Lafayette Park: Hiking Capitol Hill

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TOUR  STOPS

1 Hiking Capital Hill Intro:

2 Lafayette Park

3 Sheridan Statute

4 Bryan stone and Street Names

5 Albany City Halls Historical Progression

6 Albany City Hall

7 Schuyler Statue

8  Court of Appeals

9 Albany County Courthouse

10 Academy Park

11  Quality Row

12 Old Albany Academy

13 17-29 Elk St.

14 NYS Education Building and Capital Fire

15 NYS Education Building

16 Cathedral of all Saints

17 Alfred E. Smith Building

18 State St. & South Swan and Fort Frederick apts.

19 West Capital Park

20 End of Tour

PHOTOS:

Images of area that became Lafayette Park from Albany Group Photo Archive group

-Elk St depicted before South side razed for Park.

-Washington Ave section depicted that is now part of park

-Park Place between Lafayette Street and Washington Avenue Albany NY 1920s- Demolished late 1920s to create Lafayette Park behind Old Albany Academy.

Washington Ave between Hawk and Eagle st early 1920s albany ny-Demolished to create Lafayette Park around 1928.  From New York Heritage Digital Collections/Albany Public Library.

Image of Lafayette marker courtesy of Victor Cardona

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