From another 1891 Watson map, the Albany Rural Cemetery. I had no real idea that the lakes had names, though I’m sure it’s featured in all the books. Note that there was no road to the south gate at the time.
Nice to see the estate of Louis Menand, a remarkable character you really should learn more about. In fact, read his entire autobiography.
Below Menand’s place, the fairgrounds of what I presume to be the New York and New England Agricultural and Industrial Society. Or it could be something else.
If you have even the slightest interest in Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, cemeteries, or anything that happened before you were alive, you have to subscribe to Paula Lemire’s wonderful “Albany Rural Cemetery” blog. And her wonderful “Albany Church Grounds” blog. Seriously.
