Downtown Cohoes Historic District

Downtown Cohoes Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
View south down Remsen Street from Ontario Street, 2008
Map of district
Interactive map showing Downtown Cohoes Historic District
Location	Cohoes, NY
Coordinates	42°46′27″N 73°42′04″W / 42.77417°N 73.70111°W / 42.77417; -73.70111
Area	35 acres (14 ha)
Built	1820-1930[1]
Architect	multiple
Architectural style	Italianate, Greek Revival, Second Empire
NRHP reference No.	84002060
Added to NRHP	1984

The Downtown Cohoes Historic District takes up 35 acres (14 ha) of the city of Cohoes, New York, United States. Many of the 165 contributing properties date from the 1820-1930 period when the Erie Canal and Harmony Mills were the mainstay of the city's economy. It was recognized as a historic district and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. After years of neglect and decline, it has recently started to see an upswing in business activity due to its historic character and the city's efforts to protect it.

It is a roughly triangular area encompassing most of the city's business district, along the axes of Ontario and Remsen streets. Most of its buildings are contributing properties, with only a few late 20th-century intrusions; most of those are residential or commercial and in-use but they also include several churches, factories, a train station and the city hall. They range in architectural styles from Federal to Art Moderne.

One building within the district, Cohoes Music Hall, was listed on the National Register before the creation of the district. Another National Register listing, the Silliman Memorial Presbyterian Church, was demolished in 1998. A similar fate befell a church building designed by Richard Upjohn after it burned in 1894, but its rectory survives.