Boat Clubs
A MORNING SWIMMING CLASS FOR GIRLS AT THE LAUREATE BOAT CLUB DOCK.
The Riverside Club, while on the Hudson River and owning a bathhouse and float, was primarily a social organization.
Businesses
“The 499 House.” Times Record. December 14, 1973: 11 cols 3-4.
Troy Daily Times. November 30, 1898: 4 col 7.
“Freihofer’s Outing Saturday, July 12th at Rensselaer Park.” Troy Times. July 2, 1913: 11 cols 5-7.
Cemeteries
Sidney and Neff. “Superintendent’s House.” Plan of Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N. Y. Philadelphia, PA: F. Kuhl, 1850.
Churches
St. Augustine’s Church
580 Fourth Avenue
Education
WHIPPLE SCHOOL
752-758 Fourth Avenue
Genealogy
Photo by Charles Nelson
Emmanuel Danish Lutheran Church of Troy [252 Fourth Avenue at 105th Street]
Troy Times Art Section
Homes, et al
Detail showing Lansing Mansion cropped and edited from Burleigh, L. R. Lansingburgh, N. Y. First Ward 9th to 15th Sts. Second Ward, 15th to 18th Sts. Troy, N.Y.: Burleigh Litho, 1891.
Modern Homes Home Greater Troy Series
Residence of Miss Rebecca Phillip, at 65 Second Avenue, Lansingburgh
Troy Times. January 18, 1908. Art Section.
The Boradaile
Hudson River related
C. Wallace Campbell at Market Gardner home 586 1st Ave c. 1936 returning from his farm on Campbells Island to Nestledown which was his family’s estate
All the Islands
copy of painting, scenes near Lansingburgh, by William Hart 1848 shows Campbell’s Island from River Rd.
The islands of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers played an important part in the development of the area.
Here are some of them:
Campbell Island (the picture to the left)
Melville and Melville House
Detail showing Melville House at 528 1st Avenue (numbered 2 114th Street now) cropped from “Map 39.” Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, 1903. Vol. 1. New York: Sanborn Insurance Maps, 1903. [Scan by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]
Miscellaneous LHS Material
"Rensselaer Co. Cattle Show and Fair For Farmers, Mechanics, Manufacturers, Artists, and others, at Troy, (Batestown<,) Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 22d and 23d. Plan of Grounds and Buildings." Lansingburgh Gazette. 1847.