List of New York State Historic Markers in Albany County, New York
Listings county-wide

List of New York State Historic Markers in Albany County, New York

Section Title: Listings county-wide
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Marker name	Image	Date designated	Location	City or Town	Marker text

1	Albany City Hall	Eagle St. Between Maiden La. And Pine St.	Albany	City Chartered July 22, 1686 This Building Erected 1882 Tower Contains Municipal Carillon of 60 Bells

2	Birthplace of Modern Electricity	-	1940	Washington Ave., Near Eagle St.	Albany	Here Discovering Magnetic Induction, Joseph Henry Pioneered the Telegraph and Electric Motor, 1829–31

3	Birthplace of American Union	Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St.	Albany	Near This Site, Benjamin Franklin Presented the 1St Formal Plan of National Union; Congress of 1754

4	Called Fort Nassau 1614,	-	Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St.	Albany	Fort Orange 1624, Beverwyck 1652, Albany 1664; Chartered 1686

5	Clermont	Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St.	Albany	Near the Foot of Madison Avenue Robert Fulton in Aug. 1807, Completed the First Successful Steamboat Voyage

6	Colonial Hospital	Lodge And Pine Sts.	Albany	Near This Site Stood the Military Hospital Where the Wounded From Ticonderoga, 1758 and Saratoga, 1777 Were Attended.

7	Colonial Warpath	Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St.	Albany	Rendezvous of Troops in Five Wars. Here Armies Under Abercrombie, Loudoun and Amherst Moved to the Conquest of Canada 1756-60

8	Court of Appeals	-	1940	Eagle And Pine Sts.	Albany	Highest Tribunal in New York State This Building Erected 1842

9	Court of Appeals	Eagle And Pine Sts.	Albany	Highest Tribunal in New York State This Building Erected 1842

10	Executive Mansion	-	1940	Eagle And Elm Sts.	Albany	Residence of the Governors of New York State

11	First Church In Albany	-	1947	Sw Corner N. Pearl And Orange Sts.	Albany	Reformed Organized 1642 Present Building Designed By Philip Hooker Erected 1798

12	Fort Frederick	-	1940	Capitol Park, Eagle And State Sts.	Albany	In The Middle of This Street To the East Stood Fort Frederick Goal of Burgoyne's Drive to Split the Colonies - 1777

13	Fort Orange	-	Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St.	Albany	Site of West India Company Colony 1624. Fort Was Located To The Southeast By the River

14	Fort Van Nassau	Port Rd., Nr. Administration Bldg.	Albany	Built 1614 By the Dutch Explorers Christiaensen and Block. First Trading Center Established in New York State

15	From The Ground	Port Rd., Nr. Administration Bldg.	Albany	Glenn Curtiss Began the First Long Distance Airplane Flight Albany to New York May 29, 1910

16	General John Burgoyne	Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St.	Albany	Over This Road Entered Albany With His Staff After the Battle of Saratoga Going to Schuyler Mansion As Prisoners of War - 1777

17	General George Washington	Washington Ave. Nr. Swan St.	Albany	Traveled This Road On His Tours of the Mohawk Valley 1782 and 1783

18	Henry Hudson	Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St.	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	Iroquois Treaty	Plaza, Broadway at Foot of State St.	Albany	August 1684 Basic Peach By Gov. Dongan Gov.

21	John Tunnicliff, Jr.	Maiden Lane Between Eagle St. And Lodge St.	Albany	1751–1814 Clockmaker and Superintendent of Town Clocks

22	Near Here	-	1940	Western Ave., Nr. North Allen St.	Albany	Mohawk and Hudson First Railroad Chartered in This Country 1826, Began Its Run Albany to Schenectady

23	New York State	-	1940	S. Swan St. And Washington Ave.	Albany	Office Building Cornerstone Laid By Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 1928

