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The Murder at Cherry Hill occurred in 1827 near Albany, New York, when John Whipple was shot and killed at the Cherry Hill farm, home of a prominent Albany family, the Van Rensselaers. John's wife, Elsie, and her lover, Jesse Strang, were tried for the murder. While Elsie was acquitted as an accomplice, Strang was found guilty and sentenced to ...
From its formal chartering on 22 July 1686 until 1779, the mayors of Albany, New York, were appointed by the royal governor of New York, per the provisions of the original city charter, issued by Governor Thomas Dongan. Mayor of Albany. Seal of the City of Albany. Flag of the City of Albany. Incumbent. Kathy Sheehan. since January 1, 2014. Style.
48 Hudson Avenue (also known as the Van Ostrande–Radliff House) is the oldest building in the city of Albany, New York. [2] It was believed by Paul Huey, in the Albany architectural guide of 1993, to have been built in 1759 by Johannes Radliff when he married Elizabeth Singleton because he believed it was built after the stockade was moved south by one block.
v. t. e. The history of Albany, New York from 1784 to 1860 begins with the ratification of the Treaty of Paris by the Congress of the Confederation in 1784 and ends in 1860, prior to the American Civil War. After the Revolutionary War, Albany County saw a great increase in real estate transactions. After Horatio Gates ' win over John Burgoyne ...
Albany. Explorer, Here Ended the Voyage of the Half Moon in Quest of the Indies September, 1609. 19. Herman Melville. 1953. Clinton Sq., N. Pearl And Orange Sts. Albany. Author of"Moby Dick", Studied and Worked During Formative Years in Albany, 1830–1838, Family Home at 3 Clinton Square, 1834–1838. 20.
The Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle, originally the Ten Broeck Historic District, is a seven- block area located within the Arbor Hill neighborhood north of what is today downtown Albany, New York, United States. In 1979 its easternmost third, the Ten Broeck Triangle, the second oldest residential neighborhood in the city, [6 ...
February 18, 1971. Cherry Hill is a historic house located on South Pearl Street (New York State Route 32) in Albany, New York, United States. It is a timber frame structure dating to the late 18th century. In 1971 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, one of the first properties in the city to receive that designation.
Benner House. Benner House. July 9, 1987. (#87001067) 1 Mill St. 41°55′14″N 73°54′36″W / 41.920556°N 73.91°W / 41.920556; -73.91 (Benner House) Rhinebeck. 1739 stone house is rare example of Hudson Valley one-room house in German vernacular tradition. It is the Oldest House in Rhinebeck Village.