Mec-1, Fort House, 19 North Main St.

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    Map Location

    Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°54'12.83"N 73°41'11.43"W.

    Town of City of Mechanicville and Saratogo County Maps.

    Comments, Additional Information, References

    Church Buys Saloon, Mechanicville Mercury, Saturday, June 19, 1909
    Fate of The Fort House, Mechanicville,
    Stone House Gets Reprieve, by Hal Sheehan, The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Thursday, June 30, 1966
    History Buffs Asked To Aid Knickerbocker Mansion, by John H. Maloney, Troy Times Record Saturday, July 9, 1966
    Death Looms for House Structure Holds Up UR Project, by Hal Sheehan, The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Tuesday, July 12, 1966
    Stone House May Gain Time, The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, Friday, July 15, 1966
    Monday Deadline For Cobblestone House, The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, Wednesday, August 10, 1966
    Cobblestone house 'rare asset' Readers Forum, To the Editor, The Saratogian, Monday, August 29, 1966
    Stone House Attracts Controversy, by Harold F. Sheehan, The Saratogian, October 1, 1966
    Old Stone House Doomed; URA Orders Demolition, The Saratogian, Tuesday, November 4, 1966 Monday, November 4, 1966
    Bulldozer Razes Historic Stone House, by Hal Sheehan, The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, Tuesday, November 8, 1966
    Richard Palmer blog.

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    ¹ Photograph courtesy Paul Loatman, Historian, City of Mechanicville. Richard Palmer blog.

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