Show BUILDING WITH A HISTORY r Stands in New York andIs and and- Is Supposed to be the Oldest In Inthe Inthe Inthe the United States f r f It V Albany N. N Y In In the town of Renn Rena- selaer N. N Y which lies directly across the Hudson from Albany there stands an old weather-beaten weather building buildIng build build- Ing to which Is s attached a great deal of historic Interest and Import It Is unoccupied and is surrounded by tall weeds that the hand of neglect has fostered and raised In abundance It ItIs ItIs Itis Is built of brick is two stories high and the marks of many years stand prominent upon its battered front A large tablet on its ts wall stands out boldly to the public gaze and proclaims proclaims pro pro- claims that the structure Is supposed to be the oldest building In the United United Uni Uni- ted States The date of its erection according to the tablet is 1642 1632 The building was built as a manor house and place of defense and was known as Fort Crab While marching to attack attack attack at at- tack Fort TIconderoga In 1758 GenAn Gen Gen- 1 Z y J M ll I I 1 An Building eral Abercrombie Abercromble made his bis headquarters there The tablet finally declares that Army Surgeon R. R com- com the popular national song Yankee Yankee Yankee Yan kee Doodle while upon the grounds near the old building Gun holes may be seen In the front of the historic old structure and the theold theold theold old flag pole standing on its roof Is still l prominent to view Doubtless there are Bre many stories of bravery and courage which have never stolen into the pages of history connected with this manor house of tho the seventeenth seven I seventeenth century The building Is substantial even yet It will see many years yearn of standing beCore before before be be- fore Core the hand of decay can tumble it ft into ruin The rhe house is one of ot tho the remaining remaining re reo relics of ot the days when our nations nation's spirit was tested and tried |