State University of New York Admin Building

The SUNY System Administration Building (State University of New York) is an historical building part of Downtown Albany Historic District, formally known as the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Building.

The middle section of the building has a 13 story tower topped with an eight foot tall weather vane.  The Chancellor of SUNY official residence is in the south tower's top four floors.

The building was built in 1914 and was originally designed by Marcus T. Reynolds.  The design was based on the Nieuwerk annex of the Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium.

The building was headquarters for the Delaware & Hudson (D&H) Railroad as well as the Albany Evening Journal newspaper and later was used by other businesses including the predecessor of  the New York State Department of Transportation.

It sat dormant after the D&H Railroad and Evening Journal abandoned the building and remained that way until 1972 when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and also purchased by the State University of New York as their central Administration Building.

Perspective Rendering by XR3D Studios

In 2012, XR3D Studios was commissioned by SUNY to create an Architectural Animation of some new additions and a newly landscaped plaza in front of the building as seen below:

The SUNY Administration Building will continue to be preserved and remain an historical icon under the National Register of Historic Places and the State University of New York.