National Register of Historic Places listings in Rensselaer County, New York

Municipal breakdown of Rensselaer County

This is the list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rensselaer County, New York. It is intended to be a complete compilation of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". Six of the properties are further designated National Historic Landmarks.

Rensselaer County sits east of the Hudson River in New York's Capital District and borders both Massachusetts and Vermont on the east. The area was originally inhabited by the Mohican Indian tribe until it was bought by the Dutch jeweler and merchant Kiliaen van Rensselaer in 1630 and incorporated in his patroonship Rensselaerswyck (which, in turn, was part of the Dutch colony New Netherland). The land passed into English hands in 1664 until the Dutch regained control for a year in 1673, but the English took it back in 1674. Until 1776, the year of American independence, it was under English or British control. However, the county didn't actually exist as a legal entity until 1791 when it was created from land that was originally part of Albany County.

Rensselaer County consists of two cities: Rensselaer and Troy; and fourteen towns: Berlin, Brunswick, East Greenbush, Grafton, Hoosick, Nassau, North Greenbush, Petersburgh, Pittstown, Poestenkill, Sand Lake, Schaghticoke, Schodack, and Stephentown; and contains six villages: Castleton, East Nassau, Hoosick Falls, Nassau, Schaghticoke, and Valley Falls.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted June 14, 2013.

Listings county-wide

Legend:      National Register of Historic Places listing      National Historic Landmark      Historic district      National Historic Landmark District

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Aiken House		01974-12-31December 31, 1974	Northeast corner of Riverside and Aiken Aves. 42°38′08″N 73°44′58″W	Rensselaer
2	Albany Avenue Historic District		01978-11-21November 21, 1978	Albany Ave. 42°31′01″N 73°36′55″W	Nassau
2.5	Auclair–Button Farmstead		02013-06-05June 5, 2013	80 Auclair Way	Melrose	Farmsteads of Pittstown, New York MPS
3	Baum–Wallis Farmstead		02013-01-02January 2, 2013	132 Baum Rd. 42°53′27″N 73°30′21″W	Johnsonville vicinity	Farmsteads of Pittstown, New York MPS
4	Bennington Battlefield		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	NY 67, on VT state line 42°56′02″N 73°18′25″W	Walloomsac	Site of key American victory over British during Revolution.
5	Beverwyck Manor		01979-08-03August 3, 1979	St. Anthonys Lane. 42°39′48″N 73°43′22″W	Rensselaer
6	Blink Bonnie		02000-08-10August 10, 2000	1368 Sunset Rd. 42°34′06″N 73°42′09″W	Schodack
7	Breese-Reynolds House		02007-03-01March 1, 2007	601 South St. 42°51′29″N 73°19′27″W	Hoosick	Built by Perry Eldridge in 1880.
8	Brownell–Cornell–Gibbs Farmstead		02012-09-19September 19, 2012	606 Groveside Rd. 42°52′59″N 73°26′27″W	Buskirk vicinity
9	Burden Iron Works Site		01977-11-10November 10, 1977	Address Restricted	Troy
10	Burden Ironworks Office Building		01972-03-16March 16, 1972	Polk St. 42°42′35″N 73°41′58″W	Troy
11	Buskirk Covered Bridge		01978-03-08March 8, 1978	Spans Hoosic River North of NY 67 42°57′30″N 73°26′00″W	Buskirk	part of the Covered Bridges of Washington County Thematic Resource (TR)
12	Esek Bussey Firehouse		01973-07-16July 16, 1973	302 10th St. 42°44′21″N 73°40′26″W	Troy
13	Cannon–Brownell–Herrington Farmstead		02013-01-02January 2, 2013	551 Otter Creek Rd. 42°52′57″N 73°30′11″W	Johnsonville vicinity.	Farmsteads of Pittstown, New York MPS
14	Cannon Building		01970-03-05March 5, 1970	1 Broadway 42°43′53″N 73°41′32″W	Troy	1835 Alexander Jackson Davis-Ithiel Town commercial building further enhanced with mansard roof after 1870s fire.
