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Central Troy Historic District (ID86001527) The Rice Building, originally known as the Hall Building for Benjamin Homer Hall who built it, is a triangular historic high Victorian Gothic structure with Moorish architecture window arches in Troy, New York. [1] Built in 1871 for attorney, author, and poet Benjamin Homer Hall who served as City ...
The Central Troy Historic District is an irregularly shaped, 96-acre (39 ha) area of downtown Troy, New York, United States. It has been described as "one of the most perfectly preserved 19th-century downtowns in the [country]" [3] with nearly 700 properties in a variety of architectural styles from the early 19th to mid-20th centuries.
Town of Troy. Troy got its current name in 1789. "By an act of legislature, passed March 18, 1791, the town of Troy was erected from a part of the town of Rensselaerswyck. On Monday, April 4. a town meeting was held at Ashley's tavern, and the first town officers elected.
The Rensselaer County Historical Society (RCHS) is a non-profit, historical society and museum, to promote the study of the history of the Rensselaer County, NY. RCHS was founded in 1927, and originally operated out of a single room in the Troy Public Library, collecting manuscripts and published materials related to the county's history.
The Rice Building and River Street, part of the Central Troy Historic District. Camera manufacturer: SONY: Camera model: ILCE-6000: Author: Kenneth C. Zirkel: Exposure time: 1/60 sec (0.016666666666667) ISO speed rating: 200: Date and time of data generation: 17:37, 1 August 2021: Lens focal length: 12 mm: Latitude: 42° 43′ 52.51″ N ...
W. & L. E. Gurley Building. West Hall (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Winslow Chemical Laboratory. Categories: Buildings and structures in New York (state) by populated place. Troy, New York. Buildings and structures in Rensselaer County, New York.
Troy is known as the "Collar City" due to its history in shirt, collar, and other textile production. Until the early 1990s, Troy was home to several textile manufacturers, including Cluett, Peabody, a subsidiary of the nation's largest publicly held textile manufacturer West Point-Pepperell Inc.
Designated CP. August 13, 1986. The Hart-Cluett Mansion is located at 57 Second Street in Troy, New York, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and is a contributing property to the Central Troy Historic District created in 1986. Since the 1950s it, and the Carr Building next door, was the main office ...