24	Patroon Street	-	1940	Clinton Ave. at N. Pearl St.	Albany	Former Name of Clinton Ave. This Was the Dividing Line Between the City of Albany and the Manor of Rensselaerwyck

25	Pioneer Route	Central Ave., Nr. Northern Blvd.	Albany	at This Point the Pioneers Going West in Ox Carts and Horse Drawn Caravans Assembled, This Street Formerly Called the Bowery

26	Schenectady Gate	Maiden La. Between Eagle And Lodge Sts.	Albany	Near This Point the Path to Schenectady Used By Indians and Fur Traders Led Through the Palisades Which Enclosed the City

27	State Education Building	Washington Ave. Between Hawk And Swan Sts. (missing)	Albany	Dedicated 1912. Education Department Offices; State Library; State Museum; Exhibits; Open to Public

28	The Capitol	Capitol Park, Eagle St. Nr. Washington Ave.	Albany	Of the State of New York Second Capitol Building Erected By the State Cornerstone Laid 1871 25 Years in Construction

29	Schuyler Mansion	-	1940	Eagle And State Sts.	Albany	[Arrow] ← 1½ Miles Schuyler Mansion Home of General Philip Schuyler. Residence of Alexander Hamilton in 1781

30	Dietz Massacre	NYS 443, .5 Mi. W. of Berne	Berne	5 Miles S - E Site of Dietz Massacre Where Johannes Dietz and His Family Were Killed By Tories and Indians September 1781

31	Ax Factory	NYS 156, at Berne	Berne	Ax Factory Established By Daniel Simmons in 1825. Said to Be the First Factory in the United States to Make Axes From Cast Steel.

32	Beaver Dam	NYS 443, .5 Mi. W. of Berne	Berne	Beaver Dam Later Called Bernville Fortified During the Revolution. John Dietz'. Family Massacred By Indians

33	Cheese Factory	NYS 156, at Berne	Berne	Cheese Factory First in Town of Berne Built in 1878 and Made 495 Pounds in A Single Day

34	Corporation Inn	NYS 443, .5 Mi. W. of Berne	Berne	Corporation Inn Opened 1817 By Henry Engle

35	Dwelling	NYS 443, at W. Berne	Berne	Dwelling Built About 1800 By William Shultes

36	Early Settler	Nw Corner NYS 443 And NYS 156 at Berne	Berne	Early Settler Jacob Weidman, A Swiss, Located On Foxenkill On Site of Berne Village About 1750. Built First Sawmill and Gristmill

37	First Mill	-	1932	NYS 156, at Berne	Berne	First Mill Built 1750 By Jacob Weidman Stood Near Here

38	First Store	NYS 156, at Berne	Berne	First Store Stood On This Site Owned By John Fisher

39	Indian Stockade	NYS 443, 1/4 Mi. East of Berne	Berne	Indian Stockade Built On Site of Berne Village

40	Justice of Peace	NYS 443, at E. Berne	Berne	Justice of Peace Jacob Hochstrasser Was First Supervisor and Justice of Peace of Town of Berne

41	M. E. Church	Town Rd., at Reidsville	Berne	M. E. Church Organized at Reidsville 1830 By Reverend Rosman Kelly Church Replaced in 1841

42	Mill Site	NYS 156, at Berne	Berne	Mill Site For Carding and Fulling Mill Built at An Early Date By Malachi Shipple William H. Ball and Lyman Dwight

43	Pioneer	NYS 156, .5 Mi. N. of Berne	Berne	Pioneer Col. Jesse Wood of Long Island Settled Here About 1800.

44	Reformed Dutch Church	NYS 443, .5 Mi. W. of Berne	Berne	Reformed Dutch Church Organized 1763, First Pastor Johannes Schuyler 1767. Oldest Church in County Outside of Albany

45	Reformed Dutch Church	NYS 443, at W. Berne	Berne	Reformed Dutch Church Organized 1763 By Rev. Johannes Schuyler of Schoharie Log Church 1765.

