Albany County, New York


Founding: 1683
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: James II, Duke of Albany
Seat: Albany (1683–)
Land area: 523 square miles
Population (2020): 314,848
Population (historic): 75,980 (1790); 68,593 (1840); 133,052 (1870); 165,571 (1900); 211,953 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1970; 1980–2020
Subdivisions: Three cities; six villages; six CDPs; ten towns
National Register listings: 229
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 41,113 (28.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 30.7%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,899
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,140
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,946
Average farm size (1920): 70.4 acres
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Albany
 
Namesake: James II, Duke of Albany
Founding: 1614 (founding as Fort Nassau); 1686 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 99,224
Population (historic): 3,498 (1790); 33,721 (1840); 69,422 (1870); 94,151 (1900); 127,412 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1890; 1900–1950; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 22,763 (46.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. *George Best House (1884). 89 Barent Winne Road. Bethlehem. Second Empire.
  2. *Barent Winne House (c. 1870). 141 Barent Winne Road. Bethlehem. Italianate.
  3. *House (c. 1880). 530 Feura Bush Road. Bethlehem. Eastlake.
  4. *Frederick Britt Farm (c. 1808). 1031 Feura Bush Road. Bethlehem. Federal.
  5. *John Babcock House (1851). 101 Lasher Road. Bethlehem. Italianate.
  6. *Jacob Baker House (c. 1855). 1322 River Road. Bethlehem. Italianate.
  7. *Tobias Waldron House (c. 1875). 572 County Road 101. Coeymans. Second Empire.
  8. *Coeymans House (c. 1769). 20 Main Street. Coeymans.
  9. Witbeck Farm (c. 1870). 92 Marshall Road. Coeymans. Second Empire.
  10. *Tobias Ten Eyck House (c. 1758). 294 Old Ravena Road. Coeymans.
  11. House (c. 1900). 4 Powell Hill Road. Coeymans. Queen Anne.
  12. *School Number Seven (1879). 1346 State Route 143. Coeymans. Italianate.
  13. *Ariaanje Coeymans House (c. 1710). 28 Stone House Hill Road. Coeymans.
  14. *Fletcher Blaisdell Farm (1837). 109 Westerlo Street. Coeymans. Greek Revival/Italianate.
  15. *Frederick Cramer House (1877). 410 Albany–Shaker Road. Colonie. Eastlake.
  16. *Hedge Lawn / Jermain House (c. 1870/1908). 600 Broadway. Colonie. Second Empire/Classical Revival.
  17. *Isaac Haswell House (c. 1880). 67 Haswell Road. Colonie. Italianate.
  18. *Birch–Whitney Mansion (c. 1840/1910). 495 Loudon Road. Colonie. Greek Revival/Classical Revival.
  19. *George Godfrey House (c. 1840). 1312 Loudon Road. Colonie. Greek Revival.
  20. *Casparus Pruyn House (c. 1835). 207 Old Niskayuna Road. Colonie. Greek Revival.
  21. *Gardner Farm (c. 1875). 5661 Gardner Road. Guilderland. Second Empire.
  22. Farm (c. 1875). 2000 Berne–Altamont Road. Knox. Second Empire.
  23. *Henry Joslin Farm (c. 1870). 1734 Indian Fields Road. New Scotland. Second Empire.
  24. *Teunis Slingerland House (c. 1762/1835). 1983 Indian Fields Road. New Scotland. Greek Revival.
  25. *Gerrit Van Sante House. 361 Onesquethaw Creek Road. New Scotland.
  26. *Farm (c. 1845/1875). Rowe Road, south of Coeymans Creek. New Scotland. Second Empire. Razed.
  27. *Daniel Conkling Farm (1806/1906/1920s). 348 Albany Hill Road. Rensselaerville. Federal.








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