15	John Carner Jr. House		02004-01-16January 16, 2004	1310 Best Rd. 42°37′50″N 73°39′58″W	East Greenbush
15.5	Cartin–Snyder–Overacker Farmstead		02013-06-05June 5, 2013	559 Cushman Rd.	Melrose	Farmsteads of Pittstown, New York MPS
16	Central Troy Historic District		01986-08-13August 13, 1986	Roughly bounded by Grand St., Fifth Ave. and Third, Adams, and First and River Sts. 42°43′41″N 73°41′31″W	Troy	96-acre (39 ha) commercial section of downtown Troy with many buildings, including two National Historic Landmarks, from 1787-1940.
17	Chapel and Cultural Center		02011-02-22February 22, 2011	2125 Burdett Ave. 42°43′55″N 73°40′21″W	Troy
18	Chatham Street Row		01978-12-01December 1, 1978	Chatham St. 42°30′53″N 73°36′40″W	Nassau
19	Church of the Holy Cross		01973-06-04June 4, 1973	136 8th St. 42°43′57″N 73°41′01″W	Troy	Gothic Revival church built in 1844.
20	Church Street Historic District		01978-11-21November 21, 1978	Church St. 42°30′54″N 73°36′26″W	Nassau
21	Clark-Dearstyne-Miller Inn		02008-01-09January 9, 2008	11-13 Forbes Ave. 42°39′32″N 73°44′06″W	Rensselaer
22	Cornell–Manchester Farmstead		02012-10-03October 3, 2012	292 Lower Pine Valley Rd. 42°52′38″N 73°26′06″W	Hoosick Falls vicinity	Part of Farmsteads of Pittstown, New York MPS
23	Craver Farmstead		01996-12-16December 16, 1996	115 Craver Rd. 42°37′23″N 73°38′37″W	East Greenbush
24	Defreest Homestead		01977-08-02August 2, 1977	South of Troy at U.S. 4 and Jordan Rd. 42°40′32″N 73°41′39″W	Troy	Early Dutch house built around 1750 and early Dutch barn
25	Delaney Hotel		01996-06-21June 21, 1996	Junction of NY 22 and NY 67 42°55′37″N 73°20′38″W	North Hoosick	Intact Greek Revival hotel with vernacular Victorian features built ca. 1850
26	Dickinson Hill Fire Tower		02011-05-06May 6, 2011	Fire Tower Rd. 42°47′37″N 73°24′49″W	Grafton
27	District School No. 3		01998-08-28August 28, 1998	1125 S. Schodack Rd. 42°30′09″N 73°42′26″W	Castleton-on-Hudson
28	District #6 Schoolhouse		02008-07-03July 3, 2008	Brick Church Rd. and Buck Rd. 42°45′04″N 73°34′29″W	Brunswick	One-room schoolhouse built c. 1830 and closed in 1952. Believed to be one of the oldest remaining schoolhouses in Rensselaer County.
29	East Nassau Central School		01997-05-23May 23, 1997	37 Garfield Rd. 42°30′33″N 73°30′19″W	East Nassau
30	Elmbrook Farm		02001-05-21May 21, 2001	2567 Brookview Rd. 42°34′22″N 73°42′39″W	Schodack
31	Estabrook Octagon House		01980-02-08February 8, 1980	8 River St. 42°53′47″N 73°21′11″W	Hoosick Falls	1854 octagon house built closely following specifications of Orson Squire Fowler
32	Fifth Avenue-Fulton Street Historic District		01970-03-05March 5, 1970	Bounded by Grand, William, and Union Sts., and Broadway 42°44′00″N 73°40′59″W	Troy	1860s-era homes of city's business elite. One of five districts consolidated into Central Troy Historic District
33	Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building		02003-01-15January 15, 2003	67 State St. 42°43′47″N 73°41′12″W	Troy	1922 building consolidated city's public safety communications systems, in wake of history of devastating fires. After a period of vacancy in late 20th century, back in service as police headquarters
34	Fort Crailo		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	South of Columbia St. on Riverside Ave. 42°38′08″N 73°44′59″W	Rensselaer	Only well-preserved Dutch patroon house in upper Hudson Valley
35	Albert R. Fox House		02001-04-25April 25, 2001	2801 NY 66 42°38′04″N 73°32′18″W	Sand Lake
36	Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium		02004-02-25February 25, 2004	50 101st Street 42°45′20″N 73°40′17″W	Troy	Richardsonian Romanesque memorial chapel in Oakwood Cemetery built by local industrialist for deceased son was highly influential on the design of other such buildings; designated a National Historic Landmark 02012-03-02March 2, 2012
37	Garfield School		01988-06-09June 9, 1988	NY 2 and Moonlawn Rd. 42°43′52″N 73°35′56″W	Brunswick	First building in Brunswick to be added to the NRHP.