46	Schools	NYS 443, .5 Mi. W. of Berne	Berne	Schools in 1812 There Were 21 School Districts in Town of Berne and 30 the Next Year. in 1816 There Were 1710 Pupils in School

47	South Berne	Co. Rd., at S. Berne	Berne	South Berne Previous to 1828 Called Centerville Because It Was Equi-Distant From Three of the Other Villages.

48	Town of Berne	NYS 443 And NYS 85, at Mallory Corners	Berne	Town of Berne Formed March 17, 1795, From Rensselaerville. Town of Knox Taken off in 1822.

49	Weidman Home	NYS 443, at Berne	Berne	Weidman Home the Largest House in Berne With Ten Firplaces Built By Peter Weidman in 1800, Stood On This Site

50	West Berne	NYS 443, at W. Berne	Berne	West Berne Called Mechanicsville 1830-34 Because So Many Mechanics Lived There.

51	Willis' Store	NYS 157, .5 Mi. Ne of E. Berne	Berne	Willis' Store Established in 1800 By Major Stephen Willis Stood Here. He Also Had A Potash Factory, Tannery, Whiskey Still, and Shoe Factory.

52	Agricultural Fair	NYS 32, 100 Yds. W of US 9W	Bethlehem	Agricultural Fair First Annual Fair of Albany County Agricultural Society Held at Bethlehem Center Oct. 4-6, 1853

53	Baker Farm	NYS 144, .5 Mi. N. of Selkirk	Bethlehem	Baker Farm Settled By Joab Baker of Connecticut in 1791

54	Becker Homestead	NYS 396, N. of Rr Bridge	Bethlehem	Becker Homestead at Becker's Corners Settled By Albertus Becker Who Married Helen Van Derzee

55	Bethlehem Center	W Corner, US 9W And NYS 32	Bethlehem	Bethlehem Center Known As Babcock Corners On the Albany and Bethlehem Turnpike

56	Delmar	-	1932	Delaware Avenue near Adams Street	Delmar	Delmar Earlier Adamsville and Adams Station Nathaniel Adams Located Here in 1836 and Built A Hotel in 1838.

57	Tannery	Willowbrook Ave., In S. Bethlehem	Bethlehem	Tannery Built About 1825 On Farm of Isaac and John Coffin. Operated For Many Years By Robert Carhart. Burned 1883

58	Turnpike	NYS 443, W. of Albany City Line	Bethlehem	Turnpike Albany and Delaware Chartered March 2, 1805. 6000 Shares at $25. Extensively Travelled Albany to Otego. Abandoned 1868

59	Van Wie's Dock	Town Rd., at Van Wie's Point	Bethlehem	Van Wie's Dock Site of Dock Owned By Peter G. and Henry Van Wie and Leased Feb.

60	Van Wie's House	Town Rd., Nr. Wm. Gibson's Rd. at Van Wie's Point	Bethlehem	Van Wie's House Built By Hendrick Van Wie in 1732. the Home of Six Generations of This Dutch Colonial Family, Settlers at Fort Orange, in 1664

61	Van Wie's Point	Town Rd., at Van Wie's Point	Bethlehem	Van Wie's Point Hendrick Gerritse Van Wie Dutch Colonist in Fort Orange 1664, Built House Here in 1679

62	Winne Farm	Co. Rd., W. of Albany Filtration Plant	Bethlehem	Winne Farm Settled By Francis Winne

63	Coeymans	Church And Westerlo Sts., Coeymans	Coeymans	Coeymans Town Formed March 18, 1791 From Watervliet. A Part Went to Form Westerlo in 1815.

64	Coeymans Gazette	NYS 144, at Coeymans	Coeymans	Coeymans Gazette Started 1863 By Thomas Mckee As Editor. Succeeded By Coeymans Herald

65	Camp Van Schaik	Se Corner Myrtle And Park	Cohoes	Camp Van Schaik Continental Army, Northern Department Under Command General Philip Schuyler General Horatio Gates Aug. 15 - Sept.

