Albany, NY

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York’s Capital District. Roughly 135 miles (217 km) north of the City of New York, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 10 miles (16 km) south of its confluence with the Mohawk River. The population of the city was 97,856 at the time of the 2010 census.

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Why is Gen. Schuyler still in front of Albany City Hall?

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Why is Gen. Schuyler still in front of Albany City Hall?

Meanwhile, the statue itself is a historical oddity.

Built in 1925, it was not constructed out of the city government’s desire to recognize Schuyler's public service to a newborn nation. Instead, It was the work of George Hawley, a wealthy benefactor who commissioned it and convinced city leaders to place it in a highly trafficked roundabout in front of City Hall to honor his deceased wife, Theodora Hawley.

The Times Union's archives suggest that Hawley, a student of the American Revolution, was responding to what he saw as a dearth of public statues to the city’s prominent past citizens.