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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Schenectady County, New York
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
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Saturday April 10, 1943
On this spot representatives of the
British Eight Army
paid tribute to
American Locomotive Co.
Workers
— — Map (db m51131) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m135007) HM |
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Nott Memorial
Has Been Designated A
National Historic Landmark
This Site Possesses National Significance
In Commemorating The History of The
United States of America
1986
National Park Service
United States Department of . . . — — Map (db m23365) HM |
| | Site of Schenectady High School. Built in 1903, renamed Nott Terrace High School in 1931. Taken down in 1974. — — Map (db m127901) HM |
| | Built before 1700 by Hendrick Brouwer a fur trader who died here 1707. Sold 1799 to James Rosa, Supt. Mohawk & Hudson R.R. 1831 — — Map (db m128840) HM |
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1837
Original Site of the African Church
Founded in 1837
By Reverend Isaac Duryee
Renamed Duryee Memorial African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
in 1894
— — Map (db m97295) HM |
| | Count Casimir Pulaski - Polish friend of America in the Revolutionary War distinguished himself on General George Washington’s staff in the Battle of Brandywine. Commissioned Brigadier General. Fought at Germantown and other battles in winter of . . . — — Map (db m128129) HM WM |
| | (south side)
In memory of the
soldiers & sailors from
Schenectady County,
who aided in the
suppression of the
Great Rebellion of
1861-5.
(north side)
Erected by the
Ladies Monument
Association of the City
of . . . — — Map (db m128133) WM |
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On This Site Stood
During the Revolutionary War
The General Hospital For The
Northern Department, And The
Continental Barracks.
Built By Order Of
General Washington In Nov.
1776, And used Until 1780 By
Troops Passing Through Or . . . — — Map (db m50316) HM |
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On Night of Feb. 8, 1690.
Although Wounded He Rode
20 Miles To Albany
Warning Settlers
— — Map (db m77689) HM |
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Washington Visited
Here in 1775
Later Became Schenectady
Female Academy
— — Map (db m77588) HM |
| | Updated 2008 Marker:
The Chamber of Schenectady County
Welcomes You To
Schenectady
Settled by Arent Van Curler 1661
Burned by the French and Indians
Feb. 8, 1690
The original 1924 marker read:
Erected by Chamber of . . . — — Map (db m15074) HM |
| | Founded in the Wilderness
Beyond Feudal Control
Inherits the Spirit of Liberty
And Progress * Here Our
Forefathers Established
A College Free From
Sectarianism * They
Helped to Develop The
Steam Railroad and Inland
Water . . . — — Map (db m58355) HM |
| | While on a scouting trip in Schenectady to locate an industrial site for the Edison Machine Works, Harry Livor noticed two empty factory buildings adjacent to the Erie Canal. They had recently been built for the McQueen
Locomotive Works, a rival . . . — — Map (db m159851) HM |
| | Be it our task to save
in memory of the life you gave
those rights for which
your blood was shed
names were not transcribed — — Map (db m133862) WM |
| | This memorial erected on the
100th anniversary of the founding
of the locomotive industry in this city and is dedicated to all Schenectadians who died
for their country.
Dedicated September 24, 1948 — — Map (db m134991) WM |
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Dedicated May 18th, 1995 In
Commemoration Of The 125th Anniversary
Of The Schenectady Police Department
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In Remembrance of those Police Officers Who Gave
The Ultimate Sacrifice For Their Community
---------------- . . . — — Map (db m50312) HM |
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Benvenuti
Welcome to
Schenectady's Little Italy
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This Gateway and Street are dedicated to Italian immigrants who came to Schenectady during the great European immigrations to the United States beginning at . . . — — Map (db m39547) HM |
| | In everlasting tribute
to the men and women
of the Second Ward
who served in the
armed forces during
the Second World War — — Map (db m134522) WM |
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Built in 1705, as a triple stockade. Rebuilt in 1735, on heavy hewn timbers set on stone wall ten feet high. Fort was one hundred feet square, with blockhouse at each corner, twenty four feet square and twenty feet high. Was capable of holding . . . — — Map (db m32506) HM |
| | A pioneer in electrical engineering . He was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Consulting Engineer of the General Electric Company and Professor of Engineering at Union College. A civic leader he was chairman of the . . . — — Map (db m50131) HM |
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Located at centre of
present State Street in east line
of stockade, which extended north,
through a point nine feet west
of northeast corner of present
State and Ferry Streets.