66	Continental Ave.	Sw Corner Ontario And Continental	Cohoes	Continental Ave. Algonquin and Mohawk Indian Trail Colonial Military Route

67	Egberts And Bailey Mill	Ontario, W. of Remsen	Cohoes	Egberts and Bailey Mill First Building Erected For the Manufacture of Knit Goods By Power in America, 1836. First Power Knitting Machinery Applied in Cohoes, 1832

68	First Bridge	Mohawk And Remsen Sts.	Coeymans	First Bridge Across Mohawk River Opened 1795. 900 Ft.

69	Home of James Buttermilk Lansing	W. Columbia St., Between Sunset And Elaine Cts.	Cohoes	Home of James Buttermilk Lansing Built By Douw Fonda Before 1767. One of the Founders of Boght Settlement, Choes, N.Y.

70	Indian Spring	Continental Ave., E. of School	Cohoes	Indian Spring Algonquin and Mohawk Indians Colonial Military Spring 1690 1782, First Source of Water Supply For the Settlers of Cohoes

71	Juncta	Nw Corner Spring And Saratoga Sts.	Cohoes	Juncta Junction of the Original Erie and Champlain Canals First Settlement and Name Cohoes. Site of the First Post office

72	Manor Avenue	N. Baker And Manor Ave.	Cohoes	Manor Avenue the Old Boght Road Northern Boundary Line of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck June 17, 1904

73	Military Road From 1690	Continental Ave., S. of School	Cohoes	Military Road From 1690 Through the Revolution. Used By General Ebenezer Learned On His Way to Relieve For Stanwix - Aug.

74	Site of Reformed Church	Sw Corner Baker Ave., And Vliet Blvd.	Cohoes	Site of Reformed Church of the Boght One of the First Churches North of Albany, Built About 1783

75	Mastodon	Mohawk And Vliet Sts.	Cohoes	Site of Cohoes Mastodon Found September 1866 Now in N. Y. State Museum

76	Van Schaik Burial Plot	Delaware Ave. Between Ontario And Van Schaick	Cohoes	Van Schaik Burial Plot First Settlers of Cohoes and Owners of Half Moon Patent Buried Here

77	Shakers	NYS 155, W. of Airport	Colonie	1/4 Mile [Arrow] Shakers South Family Only Surviving Family of Watervliet Community First Building Erected 1800 and Still Standing

78	Boght Church	Boght Rd., E. of US 9	Colonie	Boght Church Site of the Reformed Dutch Church of the Boght 1St Church North of Albany Organized By the Classis of Albany, Feb.

79	Louden's Ford	Fonda Rd. at Power Station	Colonie	Louden's Ford British and Continental Army Ford Protected August–September 1777 By Generals Enoch Poor and Benedict Arnold

80	Old Loudon Road	Fonda Rd. at Power Station	Colonie	Old Loudon Road Named After Earl Loudon in 1756. Route of British and American Armies to Montreal

81	Shaker Cemetery	NYS 155, W. of Airport	Colonie	Shaker Cemetery First Burial 1797 and Earlier Burials Removed Here Later

82	Shakers	NYS 155, Nr. Albany Airport	Colonie	Shakers Ann Lee and Company Came to America 1774 and Founded Here in the Valley of the Wilderness the First Shaker Community 1776

83	The Boght	US 9, at Boght Corners	Colonie	The Boght Settled 1718–1750 By Families From the Netherlands, Among Them Fonda, Lansing, Lieverse, Roff, Staats, Van Denbergh, Visscher, Etc.

