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This section collects pictures and discussions of historic buildings in the city of Schenectady. See also the Churches section for more information on those buildings. Items marked "HABS/HAER via AM/LC" are from the Historic American Buildings Survey / Historic American Engineering Record collection at the American Memory project of the Library of Congress. Print resources have their call number at the Schenectady County Public Library in brackets at the end of the entry.

• Union College Buildings, North and South College
  • Union College Buildings, North and South College, Union Street - 6 photos. (HABS/HAER via AM/LC)
• Union College, Nott Memorial Library
  • Union College, Nott Memorial Library - 7 photos. (HABS/HAER via AM/LC)
• Union and Church Streets: First Reformed Church [6th building]
  • Schenectady County Historical Society. "Union & Church Streets: First Reformed Church, 1863" In Historic Buildings in Downtown Schenectady, p. 9. [974.744 S328]
• 2: Isaac Yates House
  • Number Two Union (Walls Have Ears) [this link is not currently working]
• 13: Schenectady County Clerk's Office / Schenectady County Court House
  • SOLD! To the Highest Bidder! A Great Piece of Schenectady's History! (Walls Have Ears) [this link is not currently working]
  • Schenectady County Clerk's Office, 13 Union Street - 8 drawings. (HABS/HAER via AM/LC)
• 108: [former] Schenectady County Court House and Jail
  • "Cops and Robbers": 108 Union Street (Walls Have Ears) [this link is not currently working]
  • Schenectady County Court House, 108 Union Street - 4 photos and 3 drawings. (HABS/HAER via AM/LC)
  • Bump, Bethany. "New Life: Grant Helps Developer Revive Old Schenectady Courthouse," Daily Gazette 11/29/2012 p. B6, 2 photos [SCPL card required outside library]
• 109: Abraham Yates House
  • Greene, Nelson. "Abram Yates House" - 1 photo. In History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, Vol. I, p. 529. [R 974.7 G81h]
  • Hart, Larry. Tales of Old Schenectady, Volume I: The Formative Years, 3rd and rev. ed., p. 46. 1 photo. [974.744 Har]
  • Pearson, Jonathan. History of the Schenectady Patent, p. 229. 1 photo. [974.744 P36]
  • Which Is the Oldest? (Walls Have Ears) [this link is not currently working]
  • Schenectady County Historical Society. "109 Union Street: Abraham Yates House, ca. 1700" In Historic Buildings in Downtown Schenectady, p. 9. [974.744 S328]
• 111: Giles Yates van der Bogert House
  • "Not a Damned Thing Between Meals": 111 Union St. (Walls Have Ears) [this link is not currently working]
• 201: House
  • 201 Union Street (House) - 6 photos. (HABS/HAER via AM/LC)
• 205: John Sanders / James Ellis House
  • Schenectady County Historical Society. "205 Union Street: Sanders Ellis House, ca. 1775" In Historic Buildings in Downtown Schenectady, p. 10. [974.744 S328]
• 206: Andrew Truax House
  • Schenectady County Historical Society. "206 Union Street: Andrew Truax House, 1765" In Historic Buildings in Downtown Schenectady, p. 10. [974.744 S328]
• 215: Apartment House
  • Of Romance: 215-217 Union St. (Walls Have Ears) [this link is not currently working]
• 215: First Presbyterian Church
  • First Presbyterian Church, 215 Union Street - 3 photos. (HABS/HAER via AM/LC)
  • Schenectady County Historical Society. "215 Union Street: First Presbyterian Church, 1809" In Historic Buildings in Downtown Schenectady, pp. 10-11. [974.744 S328]
• 216: Abraham Groot House
  • Schenectady County Historical Society. "216 Union Street: Abraham Groot House, ca. 1800" In Historic Buildings in Downtown Schenectady, p. 11. [974.744 S328]
• 217: Senator James Yelverton House (Amity Hall)
  • Of Romance: 215-217 Union St. (Walls Have Ears) [this link is not currently working]
• 220: Jacobus Van Antwerp House
  • House Gossip: 220 Union Street (Walls Have Ears) [this link is not currently working]
  • Schenectady County Historical Society. "220 Union Street: Jacobus Van Antwerp House, ca. 1740" In Historic Buildings in Downtown Schenectady, p. 11. [974.744 S328]
• 232: David Engleman House / Studio 232
  • Buell, Bill. "Beauty Inside and Out: Stockade Studio Will Open Historic Doors to Public During Tour," Daily Gazette 9/21/2010, pp. B4 & B5, 4 photos. [SCPL card required outside the Central Library]
• 242
  • Moore, Kathleen. "Renovations Complete on Stockade Office Space: Couple Hopeful Location Will Attract Tenant," Daily Gazette 12/7/2010 p. B3, 1 photo. [SCPL card required outside the Central Library]
  • Of Romance: 215-217 Union St (Walls Have Ears)
• 730: Gleason Funeral Home / Levi Case House
  • Buell, Bill. "Case, Kettles and a Coal-burning Stove: Gleason Funeral Home Was Once a Merchant's Showcase Residence," Daily Gazette 3/28/2010, pp. E1 & E3, 3 photos. [SCPL card required outside the Central Library]