The Stockade

The Seventeenth Century

The Schenectady Stockade is one of the oldest communities in North America. Founded by The Dutch on land purchased from the Mohawk Indians in 1661, it later came under English rule three years later. From the earliest days, a timber stockade wall enclosed the settlement; however, in 1690 a massacre and fire destroyed the village in the first of The Colonial Wars. With the help of The Mohawks, undaunted settlers rebuilt before the new century...

Ferry Street

(1) Arthur's Market, the longest continually running market in the United States. It has operated since 1795
though it did close temporarily in 2004 for renovations. (2) St. George’s Episcopal Church,
built 1759. (3) House on Ferry Street.

Houses along Ferry Street.

Church Street

(1) Schenectady Civic Players Playhouse (2,3,4) Houses along Church Street.

The Eighteenth Century

The village thrived with farming, fur trading and boat building on The Mohawk River bank. It became a commercial, transportation, and military center. Schenectadians contributed significantly to the development of the west. They played and important role in The Colonial Wars and The Revolutionary War, after which the third stockade wall was removed. Union College, founded in 1795, was first located in The Stockade...

College Street

Houses and apartments along College Street.