84	Shakers	NYS 155, W. of Airport	Colonie	[Arrow] Shakers West Family at First Known As the Second Family Occupied By Shakers 1810–1915

85	Shakers	Shaker Rd., Nr. Co. Jail	Colonie	[Arrow] 1/2 Mile Shakers North Family Occupied By Shakers -1919Principal Building Yet Standing Reconstructed

86	Site of First Reformed Dutch Church	NYS 146, W. of NYS 158	Guilderland	100 Ft. W. Site of First Reformed Dutch Church in Guilderland Before 1767. First Pastor Rev. Harmanus Van Huysen

87	Frederick Crounse	NYS 156, S. of Altamont	Guilderland	About 1750 Frederick Crounse Son of Polish Nobleman Settled Here Farm Owned By Crounse Family to Present 1934

88	Abraham Wemple	US 20, W. of RR Bridge	Guilderland	Abraham Wemple Col. Schenectady Militia During American Revolution Owned Farm Here 1765 to Death in 1799.

89	Altamont	Main St NYS Rte 146 In Altamont	Guilderland	Altamont Incorporated As A Village 1890 officers: President Hiram Griggs. Trustees - Smith Philley, Jesse Crounse Henry A. Wilbur

90	Battle of Normanskill	NYS 146, 2 Mis. W. of Guilderland	Guilderland	Battle of Normanskill Fought North of the Creek Schenectady Militia With 40 Rhode Island Troops Dispersed Large Group of Tories On August 11, 1777

91	Case Homestead	US 20, E. of Guilderland	Guilderland	Case Homestead Built As Tavern By Russell Case at the Opening of Great Western Turnpike, 1799

92	Dr. F. Crounse	US 20, at Gun Club Rd.	Guilderland	Dr. F. Crounse Built This House 1833 First Physician at West Guilderland (Altamont) Practised Here Sixty Years

93	John Groot	NYS 397, N. of Altamont	Guilderland	Farm and Burial Place John Groot Officer 3D Regiment Albany County Militia War of Revolution

94	Frederick Crounse	NYS 156, 1 Mi. S. of Altamont	Guilderland	Farm of Frederick Crounse Officer 3D Albany Co. Militia in Revolution. Carried Food to Army Battle of Saratoga Buried Here

95	Farm of Evert Bancker	NYS 146, .5 Mi From US 20	Guilderland	Farm of Evert Bancker Third Mayor of Albany, 1695 Indian Commissioner, 1669 Master Chancery, 1705 Died Here, 1734

96	Farm of Walter Vorman	NYS 158, S. of US 20	Guilderland	Farm of Walter Vorman Capt. Schenectady Militia During American Revolution Captured By Tory Force South of Oneida Lake; Held Prisoner in Canada 1780-82

97	First Meeting	NYS 146, 1 Mi. W. of Guilderland Center	Guilderland	First Meeting of Town of Guilderland Held April 5, 1803 in This House, at the Time A Tavern Conducted By Hendrick Apple

98	Freeman House	NYS 146, at Guilderland Center	Guilderland	Freeman House Said to Have Been Erected 1734. Later the Home of Barent Mynderse, Lieut. in War of Rev.

99	French's Mills	NYS 146, at Guilderland Center	Guilderland	French's Mills Site of Early Sawmill; Clothes Works of Peter K. Broek 1795; Factory of Abel French 1800; Tavern of Jacob Aker 1800

100	Glass Works, 1785–1815	US 20, at Guilderland	Guilderland	Glass Works, 1785–1815 Made Bottle and Window Glass. Started Here By Leonard De Neufville.

