James Hall Office
Also known as: Sunshine SchoolLincoln Park, Albany, New York
Map
Coordinates:
+42.64586, -73.7688742°38'45" N, 73°46'08" W
Quadrangle map:Albany
Description
In this office, James Hall conducted the geological research which made him one of the country's best-known 19th-century geologists. The expertise he showed in his 1830s survey of New York state led to other commissions in the fields of geology and paleontology. Hall became the first president of the Geological Society of America and a charter member of the National Academy of Sciences. His cohort, James Dwight Dana, lauded him by stating that without Hall, "the geological history of the North American continent would not have been written." -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, December 8, 1976
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 8, 1976
- Reference number
- 76001204
- NR name
- Hall, James, Office
- Architectural style
- Victorian: Italianate
- Area of significance
- Science
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Professional
- Current function
- School
- Periods of significance
- 1875-1899; 1850-1874
- Significant years
- 1852; 1898