The architecture of downtown Troy : an illustrated history / Diana S. Waite.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waite, Diana S., author.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--New York (State)--Troy--History.

Architecture.

Central business districts--New York (State)--Troy--History.

Central business districts.

Troy (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Troy (N.Y.).

Troy (N.Y.)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : Excelsior Editions, [2019]

Summary:

Tells the forgotten but surprising stories of the many handsome and significant buildings in downtown Troy, New York.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Eighteenth-Century Village

From Vanderheyden to Troy

Meetinghouse, Coffee House, and the County Courthouse

Warehouses, Shops, and a Public Square

Chapter 2. Opening Decades of the Nineteenth Century

From Village to Young City

Vail House

The Fire of 1820

Troy Female Seminary and Rensselaer Institute

Troy at the Time of Lafayette's Visit in 1824

Building St. Paul's Episcopal Church

A Temple-Fronted Courthouse

The Marble House in Second Street

A Call for Better Architectural Design

Mansion House, Cannon Place, and River Street Warehouses

Chapter 3. New Construction in the 1830s and 1840s

First Presbyterian Church

Second Street Presbyterian Church

Seminary Park

The Warren Family's Downtown Houses and Ida Cottage

Church of the Holy Cross

First Troy and Green Island Bridge

New Development South of Ferry Street

Washington Park and Washington Place

The Popularity of Greek Revival Facades

Two New Churches by a Troy Architect

The River Street Fire of 1848

Chapter 4. Major New Buildings in the 1850s

Troy Union Railroad Depot

The Fire of 1854

St. John's Episcopal Church

G. V. S. Quackenbush Store

Troy University

The Warrens at Mount Airy

Architect Jared C. Markham in Troy

Three More Buildings from the Mid-1850s

Banks along First Street: Troy's "Little Wall Street"

Chapter 5. The Great Fire of 1862 and Its Aftermath

Rebuilding after the Fire

Arrival of Out-of-Town Architects

Architect Marcus F. Cummings's First Buildings in Troy

A Bookstore and Architectural Pattern Books

A Hospital and a Synagogue

Important Commissions for Frederic Diaper and Henry C. Dudley

Chapter 6. The 1870s

Two Imposing Cast-Iron Facades

Hall Building at River and First Streets

Troy Savings Bank Building.

Woollett and Ogden, and the State Street Methodist Church

A Masonic Temple and an Observatory

Marcus F. Cummings in the 1870s

Chapter 7. The 1880s

The Loths, Father and Son

Architects Brown and Dawson

Clarence B. Cutler in Troy

Robert W. Gibson and the Troy Club

Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Chapter 8. The 1890s

Rensselaer Alumni Building

U.S. Courthouse and Post Office

Tiffany Company's Interior of St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Second Street Neighbors: The Orr House, the "Castle," and the Kemp House

A Building Boom on Second Street

Third Rensselaer County Courthouse

Troy Public Library

Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society

Frear's Cash Bazaar on Third Street

Chapter 9. Highlights from the Early Twentieth Century

M. F. Cummings and Son at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Three Major Buildings by the Woolletts

Security Safe Deposit Company Building

Troy's Third Union Station

Dodge Dry Goods Company

Three RPI Buildings and the Approach

A Poughkeepsie Architect for the County Jail

Facilities for Vaudeville and Telephone Service

Troy Gas Company Building

YWCA Building on First Street

A New Complex for Municipal Services

National City Bank and the Hendrick Hudson Hotel

Map of Downtown Troy

Acknowledgments

Notes

Illustration Credits

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438474755

143847475X