Downtown Schenectady was started shortly after a fire in 1819 destroyed 169 buildings in what is now the Stockade neighborhood, the Stockade neighborhood was the original extent of Schenectady and still was at that time.
Downtown Schenectady was started shortly after a fire in 1819 destroyed 169 buildings in what is now the Stockade neighborhood. The Stockade neighborhood was the original extent of Schenectady from the late 1600s and still was at that time.