48 Hudson Ave., Albany’s oldest building, is viewed looking south on Tuesday. Renovation work on the property is taking place under Historic Albany Foundation's $3.6 million renovation plan.

Cara Macri, who has spent more than a decade researching the history of 48 Hudson Ave., stands near a reconstructed interior wall and reproduction windows and framing.

Cara Macri of Historic Albany Foundation in the original house's basement stands next to a 19th-century boiling vat for Jared Holt's popular stitching wax.

Cara Macri looks over bricklayers at work creating a front exterior wall on the 48 Hudson Ave. building, which will become Historic Albany's headquarters.

Restoration work on Albany’s oldest building is taking place under Historic Albany Foundation's $3.6 million renovation plan for the building at 48 Hudson Ave. in Albany. The first two phases have been completed, including stabilization, a new foundation and timber framing restoration.

Rear of 48 Hudson Ave., Albany’s oldest building, is viewed looking west on Tuesday. Renovation work on the property is taking place under Historic Albany Foundation's $3.6 million renovation plan.

48 Hudson Ave., Albany’s oldest building, is viewed looking south on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. Renovation work on the property is taking place under Historic Albany Foundation's $3.6 million renovation plan.

Albany's oldest building, the Van Ostrande-Radliff House, built in 1728 at 48 Hudson Ave, is undergoing a $36 mil. renovation by Historic Albany Foundation.

Documented as Albany's oldest building, constructed in 1728, it is slightly older than Quackenbush House, home of the Olde English Pub, built circa 1736.

Undated historic photo of George Stoneman's dry goods business in the late-1800s after alterations and an addition to the building.

Undated historic photo of Jared Holt's leather goods business that took over 48 Hudson Ave.circa 1832.

The rear of 48 Hudson Ave., Albany’s oldest building, is viewed looking north on Tuesday. Renovation work on the property is taking place under Historic Albany Foundation's $3.6 million renovation plan.

ALBANY — Historic Albany Foundation is breathing new life into the city’s oldest building, constructed in 1728, four years before George Washington was born.

Even the ghosts that reputedly animate the 296-year-old........

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