The first a reservoir (yup, a reservoir), then the 2nd Albany High School (the first was established in 1873 in Van Vechten Hall on State St.) and today, the Albany County Court House.
The Court House was built in 1916, after demolition of the old Albany High School. That school was erected in 1876, on the site of the Albany Waterworks Company reservoir (a private water company) built in 1811, which served as the primary source of sort of safe water from the Maezlandt Kill (near Van Rensselaer Blvd) and Patroon Creek Albany until about 1873. first a reservoir (yup, a reservoir), then the 2nd Albany High School ( the first was established in 1873 in Van Vechten Hall on State St.) and today, the Albany County Court House.
Friends of Albany History 