Views of Troy and Cohoes (1900) (14581986297)

Identifier: viewsoftroycohoe00port (find matches)
Title: Views of Troy and Cohoes
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Troy (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works Cohoes (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works
Publisher: Portland, Me., L. H. Nelson company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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CoivKK^HT, I. ll.I.i.ovn. KENSSKl.AEK COUNTY COURT HOUSE—TKoW Skconi. ami Conckkss Stkklts Rensselaer County Court House, S. E. corner Congress and Second Streets facing on Seminary Park, is a granite fiie-proof l)uilding whiclicost ^350,000, contains County otiices, Sui)ieme Couit room with intetesting portraits androoms of tlie County Boaid of Supervisors.Built 1S9S. Tlie site was a gift of Jacol) 1). Van der Heyden, March, 22, 1703. A whipping post and stoclis were placed in the yard,about the year 179.4. Occasionally criminals were there publicly whipped by the sheriff or hTs deputy, the offenders severally receivinga number of lashes, less than forty. Those held in the stocks were often objects of ridicule, and were not unfrequentlv pelted with offen-sive missiles by the village children.
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HART MEMORIAL LIBRARY Second Stkeet Near Fekry Street Troy Young Mens Association Library. Tliere is not a more beautiful specimen of architecture in the country than the Hart Public Library,which stands on the corner of Second and Ferry streets. It was dedicated in 1897, and was a gift of Mis. Mary E. Hart, for the promotionof learning and the arts, in loving memory of her husband, William Howard Hart. The building is constructed of the finest quality of Ver-mont white marble and is in the Italian renaissance style. It cost $150,000, and at present contains about 40,000 volumes. The interiorfinish is largely in Siennii marble, and in some respects the building is even more Ijeautiful than the new Boston Public Library.