Albany City Hall
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Albany City Hall is the seat of government of the city of Albany, New York, United States. It houses the office of the mayor, the Common Council chamber, the city and traffic courts, as well as other
City Hall from southwest, 2009
City Hall and its neighborhood seen from Erastus Corning Tower, Albany's tallest building
Front facade
Rear view
Albany Congress
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The Albany Congress, also known as the Albany Convention of 1754, was a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of seven of the British colonies in British America: New Hampshire, Massachu
Albany City Hall
…Avenue, probably in the 1660s, though possibly earlier. It was probably replaced around 1740 with a larger Stadt Huys. In 1754, it was the site of the Albany Congress, where Benjamin Franklin presented the Albany Plan of Union, the first proposal to unite the British American colonies. After the American Revolution…
The Albany Congress · 1754 by Allyn Cox
Benjamin Franklin's 1754 cartoon encouraging support for the Congress
Independence Hall