Broadway-Livingston Avenue Historic District
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Broadway-Livingston Avenue Historic District is a national historic district
located at Albany
in Albany County, New York
. The district includes 20 contributing buildings and a Warren Truss
railroad bridge. It encompasses a collection of two- and three-story rowhouses interspersed with brick commercial buildings of comparable scale and built between 1829 and 1876. The bridge was built in 1900 to carry the New York Central Railroad
tracks across Broadway at Colonie Street.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1988.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
located at Albany
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
in Albany County, New York
Albany County, New York
Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England . As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204...
. The district includes 20 contributing buildings and a Warren Truss
Truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges...
railroad bridge. It encompasses a collection of two- and three-story rowhouses interspersed with brick commercial buildings of comparable scale and built between 1829 and 1876. The bridge was built in 1900 to carry the New York Central Railroad
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad , known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States...
tracks across Broadway at Colonie Street.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1988.