First Reformed Church
- Also Known As: North Dutch Church
- Address: 110 N Pearl St
- Vicinity: 56 Orange St
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1656/00/00 | A fortified blockhouse (lost) is built at modern State Street and Broadway to be used as a church. The weathervane from this building is in the church's archives and the pulpit, imported from the Netherlands, is in the sanctuary. | |||||
| 1712/11/07 | Maria Van Rensselaer ten Broeck | Bride | Maria Van Rensselaer marries Samuel Dirckse Ten Broeck in Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, Province of New York. The blockhouse church at State Street and Broadway was replaced by a stone church (lost) in 1715. | Marriage of Maria Van Rensselaer and Dirck Wessels Ten Broeck | ||
| 1712/11/07 | Samuel Ten Broeck | Groom | Maria Van Rensselaer marries Samuel Dirckse Ten Broeck in Reformed Dutch Church, Albany, Province of New York. The blockhouse church at State Street and Broadway was replaced by a stone church (lost) in 1715. | Marriage of Maria Van Rensselaer and Dirck Wessels Ten Broeck | ||
| 1715/00/00 | A stone church is built around the blockhouse church, which is then dismantled. | |||||
| 1720/00/00 | First Church incorporates as the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of Albany. | |||||
| 1743/06/28 | Dirck Wessels Ten Broeck | Groom | Catharina Conyn, daughter of Leendert Philipse Conyn and Jannetje van Alen, marries Dirck Wessels ten Broeck at the Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, Province of New York. The stone church at State Street and Broadway was razed in 1806. | |||
| 1782/00/00 | Reformed Protestant Dutch Church introduces English during regularly worship. Some Dutch services will continue until 1790. | |||||
| 1797/00/00 | Philip Hooker | Architect | Construction begins on the current brick church, laid in Flemish bond, on North Pearl Street in Albany. | |||
| 1799/00/00 | The new brick church building, known as North Church, is completed on North Pearl Street. | |||||
| 1859/00/00 | Renovation of church includes the brownstone entrance, stained glass windows, central heating, a new lecture hall and an enlarged organ, 1858-1859. | |||||
| 1913/00/00 | Tiffany Studios | Decorators | First Church in Albany's Sanctuary is redecorated following Tiffany Studios design: green stained-glass windows, green walls with stenciling, chancel woodwork and wood-glass screen at rear, 1910-1913. |
| Particulars for First Reformed Church: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Owner | Private |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
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