101	George Wagner House	NYS 397 (Dunnsville RD) and Settles Hill Rd	Guilderland	Home of George Wagner Lieutenant in the American Revolution

102	Henry Rowe Schoolcraft	Rte 20 Near Willow St., In Hamlet of Guilderland	Guilderland	Home of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft B. 1793-D. 1864 Glass Maker, Explorer, Author, Poet, Authority On American Indians

103	House Built 1802	NYS 146, at Guilderland Center	Guilderland	House Built 1802 By Nicholas V. Mynderse Sold to Michael Frederick Who Ran It As A Tavern For Many Years

104	Inn of George Severson	Altamont Blvd. And Helderberg Ave., In Altamont	Guilderland	Inn of George Severson Old Schoharie Road Built at Close of Revolution First Post office of West Guilderland As This Place Was Then Called

105	Inn of Jacob Crounse	NYS 146, E. of Altamont	Guilderland	Inn of Jacob Crounse Built 1833. Midway Tavern Where Horses Were Changed On Schoharie-Albany Stage Coach Route

106	Jacob Van Aernam (1723–1813)	NYS 156 Between Altamont And Vorheesville	Guilderland	Jacob Van Aernam (1723–1813) Capt. 3Rd Albany Regiment Leader of Patriot Forces in the Helderbergh Region During American Revolution Lived On Farm Here

107	Knower House	NYS 146, E. of Altamont	Guilderland	Knower House Est. As Hat Factory About 1800 By Benjamin Knower Gov.

108	Old Hellebergh	Main St. And Maple Ave., Altamont	Guilderland	Old Hellebergh Land of Bitter Conflict Between Patriot and Tory Known Later As West Guilderland, Knowersville, and Altamont

109	Old Plank Road	Main St. And Brandle Rd., Altamont	Guilderland	Old Plank Road Schoharie to Albany Followed This Route Chartered 1849 Abandoned 1867

110	First Lutheran Church	NYS 146 and Weaver Rd, 2 Mis. E. of Altamont	Guilderland	On This Spot Stood the First Lutheran Church in Town of Guilderland 1787 Rev. Heinrich Moeller First Regular Pastor

111	Red Men's Hall	US 20, E. of Guilderland	Guilderland	Red Men's Hall Formerly Used As Baptist Church, 1850–66; Catholic Church; Temperance Hall

112	Severson House	NYS 146 at Altamont	Guilderland	Severson House Built By Early Settler Jurrian Severson Located On Map of West Manor Rensselaerwyck, 1767

113	First Inn	US 20 near intersection of Dunnsville Rd	Guilderland	Site of First Inn and Store Kept in Dunnsville By John E. Winne 1800–1830

114	Indian Village	N. of US 20 at Dunnsville	Guilderland	Site of Indian Village Neighboring Stream Called Wildehause Kill Or Indian House Creek

115	Hamilton Union Church	US 20, at Guilderland	Guilderland	Site of Hamilton Union Church Octagonal Building Used Also As A School House Built By Hamilton Mfg. Society About 1797

116	Toll Gate	US 20, 2 Mis. E. of Guilderland	Guilderland	Site of Toll Gate Number Two On Western Turnpike. Road Planked in 1849. This Gate Maintained Until 1906

117	Site of House	US 20 near intersection of Dunnsville Rd	Guilderland	Site of House of Dr. Jonathan Johnson First Physician in Dunnsville Who Came Here On Horseback in 1808 Surgeon in War of 1812

118	The Vale of Tawasentha	NYS 146, 3/4 Mi. W. of Guilderland Near Normans Kill Bridge	Guilderland	The Vale of Tawasentha

119	Town of Guilderland	NYS 146, And NYS 158 at Osborn's Corners	Guilderland	Town of Guilderland Established April 4, 1803 From Part of Watervliet First officers, Supervisor, Nicholas V. Mynderse, Town Clerk, Peter G.