38	Glenwood		01973-05-25May 25, 1973	Eddy's Lane 42°45′04″N 73°40′33″W	Troy
39	Grand Street Historic District		01973-02-27February 27, 1973	Grand St. between 5th and 6th Aves. 42°43′59″N 73°41′13″W	Troy	Civil War-era rowhouses built in wake of devastating 1862 fire. Now part of Central Troy Historic District.
40	Halford–Hayner Farmstead		02013-01-02January 2, 2013	346 Cooksboro Rd. 42°48′30″N 73°35′29″W	Troy vicinity	Farmsteads of Pittstown, New York MPS
41	Hart-Cluett Mansion		01973-04-11April 11, 1973	59 2nd St. 42°43′46″N 73°41′38″W	Troy	1827 Federal style mansion is one of the best in that style in city. Home to Rensselaer County Historical Society since 1950s
42	Haskell School		02003-09-19September 19, 2003	150 Sixth Ave. 42°45′28″N 73°40′42″W	Troy
43	Hoosick Falls Armory		01995-03-02March 2, 1995	Junction of Church and Elm Sts. 42°53′57″N 73°21′15″W	Hoosick Falls	Intact 1889 Isaac Perry-designed armory. Home to units that have fought in the Mexican Border Campaign and Battle of Saipan.Part of the Army National Guard Armories in New York State Multiple Property Submission (MPS)
44	Hoosick Falls Historic District		01980-12-03December 3, 1980	Central Ave. and Main St. 42°54′04″N 73°21′06″W	Hoosick Falls	Eight-acre commercial core of village with intact buildings from turn-of-the-century industrial peak
45	Ilium Building		01970-12-18December 18, 1970	Northeast corner of Fulton and 4th Sts. 42°43′57″N 73°41′20″W	Troy	Intact 1904 Marcus F. Cummings commercial building
46	W. P. Irwin Bank Building		02007-10-03October 3, 2007	156 Broadway 42°38′25″N 73°44′49″W	Rensselaer
47	Knickerbocker Mansion		01972-12-11December 11, 1972	Knickerbocker Rd. 42°54′18″N 73°39′08″W	Schaghticoke
48	Henry Koon House		01997-02-21February 21, 1997	171 Pawling Ave. 42°43′00″N 73°40′13″W	Troy
49	Lansingburgh Academy		01976-10-14October 14, 1976	4th and 114th Sts. 42°46′22″N 73°40′34″W	Troy
50	Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground		02002-11-21November 21, 2002	Third Ave. and 107th St. 42°45′52″N 73°40′48″W	Troy
51	David Mathews House		01979-09-10September 10, 1979	VT 67 42°56′27″N 73°16′28″W	Hoosick
52	McCarthy Building		01970-03-05March 5, 1970	255-257 River St. 42°43′56″N 73°41′30″W	Troy	Downtown Troy landmark built in 1904 and largely intact
53	Mechanicville Hydroelectric Plant		01989-11-13November 13, 1989	At NY 32 on Hudson River 42°52′41″N 73°40′47″W	Mechanicville
54	Herman Melville House		01992-08-21August 21, 1992	2 114th St. 42°46′23″N 73°40′45″W	Troy
55	Muitzes Kill Historic District		01974-07-24July 24, 1974	An irregular pattern on both sides of Schodack Landing Rd. 42°28′35″N 73°43′22″W	Schodack
56	Kate Mullany House		01998-04-01April 1, 1998	350 8th St. 42°44′24″N 73°40′54″W	Troy	Apartment building of teenaged Irish immigrant who organized her fellow garment workers and went on to become first major female U.S. labor leader
57	National State Bank Building		01970-12-29December 29, 1970	297 River St. 42°43′57″N 73°41′27″W	Troy	1904 Marcus F. Cummings building shows influence of early skyscrapers; has been Monument Square landmark since its construction.
