Albany, originally settled by the Mohicans, is the capital of New York State. The city is rich in colonial history dating back to 1609, when Dutch explorer Henry Hudson reached the area on the ship Half Moon. The Dutch influence is evident in place names and architecture throughout the region. I found the city to be very walkable, though climbing State Street can be a challenge. There’s a well-developed bus network, so you can explore Albany without a car. My wife and I faced only one challenge when we visited in August, 2018: Finding somewhere to eat on Sunday – every restaurant was shut! (Maybe because the legislature and the university was in recess?)
The link list below provides a quick guide to the city, but for a deep dive, the draft Albany Historic Preservation Plan (September, 2019) is a tremendous resource.
- Wikipedia: Albany, New York
- Official Website: albanyny.gov
- Tourism Website: Albany.org
- Google Map
- Related: Architecture of Albany, New York
- Related: Albany Historic Preservation
- For Your Bookshelf: Albany Architecture: A Guide to the City
The table below lists all Albany, NY locations in the KenGrantPhoto archive. You can scroll through the list or use the search bar: type the street address, building name, or keyword/s to find structures. Some buildings may have alternate addresses or names.
| Location | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Academy Park | Albany Academy | 1 Academy Park, Albany, Albany Academy, City School District of Albany, Elk Street, Federal style, Joseph Henry Memorial, NY, New York, Philip Hooker, architecture, downtown |
| 10 Lodge Street | Charles Nichols and Frederick Brown designed Albany landmark St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, built in 1869 at 10 Lodge Street. | 10 Lodge St., 10 Lodge Street, 1869, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Nichols & Brown, Roman Catholic, Romanesque Revival, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, brick, building, church, cityscape, day, daylight, daytime, divine, exterior, historic, landmark, masonry, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, place of worship, portrait orientation, religious, sacred, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban, vertical |
| 11 North Pearl Street | Home Savings Bank Building, art deco landmark at 11 North Pearl Street in Downtown Albany Historic District. | 11 North Pearl Street, Albany, Downtown Albany Historic District, Home Savings Bank Building, NY, New York, architecture, art deco, bank, commercial, event venue, landmark, office building |
| 16 Eagle Street | Albany County Courthouse | 16 Eagle Street, Albany, Albany County Courthouse, Eagle Street, NY, New York, architecture, civic, courthouse, granite, historic preservation, landmark, limestone, neo-classical |
| 17 Lodge Street | Originally a school and convent, yellow brick St. Mary’s Centennial Hall, 17 Lodge Street, is now used for New York State government offices. | 17 Lodge St., 17 Lodge Street, 1899, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, Law Reporting Bureau, Lodge Street, New York, Pine Street, Romanesque, St. Mary’s Centennial Hall, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, adaptive reuse, arched windows, architecture, brick, building, circular windows, cityscape, convent, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, government offices, low-rise, metropolitan, offices, outdoor, outdoors, outside, portrait orientation, round windows, school, stone base, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban, vertical, yellow |
| 19 Clinton Avenue | Albany landmark Palace Theatre, built as RKO movie house in 1931, has two structures: A two-story marquee and lobby, and a tall auditorium. | 19 Clinton Ave., 19 Clinton Avenue, 1930, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, John Eberson, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Palace Theatre, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, auditorium, brick, building, cityscape, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, landscape orientation, masonry, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, performance venue, restored, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, sunny, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, theater, urban |
| 20 Eagle Street | NY State Court of Appeals, State Hall, the former State Hall of 1842, heavily altered and enlarged with addition of a courtroom moved from the Capitol. | 1842, 20 Eagle St., 20 Eagle Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, Greek Revival, Henry Rector, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, New York State Court of Appeals, State Hall, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, building, cityscape, civic, columns, courthouse, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, landscape orientation, marble, masonry, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, portico, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban, white |
| 24 Eagle Street | Albany City Hall | Albany, Albany City Hall, Corning Place, Eagle Street, Henry Hobson Richardson, NY, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Pine Street, Richardson Romanesque, architecture, city government, downtown, historic, landmark |
| 24 Ten Broeck Street | John McCabe designed Albany landmark Tabernacle Baptist Church, now known as Sweet Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, built in 1877. | 1877, 24 Ten Broeck St., 24 Ten Broeck Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, John McCabe, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Sweet Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Ten Broeck Historic District, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, brick, building, church, cityscape, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, gothic, historic, horizontal, landmark, landscape orientation, limestone, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, place of worship, religious, sacred, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban |
