (6.9 ha) include all or part of a 13- block area. It was originally an area set aside as communal pasture by Albany's city council in the late 17th ...

4. Fort Orange (New Netherland) - Wikipedia

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   Fort Orange (New Netherland) /  42.6448500°N 73.7502917°W  / 42.6448500; -73.7502917. Fort Orange ( Dutch: Fort Oranje) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland; the present-day city and state capital Albany, New York developed near this site. It was built in 1624 as a replacement for Fort Nassau, which had been built ...

5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany, New York

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   The city of Albany with NRHP listings identified by pinpoints. There are 75 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany, New York, United States. Six are additionally designated as National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), the most of any city in the state after New York City. Another 14 are historic districts, for which ...

6. History of Albany, New York - Wikipedia

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   The steamer Albany departs for New York City; at the height of steam travel in 1884, more than 1.5 million passengers took the trip. In 1807, Robert Fulton initiated a steamboat line from New York City to Albany, the first successful enterprise of its kind. By 1810, with 10,763 people, Albany was the 10th largest urban place in the nation.

7. Quackenbush House - Wikipedia

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   Quackenbush House. /  42.6540194°N 73.7484583°W  / 42.6540194; -73.7484583. Quackenbush House is a historic building in Albany, New York. It is a house with a double-pitched gable roof that was built in about 1736. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]