. The tourist's guide through the Empire state. Embracing all cities, towns and watering places, by Hudson river and New York central route . ective sciences. The Albany Almshouse, Insane Asylum, and a Fever Hospitalare located upon a farm of one hundred and sixteen acres, one anda half miles southwest of the city, and are under the managementof the city authorities. The Industrial School building is locatedon the same farm. The Albany City Hospital, on Eagle Street, was incorporated in1849. The Albany Orphan Asylum, on Washington Street, at thejunction of the Western Turnpike, was incorporate
. The tourist's guide through the Empire state. Embracing all cities, towns and watering places, by Hudson river and New York central route . ective sciences. The Albany Almshouse, Insane Asylum, and a Fever Hospitalare located upon a farm of one hundred and sixteen acres, one anda half miles southwest of the city, and are under the managementof the city authorities. The Industrial School building is locatedon the same farm. The Albany City Hospital, on Eagle Street, was incorporated in1849. The Albany Orphan Asylum, on Washington Street, at thejunction of the Western Turnpike, was incorporated in 1831 ; it waserected, was as the City Hospital, by private subscription; it isnow aided by State funds. The St. Vincent Orphan Asylam, incorporated in 1849, is underthe charge of the Sisters of Mercy. The male department, two mileswest of the Capitol, is under charge of the Christian Brothers. There are upward of fifty church edifices. The Cathedral, uponEagle street, with its four thousand sittings, and its fine, stained-glass windows—and the Church of St. Joseph, on Ten Broeckstreet—are perhaps the most prominent FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ALBANY, 1870 . RY R —— THE TOURISTS GUIDE. 101 The State Normal School and Folsoms Business College arehere—also a Male, and Female, Academy, and numerous otherschools of more or less note. At No. 5 Fayette Place, is the studio of the distinguishedsculptor, E. C. Palmer, whose Angel at the Sepulchre hasadded so greatly to his earlier fame. Above the city, on the flats, is the Schuyler House, a plain andantiquated dwelling. Here dwelt Colonel Peter Schuyler, thefirst Mayor of Albany, who took four Sachems of the Mohawktribe to England, and created no small sensation by presentingthem at the Court of Queen Anne. In 1759, it was destroyed byfire—the means of extinguishing fires at that day being chiefly,that it rained sometimes. The house was immediately rebuilt,however, and portions of the original walls are still
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