McKownville
Improvement Association
McKowns and their
hostelries near Albany NY, 1780's to 1820's 
photos with descriptive text
captions for some older buildings of McKownville, past and present
Locations
of the Five Mile Tavern and other old houses on the Albany Country
Club property 
McKownville
- Country Club Highlands Historic District 
information for the older
houses in McKownville 
Historical highway
marker for William (Billy) McKown 
The Van Bael patent,
the dispute, and allocation of properties 1789-1798 
McKownville land
forming the Gore; the Betty line and the Corporation line
property deeds and
transactions of the McKown family in McKownville 1796-1928
the Van
Alen map of the Great Lots 1817 
McKownville -
builders and architects 
McKownville
- deed restrictions in the Pitkin-Witbeck development 
McKownville residential development
- the
alleys north of Western Avenue
McKownville
Fire Department - founding and equipment history
McKown Grove and
Witbeck Park - outdoor recreation in McKownville 1896-1973
Great Western
Turnpike and McKownville
later history of
Western Avenue and Route 20 in McKownville, from 1925
McKownville
before the mall(s) - local businesses and shops before about
1960
McKownville
residents 1910-1940 - owners, managers, of businesses
established in Albany, Schenectady
McKownville -
name, attempts to rename, or form a village; annexations
Where is McKownville?
- maps of the area since 1866
The
former property of the Albany Country Club in McKownville
Albany County
Club golf course map; location of the SUNYA buildings
McKownville property and
the State University of New York at Albany
ownership
history of the "Holt-Harris property"
old air
photo views including parts of McKownville
McKownville water supplies
Flood events
and dam breaks in McKownville
McKownville sewer systems
Geology and geological history of
McKownville
McKownville groundwater in the
Colonie Sand
Miscellaneous historical items
Fred B Abele's manuscript history of
McKownville, written c.1980 - annotated
text pdf
[contributed by Don Reeb;
edited by W Kidd; in the McKownville Improvement Association
files]
William B Embler's reminiscences of McKownville
1942-1969 - transcribed text
pdf; scan manuscript
pdf
[contributed by Steve Rider;
in the W Mohr archive at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve]
McKownville observed - McKown's Grove
described in 1940 WPA itinerary
[contributed by Don Reeb]
McKownville Improvement Association 8 April
1928 Knickerbocker Press feature article
- scan pdfs of pictures, text;
transcribed text
pdf
[contributed by Ellen
Manning]
If you possess historical material on McKownville, and wish to
have it added it to this website, please contact any of the
Association officers or board members, who can connect you with
the current webslave. Historical photographs, of people or of
houses and buildings, would be especially welcome.