NW corner of Jefferson St. and 5th Ave., Troy, New York. County/parish: Rensselaer.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 18, 1971. NRIS 71000556.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Troy Gas Light Company was a gas lighting company in Troy, New York, United States. The Troy Gasholder Building is one of only ten or so remaining examples of a type of building that was common in Northeastern urban areas during the 19th century. It was designed by Frederick A. Sabbaton, a prominent gas engineer in New York State. Originally sheltering a telescoping iron storage tank for coal gas, the brick gasholder house is an imposing structure from a significant period in the history of Troy. For twenty-seven years the company held a monopoly on the manufacture of illuminating gas in the city.
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