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The Knox Street Historic District is primarily located along one block of that street in the Park South neighborhood of Albany, New York, United States. Its contributing properties are several groups of attached rowhouses. The area was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.〔 For most the first half of the 19th century, the block of Knox that comprises most of the district was either undeveloped or used as a nursery by Scottish-born James Wilson, breeder of one of the early American-bred commercial strains of strawberry.〔Wilson is mentioned among other early American nurserymen in G.M. Darrow,'' The Strawberry: History, Breeding and Physiology'', ("Notable Early Strawberry Breeders of America" )〕 His 1830s Federal style house on Morris Street is a contributing property, the oldest in the district and one of the oldest in Park South.〔 ''See also:'' ''See also:'' 〕 The nursery remained in operation in some capacity into the early 20th century under different ownership. Most of the rowhouses were built in the 1870s and 1880s, probably by the same builder, as they are a more cohesive group than other clusters of rowhouses in Park South. They also include a set with corbelled brick and projecting bays, both unusual architectural features for Albany rowhouses.〔 All buildings in the district are brick; only two are detached houses. The rehabilitation of the properties, which had fallen into disrepair, won an award from the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in 2009. ==Geography== The district includes both sides of Knox between Dana Avenue and Morris Street, the row on the west side north of Dana, and 74 Morris Street. Its boundary strictly adheres to those property lines. This forms a rectangle with smaller, roughly identical rectangles projecting from its northwest and southwest corners. Within this area are 24 buildings, all considered contributing to the district's historic character. The lot where a house once stood at the southwest corner of Knox and Morris has been converted into a small city park, the district's only open space.〔 To the east and west are blocks with similar dense urban development, likewise mostly rowhouses, though not always as architecturally consistent as that within the district. Properties to the north along Madison Avenue (U.S. Route 20) are part of the neighboring Washington Park Historic District. A block to the east along Dana and Morris is Lark Street, the western boundary of the Center Square/Hudson–Park Historic District. Just past Myrtle Avenue one block south of the district is the Samuel S. Stratton Veterans Administration hospital, part of a large complex of health-care facilities. It is a taller building that partially serves as a focal point when looking south along Knox.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Knox Street Historic District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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