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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Schenectady County, New York
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| On Washington Ave. at State Street (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling north on Washington Ave.. |
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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 |
| On Union Street at Nott Terrace, on the right when traveling west on Union Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m135007) HM |
| Near South Lane near Library Lane. |
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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 |
| On Nott Terrace, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Jay Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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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 |
| On Veeder Street at State Street, on the right when traveling north on Veeder Street. |
| | 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 |
| On State Street (New York State Route 5) at Layfayette Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street. |
| | (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 |
| On Union Street at Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling east on Union Street. |
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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 |
| On North Church Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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On Night of Feb. 8, 1690.
Although Wounded He Rode
20 Miles To Albany
Warning Settlers
— — Map (db m77689) HM |
| On Washington Ave., on the right when traveling north. |
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Washington Visited
Here in 1775
Later Became Schenectady
Female Academy
— — Map (db m77588) HM |
| On State Street (New York State Route 5) at Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling east on State Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Jay Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On State Street (New York State Route 5) at Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street. |
| | 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 |
| On State Street (New York State Route 5) at Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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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 |
| On North Jay Street at Union Street, on the left when traveling east on North Jay Street. |
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Benvenuti
Welcome to
Schenectady's Little Italy
-------------------------------
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 |
| On Nott Street at Hattie Street, in the median on Nott Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Front Street at North Ferry Street, in the median on Front Street. |
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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 |
| On Wendle Avenue at Adams Road, on the right when traveling south on Wendle Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On South Ferry Street at State Street (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling north on South Ferry Street. |
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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 |
| Near State Street, in the median. |
| | 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 |
| On Monument Hill east of Bradley Boulevard. |
| | 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 |
| On North Ferry Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Organized 1735. Part Of
Present Church Built 1759
Used As Barracks
During Revolution
— — Map (db m77685) HM |
| On Erie Blvd at Union Street, on the right when traveling west on Erie Blvd. |
| | 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 |
| On Albany Street at Kings Road, on the right when traveling east on Albany Street. |
| | Route of main road west until 1799. — — Map (db m127551) HM |
| On Kings Road at McDonald Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Kings Road. |
| | First road between Albany and Schenectady c. 1663. — — Map (db m127553) HM |
| On Kings Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The route of the King’s Highway. George Washington rode over this road to Schenectady in 1786 — — Map (db m127556) HM |
| On Kings Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The main route west until 1799. — — Map (db m127557) HM |
| On State Street (New York State Route 5) at Ferry Street, on the right on State Street. |
| | First road from Albany
ended here at Schenectady south gate — — Map (db m131300) HM |
| On Albany Street at Brandywine Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Albany Street. |
| | “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 |
| On Albany Street at Crosstown Connection (New York State Route 7), on the right when traveling south on Albany Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Nott Terrace at Nott Terrace Heights, on the left when traveling south on Nott Terrace. |
| | 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 |
| On Jay Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On State Street (New York State Route 5), on the left when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Front Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Constructed for Dr. Daniel J. Toll, physician — — Map (db m128756) HM |
| On Kings Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Issac Truax and Isaac Jr., two innkeepers on the King’s Highway buried here. — — Map (db m127555) HM |
| On Union Street at Nott Terrace, on the right when traveling west on Union Street. |
| | Charter granted 1795. Present North and South College buildings erected 1813-14 from plans by Jacques Ramee — — Map (db m127897) HM |
| On State Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A rural cemetery est. 1857. At rest are early settlers, veterans, notable women, politicians, industrialists, African-Americans, inventors — — Map (db m127896) HM |
| On North Brandywine Avenue (New York State Route 146), on the left when traveling north. |
| | A rural cemetery est. 1857.
At rest are early settlers,
veterans, notable women,
politicians, industrialists,
African Americans, inventors. — — Map (db m135163) HM |
| On Library Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Union Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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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 |
| On Union Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Reputed Oldest House
In City. Typical Early
18th Century Home Of
Abraham Yates — — Map (db m14804) HM |
| On Mohawk Avenue (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built by Abraham Glen where King's Highway left Mohawk River — — Map (db m130329) HM |
| On Glen Avenue at New York State Route 5, on the right on Glen Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On Mohawk Avenue (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Mohawk Ave. (New York State Route 5), on the right when traveling east. |
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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 |
| On Mohawk Avenue (New York State Route 5) at Glen Ave, on the left when traveling west on Mohawk Avenue. |
| | Colonial highway westward
to St. Johnsville known
as "King's Highway”
military road 1812 — — Map (db m128754) HM |
| On New York State Route 5 at Vleck Road, on the right when traveling west on State Route 5. |
| | One-half mile north is a burial place of the mound builders, once occupants of the Mohawk Valley — — Map (db m129705) HM |
| On Charles Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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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 |
| On Sanders Avenue at South Ballston Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Sanders Avenue. |
| | American Armies’ camping ground on Mohawk River flats west of Glen-Sanders House — — Map (db m130188) HM |
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