Watch house was located southwest
of, and near this . . . — — Map (db m7251) HM |
| | Colonial-Revolutionary
road to Fort Stanwix
and Oswego. Route of
troops in five wars — — Map (db m128747) HM |
| | Southwest Corner of Stockade, was twenty-eight feet South, from a point one hundred feet west, of this tablet. A blockhouse or fort, containing the royal flagstaff, stood in this angle of stockade, and was burned on night of massacre, Feb. 8-9, . . . — — Map (db m32410) HM |
| | Freedom — Patriotism — Humanity
Erected by the County of Schenectady commemorating the valor and patriotism of the men of this County who served in the war with Spain, Philippine Insurrection, and China Relief Expedition . . . — — Map (db m13862) HM |
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Organized 1735. Part Of
Present Church Built 1759
Used As Barracks
During Revolution
— — Map (db m77685) HM |
| | The Seventeenth Century
The Schenectady Stockade is one of the oldest communities in America. Founded by the Dutch on land purchased from the Mohawk Indians in 1661, it came under English rule three years later. From the earliest days a timber . . . — — Map (db m58817) HM |
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Imagine what it was like before Americans began their love affair with the automobile. Local travel outside the cities was often difficult, uncomfortable and limited to horse-drawn carriages. The highway system we now take for
granted was . . . — — Map (db m159899) HM |
| | In 1847, master mechanic John Ellis and lawyer Platt Potter teamed up with the Norris brothers to brìng locomotive manufacturing to Schenectady. After raising $40,000 from
progressive citizens to recruit the new ìndustry and $10,000 from the . . . — — Map (db m159948) HM |
| | In 1901, the Schenectady Locomotive Works, manufacturer of steam locomotives since 1848, merged with seven smaller companies (including Brooks Locomotive Works and Richmond Locomotive Works) to form ALCO, the American Locomotive Company . . . — — Map (db m159873) HM |
| | Route of main road west until 1799. — — Map (db m127551) HM |
| | First road between Albany and Schenectady c. 1663. — — Map (db m127553) HM |
| | The route of the King’s Highway. George Washington rode over this road to Schenectady in 1786 — — Map (db m127556) HM |
| | The main route west until 1799. — — Map (db m127557) HM |
| | First road from Albany
ended here at Schenectady south gate — — Map (db m131300) HM |
| | “We rode over a fine sandy cart road through a woods of nothing but beautiful evergreen or fir trees.”
Dankers and Sluyter 1680 — — Map (db m137846) HM |
| | Westward expansion from Hudson Valley started on this road. — — Map (db m138055) HM |
| | Work began here in Rotterdam in 1908 on Erie Barge Canal Lock 8. In addition to constructing Lock 8, engineers built a three-span moveable dam (about 510 feet wide) that raises boats heading upstream as much as 15 feet when the dam is activated. . . . — — Map (db m130555) HM |
| | This is an RS-3 diesel-electric locomotive built by Alco in Schenectady as 1 of 1,370 RS-3's from May 1950 through August 1956. This locomotive was designed and used as [a] road switcher.
The RS-3 is powered by a 1,600 horsepower twelve . . . — — Map (db m135001) HM |
| | The site of Schenectady was bought of the Indians by Van Curler in 1661 and a patent granted 1690. Union College was chartered in 1795. The city was incorporated in 1798 and in 1831 became the western terminus of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad. . . . — — Map (db m58551) HM |
| | At this site Thomas Edison arrived at Schenectady Aug. 20, 1886 to found his Machine Works which in 1892 became the General Electric Company. — — Map (db m4337) HM |
| | Constructed for Dr. Daniel J. Toll, physician — — Map (db m128756) HM |
| | Issac Truax and Isaac Jr., two innkeepers on the King’s Highway buried here. — — Map (db m127555) HM |
| | Charter granted 1795. Present North and South College buildings erected 1813-14 from plans by Jacques Ramee — — Map (db m127897) HM |
| | A rural cemetery est. 1857. At rest are early settlers, veterans, notable women, politicians, industrialists, African-Americans, inventors — — Map (db m127896) HM |
| | A rural cemetery est. 1857.
At rest are early settlers,
veterans, notable women,
politicians, industrialists,
African Americans, inventors. — — Map (db m135163) HM |
| | Walnut grove planted by
Eliphalet Nott in the 1820s.
One of two groves renewed in 2000
by a gift of James and Jean Underwood — — Map (db m135006) HM |
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Built 1804 on this site by
Union College before move
to uptown campus in 1814.
It became first city hall,
then Union Classical School.
Union College
Bicentennial
1795-1995
— — Map (db m58871) HM |
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Whipple Bowstring Truss
An Example of the First Scientifically
Designed Bridge Truss
Commemorating the Contributions
to Bridge Engineering of
Squire Whipple, Class of 1830
A gift from the
City of Johnstown, New York . . . — — Map (db m32344) HM |
| | Shortly after the outbreak of WWII in 1940, the U. S. Government invited ALCO and nine other industrial companies to prepare for the possible involvement of the United States in the war by manufacturing heavy armor for the
U.S. Army. Within . . . — — Map (db m159895) HM |
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Reputed Oldest House
In City. Typical Early
18th Century Home Of
Abraham Yates — — Map (db m14804) HM |
| | Built by Abraham Glen where King's Highway left Mohawk River — — Map (db m130329) HM |
| | Glen Sanders house, 1713.
Built by Capt. Johannes
Glen partly of materials
in first Mohawk Valley
house built by Alexander
Glen, 1655. — — Map (db m128755) HM |
| | of the patriotism of our brothers who went forth at the call of their country to serve in the time of war and in memory of those who died that liberty might live. — — Map (db m130330) WM |
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This House Built Ca. 1712
By Karel Hansel Toll, Who
Settled Here 1685. Broom
Farm Became an Outpost Of
Mohawk Valley Turnpike.
— — Map (db m95599) HM |
| | Colonial highway westward
to St. Johnsville known
as "King's Highway”
military road 1812 — — Map (db m128754) HM |
| | One-half mile north is a burial place of the mound builders, once occupants of the Mohawk Valley — — Map (db m129705) HM |
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Composer Lived Here 1939-
1945* Scotia HS Grad 1945
Wrote Chances Are, No Not
Much, You Are Never Far Away
From Me, Home For The Holidays
Moments To Remember
It's Not For Me To Say
— — Map (db m51328) HM |
| | American Armies’ camping ground on Mohawk River flats west of Glen-Sanders House — — Map (db m130188) HM |
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