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 First Permanent Settlement of Albany - 300 Years - Albany, NY Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 39.106 W 073° 45.290
18T E 602063 N 4722896
A plaque, on the west wall of the City Hall building of Albany, NY, commemorates the 300th anniversary of the first permanent settlement of Albany. It also lists the many different names the settlement was known by from 1624 to the present.
Waymark Code: WMHT8W
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2013
Views: 4
In 1609, Henry Hudson, sailing on the Half Moon for the Dutch East India Company, explored this region where the Mohawk River flows into the Hudson River and claimed it for the Netherlands. A fur trading post and fort was soon established in present day Albany.
Albany is one of the oldest surviving settlements in the thirteen original colonies. It has the distinction of being the longest continuously chartered city in the United States. It was chartered in 1686. Due to its central inland location and good transportation, it became the capital of New York in 1797. Presently it has a population of close 100,000.
1624 IN COMMEMORATION OF 1924
THE THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING
IN 1624 OF THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT OF ALBANY,
THEN KNOWN AS FORT ORANGE, NEAR THE SITE OF
FORT NASSAU BUILT IN 1614 AND ABANDONED IN 1617.
WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RENSSELAERSWYCK IN 1630,
FORT ORANGE BECAME THE TRADING CENTER OF THE
COLONY AND WAS CALLED THE FUYCK.
SUBSEQUENTLY THE NAME OF THE VILLAGE WAS CHANGED TO
BEVERWYCK, 1652 - ALBANY, 1664 - WILLEMSTADT, 1673 - ALBANY, 1674
ERECTED B Y THE ALBANY TERCENTENARY COMMITTEE.
ALFRED EMANUEL SMITH, GOVERNOR } HONORARY CHAIRMEN
WILLIAM STORMONT HACKETT, MAYOR} HONORARY CHAIRMEN
WILLIAM VAN RENSSELAER ERVING, CHAIRMAN. ISAAC HENRY VROOMAN, JR., SECRETARY.
HARRIET LANGDON PRUYN RICE, VICE CHAIRMAN. GERRIT YATES LANSING, TREASURER.
Subject: City
Commemoration: 1924
Date of Founding: 1624
Date of Commemoration: 1924
Address:
Albany City Hall
24 Eagle Street
Albany, NY 12207
Overview Photograph:
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Detail Photograph:
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