About Washington Park. Use the navigational dots at right, scroll or click below for: Historical Maps Photographs Postcards More Washington Park historical documents. Historical Maps. At the same time, some residents of Albany became interested in the anti-slavery movement that was sweeping the nation.
Slavery had been abolished in in the state of New York. The city assumed a cosmopolitan air at this time, with people of all races travelling through either by canal, steamboat, railroad or road, and it quickly became an important stop on the Underground Railroad that stretched from the American South to Upstate New York and Canada. The most important figures in Albany in this movement were African-Americans Stephen and Harriet Myers, who were active from at least up to the time of the Civil War.
The building where they lived and operated the local Vigilance Committee is an individually-listed site on the National Register of Historic Places recognized with national significance.
As a major city, and one that had a diverse population from its earliest European settlement period, Albany received a significant number of immigrants throughout the nineteenth century. The ethnic background of the immigrants generally corresponded to national trends, with Irish and German families arriving shortly before the Civil War, followed by German and Russian Jews, Italians, Eastern Europeans and many other smaller groups in the second half of the nineteenth century and beyond.
After the end of the Civil War, the state of New York decided that its small Capitol building was not adequate to the governmental needs of the state and was not fitting for what had become the largest state in the union.
Beginning in and ending in , a new Capitol was constructed in Albany, with four architects, including Henry Hobson Richardson and Leopold Eidlitz, and grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. Architecturally unique, the present-day Capitol was also the place where three of the four New York State Governors who became presidents of the United States served the people of the state: Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt. As the twentieth century opened, Albany continued to remain a major United States city although its relative size diminished as cities in the Mid-West and West grew in size and importance.
The city continued to be the home of various immigrant groups and its industries continued to provide employment for its growing population. Recognizing the continued importance of water transportation to the economic health of the state, New York State rebuilt its canal system in the opening years of the twentieth century with the new Barge Canal system, replacing many parts of the Erie and adjacent canals that relied on horse- and mule-driven boats.
The city established the first municipal airport in the United States in and greatly expanded its Hudson River Port at the same time. Albany, on the Job. Conviction Sealing. Fair Housing Legislation. Executive Orders. Submit a Request. Search Map of Albany. He was brought up to the National League in by Cleveland and was traded to the New York Giants in for Buck Ewing, who was considered one of the great players of the age. Davis retired from the majors in , after 20 years of playing and went on to manage and coach in the minors and on the college level.
Learn more about George Stacey Davis. The ship is open to the public from April through November with hour-long guided tours, youth group overnight camping, and has become a popular destination for naval reunion groups. Learn more about the USS Slater. The Schuyler Mansion was built in for Phillip J. Schuyler, a general in the Revolutionary war and a U. Schuyler was born, raised and died in Albany, NY. The U. Senator and his wife, Catherine Van Rensselaer resided in the home along with eight children.
Both Schuyler and his wife came from powerful Dutch families. The mansion has a Georgian structure and overlooks the Hudson River. The land was originally 80 acres and included a working farm, a formal garden and an orchard. Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. The Schuyler family held occupancy at the home from until Phillip J.
Phillip Kiliaen Van Rensselaer was a merchant by trade and the keeper of the Albany arsenal. During his residency at Cherry Hill, Rensselaer continued to build up the farm which made the property almost a thousand acres by Cherry Hill has a timber frame structure and eventually became a manor house for the large farm on the property. In a historical murder took place in the Cherry Hill home. The last residences of the home were cousins of the Van Rensselaers, Catherine Rankin and her daughter Emily.
Emily specified in her will for the house to become a museum which is what occurred in In it became one of the first groups listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany. Visit one of New York's most fascinating stops on the Underground Railroad and hear the story of Stephen Myers, who, after gaining his freedom, turned his home into a refuge for people escaping enslavement.
This three-story Greek Revival home welcomed freedom seekers and served as a meeting place for noted abolitionists throughout the course of the 19th century. Stephen Myers was born enslaved in New York State, received his freedom at 18 years of age, and rose to prominence in abolition circles. In the 's, he is noted as managing "the most efficient organization in the state of New York, in the business of aiding the way-worn and weather-beaten refugee from slavery's shambles.
Visitors can experience, through interactive, innovative activities, the challenges that confronted these early civil rights activists. Year round events for students, youth, residents and visitors offer a range of different ways to engage with this compelling story and recognize its relevance for us today. Sit in the restored front parlor where the Vigilance Committee met, participate in a site-wide scavenger hunt to find clues about the home's history, or volunteer for preservation projects to keep this important resource vibrant.
Learn more about the Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. In , the mansion became the home of banker and philanthropist Thomas Worth Olcott.
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