Misplaced Pages

Academy Park (Albany, New York)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Cultural feature park in New York, USA

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Academy Park" Albany, New York – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Tricentennial marker at Academy Park in Albany (New York).

Academy Park is a cultural feature park located in the Lafayette Park Historic District of Albany, New York. As an urban park, Academy Park often equates by extension to its surrounding neighborhood near the Albany city hall. The Eagle Street entrance of the New York Court of Appeals Building faces Academy Park.

History

Academy Park was established in 1882. It was the original site of the Dudley Observatory. The Academy Park Fountain, a prominent landmark that was erected in 1988, is situated opposite the New York Court of Appeals Building.

See also

References

  1. "Academy Park (in Albany County, NY)". Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  2. "Dudley Observatory Dedication, August 28, 1856 - Albany Institute of History and Art".
  3. "Academy Park Fountain - Albany, NY - Fountains on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Retrieved April 9, 2023.

42°39′09″N 73°45′17″W / 42.6526°N 73.7548°W / 42.6526; -73.7548

Further reading


Stub icon

This New York–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: