National Register of Historic Places

Stockade Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York
Listed
September 6, 1984
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
84002963

About this property

The Stockade Historic District is located in the northwest corner of Schenectady, New York, United States, on the banks of the Mohawk River. It is the oldest neighborhood in the city, continuously inhabited for more than 300 years. Union College first held classes in a building within the district, and later it would be one of the termini of an early suspension bridge that was, at the time, the longest in North America. Joseph C. Yates, the 7th Governor of New York and founding trustee of Union College, and Elizabeth V. Gillette, a physician and the first woman from upstate New York elected to the New York State Assembly, were residents of the Stockade. It contains a wide variety of Dutch and English 17th- and 18th-century buildings, many with later embellishments and additions. The National Park Service has described it as "the highest concentration of historic period homes in the country," with over 40 older than 200 years. The Stockade was New York's first local historic district, when it was recognized by the city council in 1962. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and its boundaries were increased slightly in 1984. The city and an active neighborhood association, the first founded in Schenectady, work to protect its historic character.

Location

16, 18, and 20 S. Church St.
Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York
42.81589, -73.95057

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Sources

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Stockade Historic District (Boundary Increase) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 6, 1984.

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Stockade Historic District (Boundary Increase) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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