page_title: Troy, New York
section_title: Notable landmarks
hierarchical_section_title: Troy, New York / Notable landmarks
caption_attribution_description: English: "Troy" spelled out in large, white, concrete blocks in Prospect Park in Troy, New York, United States
context_page_description: Troy is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Rensselaer County. The city is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany and Schenectady, forming a region popularly called the Capital District. The city is one of the three major centers for the Albany Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 1,170,483. At the 2010 census, the population of Troy was 50,129. Troy's motto is Ilium fuit, Troja est, which means "Ilium was, Troy is".
  Today, Troy is home to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the oldest private engineering and technical university in the US, founded in 1824. Due to the confluence of major waterways and a geography that supported water power, the American industrial revolution took hold in this area, making Troy reputedly the fourth wealthiest city in America around the turn of the 20th century. Troy, therefore, is noted for a wealth of Victorian architecture downtown and elaborate private homes in various neighborhoods. Several churches have a concentrated collection of stained glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
context_section_description: Burden Iron Works, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977
  Burden Ironworks Office Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972
  Esek Bussey Firehouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973
  Cannon Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970
  Central Troy Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986
  Church of the Holy Cross, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973
  Fifth Avenue-Fulton Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970
  Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003
  Frear Park – 247 acre park with a golf course, ice rink, and restaurant
  Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003
  Glenwood, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973
  Grand Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973
  Halford–Hayner Farmstead, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013
  Hart-Cluett Mansion – home of the Rensselaer County Historical Society, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973
  Haskell School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003
  Hudson Valley Community College – formerly, the Troy Technical Institute, then the Hudson Valley Technical Institute Ranked as one of the Top 100 two-year colleges in the nation by Community College Week in 2004
  Ilium Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970
  Henry Koon House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997
  Lansingburgh Academy, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976
  Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002
  McCarthy Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970
  Herman Melville House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992
  Kate Mullany House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998
  National State Bank Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970
  Northern River Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988
  Oakwood Avenue Presbyterian Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012
  Oakwood Cemetery – located in North Troy, or Lansingburgh; many famous Americans are buried here, including Civil War Major General George Henry Thomas ("The Rock of Chickamauga") and Samuel Wilson, better known as "Uncle Sam", listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984
  Old Troy Hospital, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973
  J. C. Osgood Firehouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000
  Poesten Kill Gorge Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978
  Powers Home, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974
  Proctor's Theater, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979
  Prospect Park
  Public School No. 10, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994
  Pumpkin House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) – the oldest technological institute in the English-speaking world
  Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 unique multipurpose performing arts and religious center
  Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center – state-of-the-art performing arts center on the RPI campus
  Houston Field House – hosts various concert events and RPI Hockey
  River Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976
  Russell Sage College – liberal arts women's college
  Searle, Gardner and Company Cuff and Collar Factory, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014
  Second Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974
  Soldiers and Sailors Monument
  St. Barn
caption: Painted rocks spelling out the city's name placed on the western slope of Prospect Park
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