Union Station (Albany, New York)
Albany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Train operators | New York Central Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Delaware and Hudson Railway West Shore Railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status | Closed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Albany Union Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norcross Bros. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Beaux Arts[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 71000516[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | February 18, 1971 |
Union Station, also known as Albany Union Station, is a building in
History
Rail service
The station received 96 trains per day during 1900 and 121 per day during
The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[2]
Its NRHP application asserted:
Perhaps no other building has been so important to the growth of Albany during the twentieth century as Union Station. It was designed in 1899 by
Union Station in Springfield, Massachusetts. The construction was carried out by Norcross Brothers, who were considered to be one of the finest contractors of the period.[3]
Office building
During 1986 Peter Kiernan, president of Norstar Bankcorp Inc, relocated the headquarters of the
During 2004 Bank of America bought FleetBoston and kept the building.[10] The next year, the bank sold Kiernan Plaza to American Financial Realty Trust and leased the building back.[1] During 2008 American Financial Realty Trust was bought by Gramercy Realty Corp. and during 2009 October Bank of America decided to consolidate its operations at Kiernan Plaza with others in Albany by relocating them to a State Street building also owned by Gramercy, with no job losses.[11]
In 2013, the building was acquired by Fuller Road Management, a real estate development arm of the
See also
References
- ^ a b Kevin Harlin (2004-12-04). "Former Fleet properties sold". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 2009-04-21.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Liebs, Chester H. (July 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Albany Union Station". Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-07-10. and Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1905 and undated Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-9625368-1-4.
- ^ Brad Kelly (2009-09-17). "Old station to give way to new era". Albany Knickerbocker News. Retrieved 2009-04-21.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 0960546073.
- ^ a b Laurie Navilia (1987-01-23). "'Time in a bottle' details builders Union Station note detailed". Albany Knickerbocker News. Retrieved 2009-04-21.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Mark Suchecki (1989-09-14). "Norstar Plaza to be renamed for Kiernan". Albany Knickerbocker News. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
- ^ Jo-Ann Johnston (2000-04-20). "Building of old, commerce of new". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 2009-04-21.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Kevin Harlin (2004-07-17). "Kiernan Plaza secure as Bank of America". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 2009-04-21.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Churchill, Chris (2009-10-21). "A Landmark Soon to Fall Empty". Times Union. Hearst Newspapers. p. A1. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ Jordan Carleo-Evangelist (2003-08-13). "Kiernan Plaza sale now a done deal". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ Casey Seiler (2003-09-13). "Kiernan Plaza now a new destination". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
- ^ Larry Ruilson (2012-10-18). "SEFCU takes more space at Kiernan Plaza". Albany Times Union. Retrieved 2021-11-29.