Schenectady's Stockade: New York's First Historic District - Hardcover

Rittner, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531640990 ISBN 13: 9781531640996

Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2008

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Located in upstate New York on the western banks of the Mohawk River, Schenectady's stockade is recognized as the first historic district of New York State and has been protected by strict zoning laws since the 1960s. As one of the oldest European-settled areas in the Unites States, the stockade contains the highest concentration of historic buildings in the country. During the early 19th century, the stockade had become a center for business, but a major fire in 1819 swept most of it away. Remarkably, more than 40 buildings have remained a part of the landscape for more than two centuries. As a result, a mix of architecture from 17th-century Dutch to modern exists within the four blocks that make up the stockade. Through photographs and maps, Schenectady's Stockade: New York's First Historic District tells the story of one of America's earliest communities.

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Don Rittner is an award winning author, environmentalist, filmmaker, historian, professor and archeologist. He has authored more than 50 books and over 1000 articles in science, history, computers and the Internet. He published the first book to show the public how to use the brand new Internet for a social cause in 1992 (EcoLinking: Everyone's Guide to Online Environmental Information).

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• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1531640990
• ISBN 13: 9781531640996
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 130
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