History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925

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History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Robert Sanders House, 1750

[This information is from Vol. I, p. 754 of History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, edited by Nelson Greene (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925). It is in the Schenectady Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.7 G81h. This online edition includes lists of portraits, maps and illustrations. As noted by Paul Keesler in his article, "The Much Maligned Mr. Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

Robert Sanders House, 1750

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Photo: Robert Sanders House, 1750.

At 43 Washington Avenue. This is the large, three-story house on the right, where Washington took tea on his visit to Schenectady in 1775 when he was looking after the town's fortifications. The house at one time was the location of Schenectady Female Academy.

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925Robert Sanders House, 1750

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Robert Sanders House, 1750