{"nrhp_refnum":"73001156","name":"First Trust Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"35 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.64926712100004,"lon":-73.75098854799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-01-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story brick and stone bank building at 35 State Street, corner of Broadway, in downtown Albany, New York, designed by Marcus T. Reynolds and begun after the site was purchased in 1902, with the first section completed in 1904.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an imaginative early twentieth century design in which Reynolds combined classical elements such as a dome, cornice and pilasters with stone piers that opened the first floor for windows. His rounded corner and dome resolved the awkward trapezoidal lot. It is also one of the essential elements of Albany's Plaza area, alongside the Delaware and Hudson Building and the Albany Federal Building.","narrative":"Dominating the northwest corner of the Plaza in downtown Albany, this six-story bank building sits at State Street and Broadway. Its trapezoidal plan and rounded, domed southeast corner respond to the shape of the lot. Marcus T. Reynolds designed it for the Albany Trust Company, which bought the site in 1902; the five-bay corner section was finished in 1904. In 1908 Reynolds added a matching two-bay building for the neighboring First National Bank, and further bays followed the banks' 1926 merger. Light stone pilasters form a tall first-floor base beneath red brick upper walls laid in Flemish bond, topped by a slate mansard roof and a dome covered in stamped sheet metal. The site earlier held a stagecoach office and museum building, and a replacement used by Western Union. Reynolds echoed their massing and cornice lines, so the corner looks much as it did for generations. The building is also valued as part of the Plaza group.","period_of_significance":"1904-1908","architect_builder":"Marcus T. Reynolds","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and occupied; the form records the building as altered and on its original site. It houses a bank's offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.739925-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001156.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001156/08e04c0870-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001156/08e04c0870-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire portfolio, click here.@thatmattwade This image is protected by copyright! If you would like to use it, please read this first.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Trust_Company_Building_Albany.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire portfolio, click here.@thatmattwade This image is protected by copyright! If you would like to use it, please read this first.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Trust_Company_Building_Albany.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80002579","name":"Downtown Albany Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/downtown-albany-historic-district-additional-documentation-80002579/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316229","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Trust_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5453926"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/first-trust-company-building-73001156/"}