• The old Albany Academy building, known officially as Academy Park by the City School District of Albany, its owner (after the park in which it is located)...
  • The Old Albany Academy Building was built in 1815 and was the largest school of its kind at the time.
  • The Albany Academy occupied the building from its initial construction until 1935, when it was renovated following designs by another venerable Albany architect...
  • Designed by Albany architect Philip Hooker and built in 1815 as the Albany Academy; today it is the Albany City School District Building.
  • The Albany Academy was established in 1813 as a school for boys, and in 1817 the school moved into its first purpose-built facility...
  • The old Albany Academy building, known officially as Academy Park by the City School District of Albany and formerly known as the Joseph Henry Memorial, in...
  • You may download a PDF copy of "A Review of the First 150 Years of Albany Academy" by John McClintock presented at the Midwinter Dinner of Alumni, 2020.
  • The Albany Academy is the oldest boys day school in the New York Capital Region, chartered in March 1813 to educate the sons of Albany's political elite and...
  • AN OLD ALBANY LANDMARK IN DANGER OF DESTRUCTION; Two Governors Have Wanted State to Buy the Building of the Academy.
  • Don’t miss The Egg, the Old Albany Academy Building, and the Washington Avenue Armory.
  • In one famous experiment Henry strung wire from his laboratory at the Albany Academy to the roof of the Van Vechten building on State St., just below Eagle St...
  • The architect of this city hall was Philip Hooker, who was from Albany and designed many buildings in the area. Among those works: The former Albany Academy...
  • They are complemented by smaller buildings such as city hall, the New York Court of Appeals building, the Old Albany Academy Building...