The Village's First Freight and passenger train station was built in 1864, only months after the first train passed through Knowersville. In 1896 the old station was moved south along the tracks. In 1897, it was replaced by the . . . — — Map (db m283535) HM
On Broadway at Park Street, on the right when traveling north on Broadway.
Tryon County 1772-1784 Montgomery County 1784 *Tryon County set off from Albany County 1772 Name changed to Montgomery County in honor of Major General Richard Montgomery 1784 County Seat moved from Johnstown to Fonda, 1836, and Present court house . . . — — Map (db m59764) HM
Near Mohawk Street near Ontario Street, on the right when traveling south.
Horace Brinsmade Silliman was born in 1825. He was educated in Albany Academy, graduated from Union College in 1846 (a member of Phi Beta Kappa) and later received honorary degrees from Union and Hamilton Colleges.
Silliman first became a . . . — — Map (db m41361) HM
On Varsity Drive 0.1 miles north of University Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Foundation Day: November 21, 1856. Feast of the Presentation of Mary. Co-Founders: Most Reverend John Timon, C.M. First Bishop of Buffalo; and Reverend John J. Lynch, C.M. First President of SOLA, First Archbishop of Toronto. First Location: St. . . . — — Map (db m87903) HM
On North Lake Shore Drive at Banks Street, on the left when traveling north on North Lake Shore Drive.
The 1870 marriage of Bertha Honore and Potter Palmer united two of the wealthiest and most influential families of 19th century Chicago. Both were strong-willed individualists who used their economic power and social positions to carry out their . . . — — Map (db m188620) HM
Near Altamont Road (New York State Route 156) 0.4 miles west of Tygert Road, on the left when traveling west.
Preserved as Farmland
for future generations through the conservation efforts of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy and the Open Space Institute in partnership with owner Peter G. Ten Eyck II.
Founded in 1915 by Peter G. Ten Eyck, Indian . . . — — Map (db m276340) HM
On Covered Bridge Lane south of Route 443, on the right when traveling south.
The Colonel
Peter Vroman House
Built c.1791
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the
United States
Department of the Interior
(lower plaque)
The Col. Peter
Vrooman House
1785 . . . — — Map (db m309948) HM
On New York State Route 143 at County Route 111, on the left when traveling west on New York State Route 143.
1818 Ephraim Andrews acquires cloth dressing and wool carding mills. By 1850 John E. Andrews establishes a straw paper making mill — — Map (db m131759) HM
On Fisher Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Burial Site of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War
John Oliver 3rd Regiment
Albany County Militia John Sager 1st Regiment Line
New York State — — Map (db m244943) HM
On Delaware Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Peebles Island State Park is located in the city of Cohoes (Albany County) and the village of Waterford (Saratoga County). Surrounded by the third and fourth branches of the Mohawk River, this 191-acre park includes Polrump, Goat, and Peebles . . . — — Map (db m115377) HM
Near New York State Route 30 0.1 miles north of Mine Kill Road, on the right when traveling north.
History of the Long Path
During the 1930s, a plan was developed by Vincent J. Schaefer of the Mohawk Valley Hiking Club and others to connect the southern New York hiking trails with the Adirondack hiking trail system. This proposed trail . . . — — Map (db m179658) HM
On Station Street (Provincial Highway 37) just east of Dafoe Street, on the left when traveling east.
[English] Meyers gained fame as a loyalist spy during the American Revolution. He recruited soldiers, gathered intelligence, and carried dispatches through enemy lines for the British army in his native New York. . . . — — Map (db m255607) HM
On Center Street west of North Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
On this day, Major General Stephen Van Rensselaer launched a U.S. attack on British Canada with an assault force of regulars and militia. Initially they were pinned down along the shore until Captain John Ellis Wool and his men scaled the heights . . . — — Map (db m57083) HM
Near Ten Broeck Place north of Ten Broeck Street, on the left when traveling east.
Abraham Ten Broeck (1734-1810) built this grand mansion in the Federal style after the destruction of his family home on Broadway in the great fire of 1797.
