200th Anniversary of Albany Charter
Tablet commemorating the
Two Hundredth Anniversary
of
Albany
As a chartered city
Settled about 1624:
Charter Granted by Gov. Dongan:
July 22 1606:
State Legislature Held Here Permanently Since 1797:
Early Names Of The City:
Fort Orange: Beverwyck: Wilemstadt:
First City Hall Erected Near Fort Orange About 1686. Second One North East Coner Broadway and Hudson
St. About 1705: Third One On This Site 1829: Burned 1880
Fourth On Present Building Erected 1883:
First Mayor 1686: Pieter Schuyler:
Centennial " " 1786: Johannes Jacobse Beekman:
Bi-Centennial " " 1886: John Boyd Thacher:
John Boyd Thacher, Mayor And Chairman. A. Bleeker Banks, Ex Mayor And Vice Chairman.
Citizens
Robert Lenox Banks •
Anthony N. Brady •
Walter Dickson •
Franklin M. Danaher •
Archibald McClure •
Townsend Lansing •
Lewis Boss •
Douw H. Fonda •
Charles E. Jones •
Rufus H. King •
James H. Manning •
Edward J. Meegan •
Michael N. Nolan •
John C. Nott •
Amasa J. Parker Jr •
Robert D. Williams •
Samuel B. Towner •
John L. Van Valkenburgh •
Wm. Bayard VanRensselaer •
Simon W. Rosendale •
Wm. M. Whitney •
Daniel W. Wemple •
John H. Quinby •
Robert C. Pruyn •
Horace G. Young
Aldermen
Galen R. Hitt •
John Zimmerman •
Patrick McCann •
James Thornton •
Augustus Whitman •
John J. Greagan •
David J. Norton •
George L. Thomas •
James O. Woodward •
Jeremiah Kieley
Marker is at the intersection of Eagle Street and Corning Place, on the left when traveling south on Eagle Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