| 35 State Street | Albany Trust Company Building | 35 State Street, Albany, Albany Trust Company, Downtown Albany Historic District, Marcus T. Reynolds, NY, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Renaissance Revival, Research Foundation for the State University of New York, State Street, architecture, commercial, downtown, historic, landmark, office building |
| 38 State Street | Former National Commercial Bank Building, now Hampton Plaza office building, houses NY State government agencies. | 1887, 38 State St., 38 State Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Downtown Albany Historic District, Empire State, Hampton Plaza Hotel, High Victorian Eclectic, Jacks Oyster House, NRHP, National Commercial Bank Building, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Robert Gibson, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, adaptive reuse, architecture, building, cityscape, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, government offices, historic, landmark, masonry, metropolitan, office building, outdoor, outdoors, outside, polychrome, portrait orientation, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban, vertical |
| 38 Ten Broeck Street | Patrick Keeley designed Albany landmark St. Joseph’s Church, built in 1860. Despite its prominence, the church has been abandoned. | 1860, 38 Ten Broeck St., 38 Ten Broeck Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Patrick Keeley, Roman Catholic, St. Joseph’s Church, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, abandoned, architecture, bluestone, building, church, cityscape, day, daylight, daytime, divine, exterior, gothic, historic, horizontal, landmark, landscape orientation, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, place of worship, religious, sacred, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban |
| 42 Howard Street | City Beer Hall, a restaurant, occupies former the American Home Telephone Company Building. | 42 Howard Street, Albany, American Home Telephone Company building, Beaux Arts, Charles Ogden, City Beer Hall, Howard Street, NY, New York, architecture, historic, restaurant |
| 51 South Pearl Street | 2018 photo of sports and event venue Times Union Center, originally Knickerbocker Arena and also known as Pepsi Arena and MVP Arena. | 51 South Pearl St., 51 South Pearl Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Downtown, Empire State, Knickerbocker Arena, MVP Arena, New York, Pepsi Arena, South Pearl Street, Times Union Center, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, arena, building, cityscape, commercial, concert venue, curtain wall, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, glass, horizontal, landscape orientation, metropolitan, mid-rise, outdoor, outdoors, outside, performance center, postmodern, sports complex, sports venue, stadium, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban |
| 60 State Street | Former National Commercial Bank at 60 State Street, converted to event venue Sixty State Place and penthouse apartments. | 1903, 60 State Place, 60 State St., 60 State Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, NRHP, National Commercial Bank, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Park Place at 60 State, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, York & Sawyer, adaptive reuse, architecture, building, cityscape, commercial, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, landmark, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, mixed use, neo-Classic, outdoor, outdoors, outside, portrait orientation, residential, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban, vertical |
| 60-64 North Pearl Street | Albert Fuller designed Albany landmark YMCA Building at 60-64 North Pearl Street, built in 1887; it later became Steuben Athletic Club. | 1887, 60-64 N. Pearl St., 60-64 North Pearl Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, Albert Fuller, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Romanesque Revival, Steuben Athletic Club, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, YMCA, YMCA Building, Young Men’s Christian Association, arched entry, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, landmark, masonry, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, portrait orientation, red, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, turret, urban, vertical |
| 63 State Street | Stone-trimmed red brick Mechanics and Farmers Bank, long vacant, is prominent along lower State Street despite its small height and footprint. | 1874, 63 State St., 63 State Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, High Victorian Gothic, Mechanics and Farmers Bank, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Russell Sturgis, State Street, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, bank, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, landmark, low-rise, masonry, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, portrait orientation, red, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, turret, urban, vertical |
| 69 State Street | Historic 1804 façade of New York State Bank incorporated in a 1927 high-rise office building, still used as a bank. | 1927, 69 State St., 69 State Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, Henry Ives Cobb, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, New York State Bank, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, bank, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, high-rise, historic, horizontal, landmark, landscape orientation, masonry, metropolitan, office building, offices, outdoor, outdoors, outside, red, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, tower, urban |
