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
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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