Seeking Committee Members for the 50th Anniversary Celebration

HAF is turning 50 in 2024, and we are seeking committee members to assist in helping to develop our anniversary celebrations.  We will primarily be working on the gala (to be held sometime in the spring) as well as other celebrations throughout 2024.  We will hold our first meeting in late November or early December.  We look forward to a variety of input and ideas!   

If interested, please contact Executive Director Pam Howard at [email protected]

Join us THIS Sunday for an Albany Rural Cemetery Presentation!
Industrialists of Albany
Sunday, October 15th - 10am - 1pm

Albany Rural is the final resting place of some of the greatest names in the American Industrial Revolution. Join speaker Michael Barrett for an informative presentation as he explores the many industrialists laid to rest there.

Presented by: Historic Albany Foundation & Albany Rural Cemetery

Buy your tickets Here!

Matthew Bender IV Lecture:
48 Hudson Avenue & the Stories it Tells
Sunday, October 22nd at 2pm
New York State Museum

You think you know 48 Hudson...think again!
Get to know some of the fascinating people who lived in 48 Hudson (oldest building in Albany). Get to know the secrets and stories of the Van Ostrande's, the Radliff's, Holts, and the other families who lived at 48 Hudson. From spinster wives and illegitimate children to childhood tragedies.

Hear stories you've never heard before from the city's oldest house, the lives lived and loves lost.

Get your tickets Here!

We're Hiring!

Architectural Parts Warehouse Assistant

Position:   Part time, average of 24 hours / week primarily on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.  Hours can be flexible and varied based on need.  The Warehouse is open to the public on Wednesday and Friday (Noon to 6pm) and Saturday (9am to 4pm) each week.   Additional hours may be requested to assist with / participate in HAF events and programs.

The Warehouse Assistant should be an experienced “do-it-yourselfer” as well as some knowledge of retail and merchandising with excellent customer service skill, with an interest and passion for historic preservation, recycling, and reuse which is part of the mission of the organization.

More details & how to apply here

Historic Albany Foundation's Lunch & Learn Series

The Erie Canal is a beloved resource in New York State. Albany's portion of the Canal is a bit harder to find.  If you've ever been on our bicycle, barges and beer tours, you'll know just where to find a bit still peeking out along, you guessed it, Erie Boulevard.  On October 26th, engineering professor, Dr. Andrew Wolfe and archaeologist Denis Foley will talk about their work hunting for and excavating North Albany Weigh Lock and Lock 1 of the Enlarged Erie Canal.  They will talk about their research to locate the locks, how they approached digging them up, and what they found!

Get your tickets Here!

The Darkside of Downtown Walking Tours

Be sure to reserve your spot on our darkside walking tours. Tour time slots are selling out!

Join us as we explore the buildings, we see every day and take a peek beyond the veil to see what lurks beneath!

Reserve your ticket here

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors!
 Fort Orange General Store, James Gaughan & Keith Lee

Join us for Built 2023

Thursday, Nov 2 - Sunday, Nov 5
at the Argus Hotel, 8 Thurlow Terrace

Schedule of Events for Built 2023

What's New in the Warehouse?

We have furniture!
Looking for a piece of furniture for your home and want something unique? Visit our warehouse as we carry a selection of furniture.
Radiators Coming in HOT!
As the temperatures drop the warehouse has you covered with a variety of options for home heating including 10 radiators coming in THIS Saturday!

News

Jay Farrell Signs and discusses, Abandoned Albany, Saturday, October 21st at 3pm at The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza located at 1475 Western Ave.

In Abandoned Albany: Relics Of The Capital District, Nashville-based photographer and author, Jay Farrell, takes readers through the forgotten corners of Capitaland on a series of explorations. This collection of beautifully haunting photos and narratives help viewers envision these places in their glory days. Now in their post-apocalyptic state, readers feel every cold gust of wind, and hear every creaking steel door and breaking shard of glass.

Being an Albany native, Jay has the advantage of a home base in Albany with family, friends, and personal memories of some of these now abandoned treasures. 

For more details click Here!

Touch A Trade Fair

10:00 AM  4:00 PM

The Connecticut Antique Machinery Association (map)

Google Calendar  ICS

Become an apprentice for a day, take home a skill for life. Touch a Trade’s goal is to spark interest in working with your hands. The event will offer youth and adults alike the opportunity to safely participate in trades, crafts, and self-sufficiency skills with their own hands.

Click Here for more details!