| 74 State Street | Fairfield Inn & Suites, Bond Building, Kinney and Woodward Building, Marriott Syracuse Downtown | 74 State Street, Albany, Albert W. Fuller, Bond Building, Fairfield Inn & Suites Albany Downtown, Kinney and Woodward Building, Marriott Syracuse Downtown, NY, New York, State Street, architecture, brick, downtown, hotel, limestone, neo-Gothic |
| 76 North Pearl Street | Edward Ogden designed 76 North Pearl Street, part of Albany landmark Kenmore Hotel, built in 1878. | 1878, 76 N Pearl St., 76 North Pearl St., 76 North Pearl Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Downtown Albany Historic District, Edward Ogden, Empire State, High Victorian Eclectic, Kenmore Hotel, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, landmark, low-rise, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, portrait orientation, red, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, vertical |
| 80 South Swan Street | Alfred E Smith State Office Building | 80 South Swan Street, Albany, Alfred E. Smith State Office Building, NY, New York, Smith Building, Sullivan W. Jones, William E. Haugaard, architecture, art deco, civic, government, granite, limestone, office building |
| 80 State Street | IBM Building, 80 State Street, downtown Albany | 80 State Street, Albany, IBM Building, NY, New York, South Pearl Street, State Street, architecture, commercial, downtown, glass, office building, postmodern |
| 89 Washington Avenue | New York State Education Building, Washington Avenue between Hawk and Swan Streets, built 1912; Palmer and Hornbostel, architects. | 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, Charles Keck, Lafayette Park Historic District, New York, New York State Education Building, Palmer and Hornbostel, Washington Avenue, attraction, beaux arts, civic, colonnade, historic, landmark, marble, steel frame, terra cotta |
| 90 State Street | National Savings Bank Building, a landmark office building, now serves as an event venue and apartments Abraxas at 90 State Street. | 1930, 90 State St., 90 State Street, Abraxas at 90 State Street, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, Marcus T. Reynolds, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, National Savings Bank, New York, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, adaptive reuse, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, landmark, masonry, metropolitan, mixed use, office building, offices, outdoor, outdoors, outside, portrait orientation, residential, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban, vertical |
| 99 Washington Avenue | One Commerce Plaza, a Downtown Albany skyscraper, had its white marble façade replaced by gray and white metal panels in 2006/7. | 1971, 99 Washington Ave., 99 Washington Avenue, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, Julius Tauss, New York, One Commerce Plaza, Twin Towers, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, building, cityscape, commercial, curtain wall, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, glass, gray, grey, high-rise, horizontal, landscape orientation, metal, metropolitan, office building, offices, outdoor, outdoors, outside, postmodern, skyscraper, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, tower, urban, white |
| 100 State Street | Albany City Savings Bank, former Home and City Savings Bank. | 100 State Street, Albany, Albany City Savings Bank Building, Home and City Savings Bank, Marcus T. Reynolds, NY, New York, State Street, architecture, brick, commercial, granite, historic, landmark, office building, terra cotta |
| 107 State Street | Richard Upjohn designed Albany landmark St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, built in 1860 at 107 State Street. | 107 State St., 107 State Street, 1860, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Downtown Albany Historic District, Empire State, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Richard Upjohn, St. Peter’s Church, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, State Street, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, Victorian Gothic, architecture, building, church, cityscape, day, daylight, daytime, divine, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, landscape orientation, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, place of worship, religious, sacred, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban |
| 110 Lancaster Street | Adolph Fleischman and Isaac Perry designed synagogue Temple Beth Emeth, built in 1889, which later became the Pentecostal Wilborn Temple First Church. | 110 Lancaster St., 110 Lancaster Street, 121 Jay St., 121 Jay Street, 1889, Adolph Fleischman, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Center Square/Hudson Park Historic District, Empire State, Isaac Perry, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Temple Beth Emeth, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, Wilborn Temple First Church, architecture, building, church, cityscape, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, landmark, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, place of worship, portrait orientation, religious, sacred, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, synagogue, urban, vertical |
| 110 North Pearl Street | First Church in Albany, Dutch Reformed Church of Albany | 110 North Pearl Street, Albany, Dutch Reformed Church of Albany, First Church in Albany, NY, National Register of Historic Places, New York, North Pearl Street, Philip Hooker, architecture, brick, church, historic, landmark |
| 125 Eagle Street | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | 125 Eagle Street, Albany, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Eagle Street, Gothic Revival, Madison Avenue, Mansion Historic District, NY, New York, Patrick Keely, Roman Catholic, architecture, church, landmark |
