Albany, NY Photos

Beyond the State Capitol & the Empire State Plaza Albany, NY, enjoys a wide-ranging mix of heritage & modern buildings.

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New York State Education Department (1908-12) is known for its 36 marble columns (Washington Avenue between Hawk & Swan). Architect: Henry Hornbostel. On National Register.	Columns of New York State Education Department.	Columns bases of New York State Education Department.	Lamp stands with statues of students on steps of New York State Education Department.

Lamp stands with statues of students on steps of New York State Education Department.	Alfred E. Smith State Office Building (1930) (34 floors). Style: Art Deco. Architect: Sullivan W. Jones & William E. Haugaard.	Art Deco facade of Alfred E. Smith State Office Building.	Albany City Hall (1881-2). Style: Victorian Romanesque. Architect: Henry Hobson Richardson. On National Register.

Towers & arches of Albany City Hall.	Portico of Albany City Hall.	Court of Appeals of State of New York (1842) (20 Eagle St.). Style: Greek-Revival. Architect: Henry Hobson Richardson. On National Register.	Statue of American Revolutionary War Major General Philip Schuyler (1733-1804).

Italian-style St. Mary's Roman Catholic church (19th C) behind New York State Court of Appeals. Architect: Charles C. Nichols & Frederick Brown. On National Register.	Fountain in front of Albany Board of Education Building.	Albany Board of Education Building.	Door of Albany Board of Education Building.

Statue of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), pathfinder in science.	Townhouses on Elk Street at Eagle.	Townhouse on Elk Street.	Townhouses on Elk Street.

St. Peter's Episcopal Church (1859). Style: Gothic Revival. Architect: Richard M. Upjohn. On National Register.	Tower detail of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.	Fleet Bank Building (1927) (69 State St.) (16 floors) to right of Art Deco Home Savings Bank. Architect: Henry Ives Cobb.	Home Savings Bank Building (1927) (North Pearl Street) (19 floors) with colored Indian chiefs & helmeted conquistadors. Style: Art Deco. Architect: Dennison & Hirons.

Mechanics and Farmers Bank (1874-5) (63 State St.).	Former Albany County Savings Bank at 35 State Street (1902). Architect: Marcus T. Reynolds. On National Register.	Carved eagles circle dome on 35 State St.	Gabels on 35 State St.

Administration building of SUNY. Style: Gothic Revival. Architect: Marcus T. Reynolds.	Tower of SUNY Administration building.	Top of Tower of SUNY Admin building with model of Henry Hudson's ship Half Moon at pinnacle.	Former US Custom House & Post Office (1874-84), now SUNY Admin building. Architect: Edward Ogden. On National Register.

James T. Foley Courthouse & Former US Custom House.	Former Albany Union Station (1900) now a bank. Architect: Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge. On National Register.	Clock, eagle & justice atop old Union Station.	Lions circling a globe atop old Union Station.

Statue of Assiduity (1986) by Hy Rosen depicts a Dutch trader & a Mohawk Indian in Tercentennial Park.	Detail of model sailing ship on Statue of Assiduity.	New York State Department of Environmental Conservation building (2001) (625 Broadway) (14 floors). Architect: WCGS Architects.	Glass-domed spired atop New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Glass-domed spired atop New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.	Ventilation holes & downtown Albany seen from heights of Empire Plaza.	Downtown Albany from heights of Empire Plaza with brown-roofed State Comptrollers Headquarters (2001).	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (1852) (125 Eagle St.). Style: Neo-Gothic. Architect: Patrick Keeley. On National Register.

Executive Mansion (1854, expanded 1885). Architect: Isaac G. Perry. On National Register.