page_title: South End–Groesbeckville Historic District
section_title: Other contributing properties
hierarchical_section_title: South End–Groesbeckville Historic District / Significant contributing properties / Other contributing properties
caption_attribution_description: English: Mt. Zion Baptist Church, a contributing property to the South End–Groesbeckville Historic District
context_page_description: The South End–Groesbeckville Historic District is located in part of the neighborhood of that name in Albany, New York, United States. It is a 26-block area south of the Mansion and Pastures neighborhoods with a mix of residential and commercial properties. In 1984 it was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  For several decades after the city's founding in the late 17th century, it was an undeveloped area. In 1761 General Philip Schuyler built his house there. Today the Schuyler Mansion is a National Historic Landmark, the oldest building in the district and the only contributing property in the district individually listed on the National Register.
  As the city grew following the opening of the Erie Canal in the early 19th century, development did not reach the South End immediately, save for an early toll road, now South Pearl Street built in the first years of the 19th century, which later became the backbone of the South End. Planned streets for the neighborhood were included in Albany's grid pattern as early as 1818.
context_section_description: Apartment Building at 82–84 Morton Avenue. One of the few residential structures in the district built in the early 20th century, this Arts and Crafts three-story brick structure features projecting bays on either side with multipaned casement windows. The two main entrances in the center feature double doors in an arched entryway.
  Building at 395 South Pearl Street. This three-story three-bay building of brick laid in Flemish bond with a projecting cornice, remodeled storefront and stone lintels dates to 1832, making it one of the few survivors from the district's pre-immigration era.
  Building at 465 South Pearl Street. A historical marker out front at the Second Avenue intersection commemorates the 1885 birth of Daniel P. O'Connell, boss of the city's political machine that thrived late into the 20th century, in this four-story, four-bay brick Italianate commercial-residential building that was probably built in 1875.  Uncle Dan's Diner, in the ground floor, takes its name from him.
  Building at 80 Morton Avenue. The three-story, three-bay yellow brick structure dating to the early 20th century shows some Georgian Revival influence. Its facade features stone quoins, splayed voussoir lintels on the one-over-one double-hung sash, and a wooden bracketed cornice.
  Engine Co. No. 5, 88 Fourth Avenue. This former firehouse was the first serving the South End specifically when it was built in 1905 to house horse-drawn firefighting vehicles.  It is an ornate two-story three-by-five-bay brick building on a sandstone foundation with stone trim. On the north (front) facade is the original hinged wooden doors Today it is the Outreach Center for St. John's/St. Ann's across the street.
  Foley Row, 159–169 Franklin Street. This row of six attached Greek Revival gabled timber frame houses, each three bays wide with brick foundations, simple wooden lintels and clapboard siding, dates to 1851. It is one of the few groups of properties in the districts built speculatively by a developer rather than the ultimate residents.
  German Evangelical Protestant Church and Rectory, 76–78 Clinton Street. The spire of this 1857 Gothic Revival brick and stone church is a symbol of the South End and the early German immigrant population. To its south is the 1926 rectory, also brick, two stories high and four bays wide. Its west (front) facade features stone trim, strips of casement windows on both stories and an oblique peak along the roof parapet in which a stone cross has been set.
  Jared Holt Wax Works, 111 Broad Street. A curved parapet reaching 8 feet (2.4 m) above the roofline at its center is the decorative highlight of this brick industrial building from the last years of the 19th century. It has recently been converted into housing.
  John A. Howe Branch Library, 105 Schuyler Street. The Georgian Revival style was used for this 1929 building to complement the nearby Schuyler Mansion. It is a one-story, nine-bay structure of brick in Flemish bond on a raised basement, set off by a stone water table with a projecting central entrance pavilion, narrow arched Palladian windows set with 12-over-23 double-hung sash, separated by pilasters topped by scroll-carved stones. On the roof is a stone balustrade with carved pineapple finials. Inside are many of the original oak finishings and furniture. The children's room has a fireplace with stone tiles telling the story of Rip Van Winkle.
  Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 58 Alexander Street. Built in the late 1860s, this is the only remaining wood-frame church in the city of Albany. It is a two-story clapboard-sided building with a gabled roof that slopes slightly at either side of, creating broad overhanging eaves along the side elevations. On the north (front) face, it is met at the corners by slightly projecting wooden pilasters, suggesting a lingering Greek Revival influence. The lancet arched windows are complemented by a gabled front entrance porch. Atop is a small conical steeple with a wooden cross at its peak.
  Mount Zion Baptist Church, 86 Schuyler Street. South End resident Charles Heidrich designed and bu
caption: Mt. Zion Baptist Church
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