| 136 State Street | Wellington Hotel | 136 State Street, Albany, NY, New York, State Street, Wellington Hotel, architecture, commercial, downtown, landmark, office building |
| 140 State Street | Wellington Hotel | 140 State Street, Albany, NY, New York, State Street, Wellington Hotel, Wellington Row, architecture, converted, downtown, mixed-use |
| 142 State Street | Renaissance Albany Hotel, formerly De Witt Clinton Hotel. | 142 State Street, Albany, DeWitt Clinton Hotel, Marriott, NY, New York, Renaissance Albany Hotel, Renaissance Revival, State Street, architecture, downtown, historic, hotel, landmark |
| 158 State Street | McKenzie Voorhees and Gmelin designed Albany Main Telephone Building in white brick and terra cotta; it was built in 1915. | 158 State St., 158 State Street, 1915, Albany, Albany County, Albany Main Telephone Building, Albany architecture, America, August, Capital District, Empire State, McKenzie Voorhees and Gmelin, New York, Park Street, Renaissance, State Street, Telephone Building, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, Verizon, architecture, brick, building, cityscape, commercial, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, horizontal, landscape orientation, metropolitan, mid-rise, office building, offices, outdoor, outdoors, outside, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban, white |
| 195 Washington Avenue | Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena, Washington Avenue Armory | 195 Washington Avenue, Albany, Isaac Perry, Lark Street, NY, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Washington Avenue Armory, Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena, architecture, arena, armory, event venue, historic |
| 320 Washington Avenue | Engine Number One, Steamer No. 1 | 320 Washington Avenue, Albany, Albany Fire Department, Engine Number One, NY, New York, Steamer No. 1, Washington Avenue, Western Avenue, architecture, civic, firehouse, historic, landmark |
| 353 Broadway | D&H Building, SUNY Plaza, Albany Evening Journal; former Delaware & Hudson Railroad Building. | 353 Broadway, Albany, Albany Evening Journal, D&H Building, Delaware & Hudson Railroad Building, Flemish Gothic, Marcus T. Reynolds, NY, New York, SUNY Plaza, State University of New York at Albany, US, USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, historic, landmark, university |
| 445 Broadway | Gander, Gander & Gander designed the 1934 U.S. Post Office Courthouse and Customshouse, now known as James T. Foley United States Courthouse. | 1934, 445 Broadway, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, Art Deco, August, Broadway, Capital District, Empire State, Gander Gander & Gander, James T. Foley United States Courthouse, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, U.S., U.S. Post Office Courthouse and Customshouse, USA, United States, United States of America, architecture, building, cityscape, civic, courthouse, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, landscape orientation, low-rise, marble, metropolitan, outdoor, outdoors, outside, post office, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban, white |
| 488 Broadway | Arcade Building, Broadway Arcade Building | 488 Broadway, Albany, Arcade Building, Broadway, Broadway Arcade Building, NY, New York, apartments, architecture, art deco, conversion, mixed-use, residential, retail |
| 575 Broadway | Sheply Rutan and Coolidge designed Union Station for New York Central Railroad; the Albany landmark was converted to offices. | 1900, 575 Broadway, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Broadway, Capital District, Empire State, NRHP, National Register of Historic Places, New York, New York Central Railroad, Sheply Rutan and Coolidge, U.S., USA, Union Station, United States, United States of America, adaptive reuse, architecture, building, cityscape, commercial, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, granite, historic, horizontal, landmark, landscape orientation, low-rise, metropolitan, offices, outdoor, outdoors, outside, railroad station, railway station, stone, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, urban, white |
| 600 Broadway | Marcus T. Reynolds designed Albany Beaux Arts landmark United Traction Company building, aka Pieter Schuyler Building. | (15) NRHP, 1900, 600 Broadway, Albany, Albany County, Albany architecture, America, August, Beaux Arts, Capital District, Empire State, Marcus T. Reynolds, National Register of Historic Places, New York, Pieter Schuyler Building, U.S., USA, United States, United States of America, United Traction Company, architecture, brick, buff, building, cityscape, commercial, day, daylight, daytime, exterior, historic, horizontal, landmark, landscape orientation, low-rise, metropolitan, offices, outdoor, outdoors, outside, roman brick, street scene, street view, streetscape, summer, terra cotta, terra-cotta, terracotta, urban |
| 625 Broadway | NY State Department of Environmental Conservation | 625 Broadway, Albany, NY, New York, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, architecture, commercial, downtown, office building, postmodern |
| Capitol Park | New York State Capitol. | Albany, Capitol Park, Empire State Plaza, Henry Hobson Richardson, Isaac G. Perry, Leopold Eidlitz, NY, New York, New York State Capitol, Renaissance, Romanesque, State Street, State Street Hill, Thomas Fuller, Washington Avenue, granite, limestone, marble |
| cornice | Cornice details | Albany, architecture, cornice |
| Empire State Plaza | Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza | Albany, Empire State Plaza, Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, International style, NY, New York, South Mall, architecture, civic, government office complex, night |