Mechanicville City

Mechanicville City Hall, 36 North Main Street, Mechanicville NY 12118; phone: 518-664-9884.

Beginnings [1]

Located on the Hudson River bordering Stillwater and Halfmoon, Mechanicville was incorporated July 16, 1859. It is a station on the Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad, and contains four churches (Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal and Roman Catholic); two hotels, an academy, a district school, two carriage factories, a large planing mill, a sash factory, a linen thread factory, several stores, groceries, mechanic shouts, etc., and about 1,200 inhabitants.

1. Child, Hamilton, Gazetteer and Business Directory of Saratoga County NY and Queensbury, Warren County, for 1871, The Journal Office, 1871, Syracuse.