Sage College to Add Two Campus Buildings by Fall
Sage College plans two expansions for next fall. The Activities Building will include a social center and classrooms with a sun deck. A remodeled gymnasium will enlarge game space and reduce the stage. Completion targets are June for some activities and August 1 for the gym.
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Fall
Sage College
Lewis A.roman
Ferry
First Streets
Redent Government and Publicity Board
Griswold House
The Year Without a Summer 1816 Frosts Farmers Starve
In 1816 a cold northern wind chilled summer across the area. Frost and ice plagued June while August saw near record cold. Amid drought fears, a false prophecy of earth’s fire sparked scoffs from followers and heckling observers.
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Benjamin Gorton
Trujana
Emma Willard Pioneered As Girls School
Emma Willard School in Troy, founded in 1821 as Troy Female Seminary, became a model for girls education. Led by Emma Hart Willard, the institution grew from a small academy to a pioneering women’s college influence, with early faculty trained by Amos Eaton and a curriculum shaping national female higher education.
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Exoma Willard School
Emma Willard School
United States
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Emma Hart Willard
Connecticut
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van Schoonhoven
Waterford
Broad Street
Common Council
Jeremiah Dauchy
Ephnam Morgan
Gordon Corning
Nathan Warren
Lewis Lyman
John G. Vanderheyden
Thomas Skeiding
Gilbert Reilay
George Smith
Richard P. Hart
James Vandenburgh
Willard
Amos Eaton
Rensselaer Poly
Unwen
Weil
Free Women's College In America
Mi Holya
R P I History Shows Seven Troy Sites Before 1905 Move
R P I occupied seven Troy sites before buying the present campus land in 1905. The first site was Old Bank Place in 1824, then Van der Heyden Mansion in 1834, back to Old Bank Place in 1841, Infant School Buildings in 1844, Main on Broadway in 1862, and State Bank Building after 1904 before the Pawling Avenue campus.
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
Old Bank Place
River and
Middleburg Streets
Stephen van Rensselaer
Institute
van der Heyden
Eighth and
Grand Division Streets
State
Sixth Streets
Broadway
Main
State Bank
Fulton Streets
Compus
Russell Sage
Emma Willard School
Sage
Pawling Avenue
Eliza Kellas
Trojan Built Coffin for Grant
The body of Ulysses S. Grant was buried in a burglar proof coffin invented by a Troy resident. Franklin Iron Works of Troy constructed the casket under plans patented in 1885 by Patrick T. Cregan, a local inventor, and the device was named ghoul and burglar proof metallic airtight casket.
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Ulysses 5. Grant
Troy
General Grant
Franklin Iron Works
Patrick T. Cregan
Cregan
Troy's Detachable Collar Originator Named
A Troy shoemaker's wife, Mrs. Hennah Lord Montague, invented the detachable collar in 1827, sparking Troy's rise as a national collar manufacturing hub. The pattern spread locally and across eastern cities, with Troy becoming the industry's center by the Civil War era. In 1908 a local historian proved her role, earning Montague belated recognition as Troy's inventor and the city’s title as the Collar City.
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Troy
America
Third Street
Hennah Lord Montague
Montague
Far-Sighted Trojans Brought Troopers Here
In Troy a citizen group formed a corporation led by James A. Beattie to finance and build the Barracks Company on Upper Tibbitte Avenue. They sold 1000 shares at 100 dollars each to fund the project. The state superintendent and legislature later paid 80,297.23 dollars for the buildings and property, and the barracks were handed to the state.
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Troy
Troy Citises
Upper
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James A. Beattie
Chamber of Commerce
Lthe Corporation
Three Bushels of Wheat Rent in Early Troy
Rents in Troy after the Revolutionary War were very low. In 1783, 407 acres now part of Troy were rented for three bushels and three pecks of wheat and three fat hens or capons. The lands were held by Jacob Vanderheyden, Jacob D. Vanderheyden, and Matthieas Vanderheyden at Troy’s first settlement in 1786.
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Jacob Vanderheyden
Jacob D. Vanderheyden
Matthieas Vanderheyden
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