120	Albany County	NYS 443, W. of W. Berne at Albany Schoharie Co. Line	Knox	Albany County Derived Its Name From the Scotch Title of the Duke of York and Albany Afterwards King James Ii of England

121	Anti-Rent Riots	NYS 157 A, 3 Mis. N. of East Berne	Knox	Anti-Rent Riots More Leased Land in Berne Than Any Other Town in Albany County Led to Serious Outbreaks After 1840

122	Knoxville Academy	NYS 156, at Knox	Knox	Knoxville Academy Incorporated 1837 Chartered Regents 1842–1869 Faced Military Training Ground 1776

123	Sand Farm	NYS 156, 1 Mi. W. of Knox	Knox	Sand Farm Settled By Christian Zandt in 1787

124	Whipple Farm	NYS 156, W. of Altamont	Knox	Whipple Farm Settled By Malachi Whipple of Conn. About 1793.

125	Clarksville	NYS 443, at Clarksville	New Scotland	Clarksville A Halfway Station Located On Albany and Delaware Turnpike Named From Adam A. Clark Who Settled Here in 1822

126	Early Mission	NYS 85, at New Scotland	New Scotland	Early Mission Founded 1787 By Suffolk Presbytery Incorporated 1789 First Church 1791 Original Frame Standing

127	Helderbergs	NYS 157, at J.B. Thatcher Park	New Scotland	The Name Means Clear Mountains. They Have Been Called "The Key to the Geology of North America"

128	Methodism	NYS 156, W. of Vorheesville	New Scotland	Here Built Its First Church in This Entire Area Known As Bethlehem, North of Black Creek Church, 1823

129	New Scotland	NYS 85, at New Scotland	New Scotland	Townformed April 25, 1832 From Bethlehem. Scotch Names Appear Among Early Settlers. First Town Meeting April 9, 1833

130	Slingerland	NYS 32, 3 Mis. S. of Feura Bush	New Scotland	House 1762 Built By Tunis Cornelise Slingerland, Dutch Emigrant 1650, On Land Purchased From Indians

131	Tory Cave 1777	-	N. of NYS 157, at Trail, In J.B. Thatcher Park	New Scotland	Jacob Salsbury, A Spy During Burgoyne Invasion, Found Refuge From Settlers in A Cave Against the Cliffs Nearby

132	Albany County	NYS 145, Nw of Preston Hollow at Albany	Rensselaerville	One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683. Mother of Many Counties

133	Albany County	NYS 145 S. of Cooksburg at Albany-Greene Co. Line	Rensselaerville	One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683. Mother of Many Counties

134	Albany County	NYS 145, Nw of Preston Hollow at Albany-Schoharie Co. Line	Rensselaerville	One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683. Mother of Many Counties

135	Manor of Rensselaerswyck	NYS 85, 1.5 Mis. Ne of Rensselaerville	Rensselaerville	Districts Manor of Rensselaerswyck Created A District in 1772 and Subdivided Into East and West Districts in 1779

136	Dr. Samuel Preston	-	NYS 145, at Preston Hollow	Rensselaerville	Dr. Samuel Preston Settled Here in 1789 and Gave His Name to Preston Hollow.

137	Indian Trail	NYS 81 at Cooksburg	Rensselaerville	Indian Trail Ran From Catskill to Schoharie Valley Along This Steam Through Preston Hollow and Livingstonville

138	Joseph Burchard Settled	NYS 145, 1.5 Mis. Nw of Preston Hollow	Rensselaerville	Pioneer Joseph Burchard Settled Here in 1789. President R.B. Hayes Was Related to This Family

139	Turnpike	NYS 81 And 145, at Cooksburg	Rensselaerville	Turnpike Schoharie to Athens Chartered in 1802 and Much Used in Early Days

140	Whipping Post	-	NYS 145, Nw of Preston Hollow	Rensselaerville	Whipping Post For Town Located On Farm of Lawrence Faulk Who Settled Here in 1790, and Died in 1838

141	Academy	NYS 143, N. of Westerlo	Westerlo	Academy This House Was the Chesterville Academy Built About 1800 Gabriel Pinney Head Master

142	Albany County	NYS 32 at Albany-Greene Co. Line	Westerlo	Albany County One of the Original Counties of the Province of New York Created By Law November 1, 1683. Mother of Many Counties

143	Allen House	Co. Rd.,1 Mi. W. of Basic Creek Reservoir	Westerlo	Allen House Built 1795, Here and On This Road Lived Ebeneazer Allen and His Sons Justice, Howard and Stephen. All Soldiers in Revolution.