58	Northern River Street Historic District		01988-05-19May 19, 1988	403-429 and 420-430 River St. 42°44′08″N 73°41′17″W	Troy	Transitional neighborhood between downtown and industrial areas in late 19th century; largely unchanged since then
59	Oakwood Avenue Presbyterian Church		02012-11-21November 21, 2012	313 10th St. 42°44′24″N 73°40′47″W	Troy
60	Oakwood Cemetery		01984-10-04October 4, 1984	50 101st St. 42°45′44″N 73°40′12″W	Troy	Burial site of "Uncle Sam" Wilson and Civil War Gen. George H. Thomas
61	Old Troy Hospital		01973-10-25October 25, 1973	8th St. 42°43′54″N 73°41′00″W	Troy	Also known as West Hall. French Second Empire structure home to Arts Department at RPI
62	J. C. Osgood Firehouse		02000-11-02November 2, 2000	316-324 Third St. 42°43′10″N 73°41′35″W	Troy
63	Patroon Agent's House and Office		01979-08-03August 3, 1979	15 Forbes Ave. 42°39′26″N 73°44′07″W	Rensselaer
64	Petersburgh United Methodist Church		02004-01-02January 2, 2004	12 Head of Lane Rd. 42°45′08″N 73°20′44″W	Petersburgh
65	Poesten Kill Gorge Historic District		01978-03-08March 8, 1978	Address Restricted	Troy	Try also Poestenkill Gorge Historic District
66	Powers Home		01974-04-16April 16, 1974	819 3rd Ave. 42°47′02″N 73°40′22″W	Troy
67	Proctor's Theater		01979-10-04October 4, 1979	82 4th St. 42°43′55″N 73°41′25″W	Troy	1914 theater shows transition between eras of live entertainment and motion picture.Part of the Movie Palaces of the Tri-Cities TR
68	Public School No. 10		01994-11-04November 4, 1994	77 Adams St. 42°43′22″N 73°41′34″W	Troy
69	Pumpkin House		01998-06-08June 8, 1998	180 Fourth St. 42°43′35″N 73°41′26″W	Troy
70	River Street Historic District		01976-06-03June 3, 1976	Both sides of River St. from Congress St. to junction with 1st St. 42°43′49″N 73°41′42″W	Troy	Oldest downtown neighborhood in city, largely rebuilt after 1820 fire. Now part of Central Troy Historic District.
71	Sand Lake Baptist Church		02004-01-02January 2, 2004	2960 NY 43 42°38′07″N 73°32′59″W	Averill Park
72	Schodack Landing Historic District		01977-09-15September 15, 1977	NY 9J 42°28′58″N 73°46′07″W	Schodack Landing
73	Second Street Historic District		01974-08-07August 7, 1974	Both sides of 2nd St. 42°43′53″N 73°41′40″W	Troy	Troy's first desirable residential neighborhood. Many houses from 1820s-1840s. Merged into Central Troy Historic District in 1986.
