On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:19:40 -0400, Christine Connell wrote: > Chris - I was told by Jane Gale (who had Warren ancestors) that she understood that the Third Street burial ground was at what is now the SW corner of Congress and 3rd. Was it there or adjacent to the Church (Barker Park)? On Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:43:19 -0400, Christine Connell wrote: > Correction: NW corner (former Jack-in-the-box) It was at the southeast corner of State and 3rd, the Barker Park area, next to the church. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/433330795366303905/ http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P8oWd4v-a74/UbOPMhmDP6I/AAAAAAAAC2o/KtvWpFWCHkI/s1600/oakwoodplaquecloseup.jpg (anyone know where the illustration on the plaque is from?) Third Street Burial Grounds (20 pages) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Mt-S77wZKfU0d5Zk8tMWpSTUk/edit?usp=sharing One is left with a number of questions. If the headstones had been laid flat and buried under several inches of sod in 1846 (which should have largely protected them from further damage), why weren’t they moved to Oakwood Cemetery in 1876? What happened to them? Additionally, if the city had decided that the land should cease to be a burying ground and that the remains should be reinterred to Oakwood, why is it that the city left bodies and headstones that were in the space between where the City Hall was constructed and the church? Are bodies and headstones still there? It’s hard to tell how big an area the space between City Hall and the church was from postcards http://www.lib.rpi.edu/Archives/gallery/postcards/troy/public/city_hall.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/3990821610/in/set-72157622419084487 How the brick and stone City Hall burned to the ground beyond repair after just sixty-two years http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/photo2.htm is also beyond me. Why Troy again lacks a proper City Hall, making it more like an unincorporated village or hamlet in that respect, when elsewhere in New York villages and towns can manage proper municipal offices, and far smaller cities like Sherill and Mechanicville can manage to have city halls. :-( The Fortress http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/06/walkabout-troys-fortress-of-shoddy-part-1/ http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/06/walkabout-troys-fortress-of-shoddy-part-2/ or one of the long-empty churches in Troy might make for a suitable City Hall if only the city weren’t so keen on renting or the idea of someday (maybe never) building something completely new. Or take the EMPAC building by eminent domain, since RPI could just build a new one with the spare change from their President’s sofa! :-D Chris Philippo