Historic State Street

This section of State Street is arguably the oldest continuously operating commercial avenue in the United States. What began as a path in the woods cut by Native peoples and Dutch beaver trappers and traders became the main east-west route for trade in and out of Albany in the 1600s. Buildings in the Dutch style, both homes and businesses, lined the lower portion of the street by the early 1650s. Wellington Row was built as a set of fashionable townhouses in the mid-1800s, was transformed for commercial use in the early 20th century, fell derelict in the 1990s, and was ultimately preserved after advocacy led by Historic Albany Foundation spurred a developer to save the buildings.

Albany, New York · United States