New York State Education Building
- Architect
- Henry Hornbostel
- Year
- 1911
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Albany, NY
The New York State Education Building houses offices of the New York State Education Department and was formerly home to the New York State Museum and New York State Library. Designed by Henry Hornbostel of the New York firm Palmer & Hornbostel in the Beaux-Arts style, it was built between 1908 and 1912 and was the first major building constructed in the United States solely as a headquarters for the administration of education. Commissioner of Education Andrew Sloan Draper secured the site near the State Capitol in 1906 after two years of negotiation with the Legislature.
the building
The colonnade. The building is known for its expansive colonnade, the dominant feature of Hornbostel's Beaux-Arts design and the element that gives the building its monumental street presence.
the style
Hornbostel designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style, expressed most visibly in its long colonnade, fitting for a structure conceived as the first purpose-built headquarters for a state education department in the United States.
More on Beaux-Artsthe architect
Henry Hornbostel, of the New York City firm Palmer & Hornbostel, designed the State Education Building, completed in 1912.
significance
The New York State Education Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Cathedral of All Saints
- Alfred E. Smith Building
- New York State Capitol
- Albany Institute of History & Art
- Albany City Hall
- The Egg