48 Hudson Avenue
History
48 Hudson Avenue was built by Johannes van Ostrande in 1728 just outside the stockade walls and a few hundred yards from the old Fort Orange. Johannes Van Ostrande (or Ostrander) was the son of the immigrant Pieter Ostrander, baptized in Kingston, New York in 1688, married there, and moved to Albany by 1715. In 1722, Van Ostrande was elected a member of the Albany Common Council representing the First Ward,. In the 1750s, he sold the building to Johannes Radliff, a shoe-maker. During the 19th century the building was the home, and later factory, of Jared Holt. Holt made waxed thread used for sewing leather goods.
Future
48 Hudson Avenue sits within what was once the core area of the proposed Albany Convention Center. The Albany Convention Center Authority has worked with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to preserve the structure, mitigate adverse impacts, and recover archaeological resources. The Authority has also spoken with the owner of 48 Hudson Avenue regarding efforts to preserve the building.
Structure
As originally built it was a 1+1⁄2-story building, with a steep gable roof of fifty-four degrees. The house measured 23 by 33 feet with one large first-floor room and two lofts. The first floor was brick, while the top portion was pine shakes. The building has many rare features not often preserved in other buildings from its time, including a molded anchor beam, the outline of a jambless fireplace, wide pine exterior siding, wide floorboards, steeply pitched roof beams, and original brick walls.
See also
- History of Albany, New York
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Albany, New York
- Quackenbush House
References
- ^ Director of the National Park Service (February 1, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Listings". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
- ^ "Albany Preservation Report" (PDF). Historic Albany Foundation. Spring 2007. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ John R. Stevens (June–July 2007). "The Society for the Preservation of Hudson Valley Vernacular Architecture Newsletter" (PDF). The Society for the Preservation of Hudson Valley Vernacular Architecture. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ "Albany Preservation Report" (PDF). Historic Albany Foundation. Summer 2006. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Grondahl, Paul (August 16, 2016). "This Old House Under Our Noses". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ Ostrander, Emmet; Ostrander, Vinton (1999). Ostrander: A Genealogical Record 1660-1995. Ostrander Family Association. pp. 415–416.
- ^ "State Environmental Quality Review Act Findings Statement" (PDF). Albany Convention Center Authority. May 30, 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2011. Retrieved 2009-08-25.