74	Sharpe Homestead and Cemetery		02005-05-19May 19, 2005	44 Laura Ln. 42°39′40″N 73°41′57″W	Defreestville
75	Sherman Farm		02003-07-05July 5, 2003	35 Sherman Rd. 42°51′23″N 73°30′37″W	Pittstown
76	Henry Tunis Smith Farm		01975-09-18September 18, 1975	South of Nassau on NY 203 42°29′37″N 73°37′10″W	Nassau
77	St. Barnabas Episcopal Church		02004-01-28January 28, 2004	2900 Fifth Ave. 42°44′46″N 73°40′58″W	Troy
78	St. Mark's Episcopal Church		02000-07-27July 27, 2000	Main St. 42°53′59″N 73°21′02″W	Hoosick Falls	1858 Henry Dudley church done in brick rather than his usual stone
79	St. Paul's Episcopal Church Complex		01979-09-07September 7, 1979	58 3rd St. 42°43′49″N 73°41′24″W	Troy	1828 church is early Gothic Revival imitation of Ithiel Town's Trinity Church in New Haven, Connecticut
80	Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin		01978-12-15December 15, 1978	North of Castleton-on-Hudson 42°34′15″N 73°44′58″W	Castleton-on-Hudson
81	Thomas–Wiley–Johnson Farmstead		02012-09-19September 19, 2012	703 Johnsonville Rd. 42°52′19″N 73°29′51″W	Johnsonville vicinity
82	Tibbits House		01978-05-22May 22, 1978	South of Hoosick at junction of NY 22 and NY 7 42°51′28″N 73°20′37″W	Hoosick
83	Trinity Church Lansingburgh		01995-05-01May 1, 1995	585 Fourth Ave. 42°46′28″N 73°40′32″W	Troy
84	Troy Gas Light Company		01971-02-18February 18, 1971	Northwest corner of Jefferson St. and 5th Ave. 42°43′17″N 73°41′26″W	Troy	Unusual structure used to hold coal gas in the 1800s.
85	Troy Public Library		01973-01-17January 17, 1973	100 2nd St. 42°44′46″N 73°40′59″W	Troy
86	Troy Savings Bank and Music Hall		01989-04-11April 11, 1989	32 Second St. 42°43′49″N 73°41′31″W	Troy	Late 19th-century bank building with full theater, including pipe organ, upstairs
87	US Post Office-Hoosick Falls		01988-11-17November 17, 1988	35 Main St. 42°54′02″N 73°21′05″W	Hoosick Falls	1925 brick Colonial Revival building mostly intact; part of the US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
88	US Post Office-Troy		01989-05-11May 11, 1989	400 Broadway 42°43′53″N 73°41′21″W	Troy	Stripped Classical Revival-style building from 1936, excellent example of that sort of architecture in larger city post offices during Depression. One of only three in the U.S. with interior mural by Waldo Peirce. Part of the US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR
89	United Waste Manufacturing Company Building		02013-03-06March 6, 2013	1 Jackson St. 42°42′57″N 73°41′46″W	Troy	Castellated Romanesque factory building on Hudson River dating to 1902
90	John Evert Van Alen House		02004-08-20August 20, 2004	1744 Washington Ave. Ext. 42°39′11″N 73°41′56″W	Defreestville
91	Van Rensselaer High School		02012-08-14August 14, 2012	199 Washington Ave. 42°39′32″N 73°43′37″W	Rensselaer
92	W. & L. E. Gurley Building		01970-03-05March 5, 1970	514 Fulton St. 42°43′57″N 73°41′18″W	Troy	Exemplary Neoclassical commercial building preserved nearly intact; built in only eight months on site of 1845 original after 1862 fire. Home of Gurley Precision Instruments for over 150 years.
93	Washington Park Historic District		01973-05-25May 25, 1973	Washington Park and adjacent properties on 2nd, 3rd, and Washington Sts. and Washington Pl. 42°43′26″N 73°41′35″W	Troy	Rows of townhouses built by local businessmen in 1839 on the model of British residential squares in Bloomsbury. Residents are still assessed for the maintenance of the park. Now part of Central Troy Historic District.
94	Emma Willard School		01979-08-30August 30, 1979	Pawling and Elmgrove Aves. 42°42′48″N 73°39′44″W	Troy
95	Winslow Chemical Laboratory		01994-11-04November 4, 1994	105 Eighth St. 42°43′52″N 73°41′05″W	Troy	1866 structure on RPI campus.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in New York
• List of New York State Historic Markers in Rensselaer County, New York