144	Anti-Rent War	NYS 85, at Snyder's Corners	Westerlo	Anti-Rent War Events in the Quarrel of Tenants With Lord of the Van Rensselaer Manor Occurred in This Region in 1840 and Later

145	Baptist Church	NYS 143, at Westerlo	Westerlo	Baptist Church Organized at Chesterville 1800. Roswell Beckwith Was the First Pastor

146	Beardsley House	Co. Rd., W. of Westerlo	Westerlo	Beardsley House Home of William Beardsley Here Was Held First Town Meeting of Westerlo April 4, 1815

147	Dormansville	NYS 32 And NYS 143 at Dormansville	Westerlo	Named in Honor of Daniel Dorman, An Inn and Store Keeper, and First Post- Master in 1832

148	Dr. Jonathan Prosser	NYS 32, 1.Mi.S.,Dormansville	Westerlo	Early Doctor Dr. Jonathan Prosser of Dutchess County Settled On This Farm in 1788

149	Grant And Eadie	NYS 143, at Westerlo	Westerlo	Grant and Eadie Early Storekeepers Made Potash at Chesterville, 1798

150	Indian Trail	Co. Rd., W. of Westerlo	Westerlo	Indian Trail Old Indian Trail Led Through This Valley to the Switzkill, Indian Camp Ground Near Here

151	Manor of Van Rensselaer	NYS 143, at Westerlo	Westerlo	Manor of Van Rensselaer 1630 Kiliaen Van Rensselaer Granted Patent For 1152 Square Miles Including All of Albany and Rensselaer Counties

152	Myers Farm	Co. Rd., S. of NYS 143, at Westerlo	Westerlo	Philip Myers of Germany in 1763 Built A Log House at Chesterville, Married A Daughter of Nicholas Stoddard and Died 1813

153	Andrew Hannay	NYS 32 And NYS 143 at Dormansville	Westerlo	Near Here Andrew Hannay Raised A Company of Volunteers October 1777 to Oppose Invasion of Burgoyne, Who Surrendered Before Their Arrival

154	Quaker Church	Co. Rd., Nr. Smith's Corners	Westerlo	Quaker Church Site of A Quaker Church and School. Erected 1803 Cemetery in Rear

155	Reformed Church	NYS 143, E. of Westerlo	Westerlo	Reformed Church First Church in Town. Organized 1793. Original Site Five Miles South of Here

156	Snyder Cemetery	Co. Rd., 1.5 Mis. S. of Snyder's Corners	Westerlo	Snyder Cemetery Contains the Unmarked Graves of Several Soldiers of the Revolution

157	South Westerlo	Co. Rd., at S. Westerlo	Westerlo	South Westerlo Name Changed in 1827 From Smith's Mills Named After David Smith Who Also Owned A Tannery and Ashery

158	Temperance Society	NYS 143, at Westerlo	Westerlo	Temperance Society Organized in School House Near Chesterville in 1828 Deacon Holmes Presided

159	Van Leuvan's Corners	Co. Rd.,.5 Mis. S. of Snyder's Corners	Westerlo	Van Leuvan's Corners Named After Isaac Van Leuvan. Earlier Known As Sackett's Corners and Then Preston's Corners

160	Westerlo	NYS 143, at Westerlo	Westerlo	Westerlo Town Formed March 16, 1815 From Coeymans and Rensselaerville. Named For Rev. Eilardus Westerlo of Albany

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In 1940, the New York State historical markered the Fort Frederick as the "Goal of Burgoyne's Drive to Split the Colonies – 1777".

final_sentence: In 1940, the New York State historical markered the Fort Frederick as the "Goal of Burgoyne's Drive to Split the Colonies – 1777".