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Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 8 – Old St. Mary’s Church
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Continuing with the eighth in our series covering the tablets that were placed around the city of Albany (and a little beyond) in honor of the bicentennial of the city’s charter, in 1886. This one commemorated the first Catholic church in the city, which came pretty late in the city’s development. Tablet No. 8—Old…
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Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 7 — First English Church
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Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886 – the words below were approved to commemorate the first English church in Albany: Tablet No. 7—First English Church Located in the walk, near the curb, north-west corner of Chapel and State streets. Bronze tablet, 11×23 inches,…
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Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 6 – First Lutheran Church
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We were doing so well up till now. The first five of the (arbitrarily numbered) plaques put up in celebration of the bicentennial of Albany’s charter in 1886 have all survived in some way. But here we hit our first missing plaque, with the one that marked the site of the first Lutheran church…
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Bones, Fire and a Weathercock
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Last time we wrote about the Albany Bicentennial Tablet commemorating the first church in Albany, and we noted that in addition to the two successive church structures that sat in the middle of State Street at Broadway, there had been a burial ground around (and perhaps within) the church. At the time we said…
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Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 5 – The Old Dutch Church
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Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886 – the words below were approved to commemorate the first building constructed for use as a church in Albany: Tablet No. 5—The Old Dutch Church. Located in the Government building adjoining No. 3, to which it corresponds…
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Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 4 — The First Patroon
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Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886 – the words below were approved to commemorate the first Patroon: Tablet No. 4—The “First Patroon” A bronze tablet, 16×22 inches placed in the City Hall, and thereon inscribed:“Killian Van Rensselaer, the Progenitor of the Van Rensselaer…
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Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 3 – Broadway
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Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886. The Committee on Monumenting and Decoration chose to commemorate Broadway, then as now the major north-south street through the city. Tablet No. 3—Broadway. Located on ground front of Government building, on Broadway near corner of State—Bronze tablet…
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Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 2 – Municipal
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Continuing our series on the bronze markers that were placed by the Albany Bicentennial Committee in 1886. This was the tablet that was described by the Committee on Monumenting and Decoration in its presentation of June 1886. It’s not clear to me whether this was ever cast, or if the copy was changed out…
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Albany Bicentennial Tablet No. 1: Fort Orange
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Our last entry talked about the Albany Bicentennial celebration and the fate of a marker meant to commemorate the Black citizens of Albany that may never have gotten to its intended location in Washington Park. Now let’s talk about the bicentennial markers that did make it to their intended locations (mostly). We know what…
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What Happened to the Burdett-Coutts Marker?
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Two notes: One, throughout this article there are variable spellings of Burdett-Coutts, and when quoting, I’ve reflected the spelling used in the source I’m quoting at the time. Two, of course the source materials use racial terms that are no longer acceptable, but as they were not intended as offensive I have copied those…