Former Schenectady police station nominated for historic list
The former Schenectady Police Department at 301 Clinton St. is one of 23 properties nominated by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday for inclusion on the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places.
The 23,235 square foot rectangular brick and terra-cotta facing building was most recently used to house New York state’s Off Track Betting Corp. until about 2018, but originally it was constructed as a Schenectady public school in 1889 and enlarged again for that purpose in 1900. It was later converted to a police station in 1929 and served the city in that role until 1973.