Descended from one of Albany's founding New Netherland families, he was a businessman, . . . — — Map (db m139507) HM
Near 2nd Avenue (New York State Route 32) at 16th Street, on the right.
Peter J. Dalessandro
Congressional Medal of Honor
Technical Sergeant, US Army, Company E. 39th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division Sergeant DAlessandro was born May 19, 1918.
Entered service at: Watervliet, N.Y.
Presented the Congressional . . . — — Map (db m246299) HM
On Heritage Lane at Airline Drive, on the right when traveling west on Heritage Lane.
The orderly arrangement and simple design of the stones in this cemetery reflect the communal lifestyle and egalitarian ideals of the Shakers buried here. What the stones don't reveal is the innovation, craftsmanship. and industriousness of the . . . — — Map (db m248457) HM
On Western Avenue (U.S. 20) at Glenwood Street, on the left when traveling east on Western Avenue.
McKownville-Country Club Highlands Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022 by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m292166) HM
On Grand Street 0.2 miles east of Fairview Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Altamont Fairgrounds
The Albany Agricultural Society sponsored the first fair in Albany County in 1819. For the next 70 years fairs were held in Albany and in the surrounding towns and villages. In August 1892, local businessmen . . . — — Map (db m283615) HM
On Route 7 east of Tory Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.
Potter Hill acquired Its name after an accident that killed 53-year-old Captain John Potter Esq. On the evening of June 24, 1806, Potter was killed when he fell off his wagon and was crushed by a barrel of cider that fell off as well after his . . . — — Map (db m290218) HM
This 225-acre Bond Road property was added to T Mohawk Hudson Land Conservaney's Bozen Kill Preserve in 2024. MHLC is grateful to neighboring landowners Bryan Swift and Lauren Lyons-Swift, along with Marti and Kevin McLoughlin, who initiated the . . . — — Map (db m268190) HM
On North Ridge Road at Section 75, on the left when traveling north on North Ridge Road.
[ Left Column ] Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War (1861-1865). As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m268793) HM WM
Near County Route 42 near Peter Bronck Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Bronks, like many Dutch families, had deep roots in the Colony of New York.
The transfer of their loyalty from the Dutch to the English and then to the
Revolutionary government had been relatively smooth. By the beginning of the the . . . — — Map (db m176706) HM
On Western Avenue (U.S. 20) 1 mile west of Fuller Station Road, on the right when traveling east.
Col. Schenectady militia during American Revolution owned farm here 1765 to death in 1799. Buried on high knoll above reservoir. — — Map (db m144957) HM
On Western Ave (U.S. 20) at Schoolcraft Street, on the right when traveling west on Western Ave.
Built Circa 1840
By John L. Schoolcraft
U.S. Congressman 1848-1852
Albany Banker and Whig Leader
Delegate to the 1860
National Convention
— — Map (db m65410) HM
Near Oakwood Cemetery west of Oakwood Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
We want our many visitors to realize that they are looking at one of the single most important broad overviews of American history anywhere in the country! What you see before you is the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers and "...most . . . — — Map (db m315258) HM
On Dalessondro Boulevard (New York State Route 155), on the right when traveling north.
In December of 1944, near Kalterherberg, Germany Technical Sergeant Peter J. Dalessondro of the 9th Infantry Division, at great personal risk, intrepidly fought against overwhelming enemy attack to save his company from defeat. His singlehanded . . . — — Map (db m21881) HM
Near Park Road 0.5 miles south of Albany-Shaker Road.
The Ice Age
The earth has seen many long periods of global cooling commonly known as the Ice Age. At least four of these events have occurred during the last two million years. The last one began about 100,000 years ago. It is called the . . . — — Map (db m269246) HM
On Willett Street 0.1 miles south of Hudson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Home of Isaac Waldman
Mann & Waldman Co.
Dry Goods
1878
2006
Preservation
Merit Award
78 Willett Street
Entry hood reconstruction — — Map (db m312317) HM
On Middleline Road, on the right when traveling north.
Home of James Gordon
Colonel Revolutionary War
Member of Assembly, State Senator
First Supervisor Town Ballston
Member of Congress
Washington visited here 1783 — — Map (db m127216) HM
