Pastures Historic District and Related Topics

New York State Route 32

North–south state highway that extends for 176.73 mi through the Hudson Valley and Capital District regions of the U.S. state of New York.

Views of the Shawangunks and Catskills as the highway nears New Paltz

NY 213 and NY 32 concurrency in Rosendale

Rusted 1930s state route shield just east of the I-587 and NY 28 intersection

Kaaterskill High Peak in the distance as NY 32 nears the Catskills

Residential neighborhood along NY 32 in Cohoes

NY 32 at its intersection with US 9 in Albany.

The bridge in Rosendale Village being renovated in 2009

NY 32 begins just ahead adjacent to the Woodbury Commons.

NY 32 follows South Pearl Street between the Mansion and Pastures neighborhoods, intersecting US 20 (Madison Avenue) near the approach to the Dunn Memorial Bridge, and then becoming one of the two main streets of downtown Albany.

Rowhouses on Grand north of Madison, 2008

Mansion Historic District

Located south of Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York, United States.

Mansion Neighborhood Christmas sign in Bleecker Park, with Madison Place in background

The Mansion district is built on land that rises 100 feet (30 m) on its west from the flatlands along the Hudson River to its east, where the adjacent Pastures district is located.

List of African-American neighborhoods

The list contains the names of cities, districts, and neighborhoods in the U.S. that are predominantly African American or that are strongly associated with African-American culture²— either currently or historically.

The Pastures

First Church in Albany (Reformed)

Located at North Pearl and Orange streets in Albany, New York, United States.

Historic American Buildings Survey photo of interior ca. 1937

First Church in Albany historical marker

Its founding document, the Dongan Charter, gave the church title to the pastures then south of the city as partial payment for a loan; the church rented the lots out to local farmers.

Abrams Building

Located at South Pearl Street and Hudson Avenue in Albany, New York, United States.

The Abrams Building site in 2015, seen from across Pearl Street

Across the arterial are the Mansion and Pastures neighborhoods, both also listed on the National Register as historic districts.

Map of Albany in 1695. North is to right.

Streets of Albany, New York

The streets of Albany, New York have had a long history going back almost 400 years.

Simeon De Witt's 1794 grid plan for Albany, north is to the right.

The plan had two grids, one west of Eagle Street and the old stockade, and another for the Pastures District south of the old stockade.

The city of Albany with NRHP listings identified by pinpoints

National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany, New York

There are 73 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Albany, New York, United States.

Green Street in the Pastures district also has a small row with commercial storefronts.

19th-century rowhouses on Hamilton Street in the Hudson/Park neighborhood are juxtaposed against the modern Empire State Plaza.

Architecture of Albany, New York

The architecture of Albany, New York, embraces a variety of architectural styles ranging from the early 18th century to the present.

Map of Albany showing political boundaries and major roads

Aerial view of Albany's core, with Empire State Plaza at center

View of Empire State Plaza from Lincoln Park

Gabled detached frame houses predominate in the city's western neighborhoods

This 1789 etching shows the Dutch influence on the architecture of early Albany.

Critics consider Albany City Hall to have been designed around the high point of H. H. Richardson's career.

State Quad is one of the four iconic dormitory towers at SUNY Albany's Uptown Campus.

To its south are the first residential areas that got built out as the city expanded—the Mansion and Pastures districts, with the South End just past them.

Walter Merchant House

Brick-and-stone townhouse in the Italianate architectural style, with some Renaissance Revival elements.

Most new inhabitants were immigrants, who settled in the old Dutch colonial core of the city and then spilled over from it to the south, into neighborhoods like the Pastures, Mansion District and South End.