Kate Mullany House
{{short description|National Historic Site of the United States}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Kate Mullany House
| nrhp_type2 = nhs
| nrhp_type = nhld
| nocat = yes
| image = Kate Mullany House oblique view.jpg
| caption =
| location = 350 8th Street, Troy, NY
| coordinates = {{coord|42|44|23.64|N|73|40|54.49|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = New York
| area =
| built = 1869
| architect =
| architecture = Italianate
| designated_nrhp_type = April 1, 1998{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-bill/1241|title= S.1241 - Kate Mullany National Historic Site Act}}
| added = April 1, 1998{{NRISref|2007a}}
| refnum = 98000453
}}
The Kate Mullany House was the home of Kate Mullany (1845–1906), an early female labor leader who started the all-women Collar Laundry Union in Troy, New York in February 1864. It was one of the first women's unions that lasted longer than the resolution of a specific issue. It is located at 350 8th Street in Troy, just off NY 7 one empty lot east of the Collar City Bridge.
The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1998.{{Cite journal|title=National Historic Landmark Nomination—Kate Mullany House|url={{NHLS url|id=98000453}} |format=pdf|author1=Page Putnam Miller |author2=Jill S. Mesirow |author3=Andrew Laas |author4=John W. Bond |author5=Rachel Bliven |date=September 4, 1997|publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=98000453|title=Accompanying 2 photos, from 1994.|photos=y}} {{small|(493 KB)}} It is now a National Historic Site. The site also includes Mullany's grave. The New York State Senate honored the house and its most famous resident for Women's History Month in March 2007.[http://www.senate.state.ny.us/sws/wod/lb_mullany.html NY State Senate Women's History month web page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030726000054/http://www.senate.state.ny.us/sws/wod/lb_mullany.html|date=2003-07-26}}. Accessed January 24, 2008. The house is also on the New York Women's Heritage Trail.[http://www.heritageny.gov/women/sites.cfm?id=156&topic=women New York Women's Heritage Trail official web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329084904/http://www.heritageny.gov/women/sites.cfm?id=156&topic=women|date=2008-03-29}}. Accessed January 24, 2008.
Designation as a National Historic Site
Then First Lady Hillary Clinton toured the house in 2000, and named it as a "treasure".[http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/treasures/715a.html First Lady's official web site Treasure Tour page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007082753/http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/treasures/715a.html |date=October 7, 2008 }}. Accessed January 24, 2008. Senator Daniel P. Moynihan had introduced a bill to designate the home as a National Historic Site, but the bill languished in the United States Senate.
Senator Clinton took up the bill in January 2001 when Moynhian retired, and she advocated for the home.[http://clinton.senate.gov/issues/women/ Senator Clinton's official issues page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050724052404/http://clinton.senate.gov/issues/women/ |date=July 24, 2005 }}. Accessed January 24, 2008. There were hearings on the bill,[http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Testimony&Hearing_ID=978&Witness_ID=169 Hearing Testimony on the Kate Mullany House NHS bill]. Accessed January 24, 2008. and the Congressional Budget Office undertook an official budget analysis for the United States Congress.[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/38xx/doc3886/hr464.pdf Congressional Budget Office official web site page on the cost estimate]. Accessed January 24, 2008. The bill was co-sponsored by Senator Clinton and Representative Mike McNulty, supported by organized labor,[http://www.ibtstw.org/welcome/mullanyhouse.html Bill for NHS from the Teamsters web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815193109/http://www.ibtstw.org/welcome/mullanyhouse.html |date=August 15, 2007 }}. Accessed January 24, 2008. and was passed into law.[http://www.house.gov/mcnulty/pr041118.htm Bill passed, Mike McNulty's official web site]. Accessed January 24, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230203012/http://www.house.gov/mcnulty/pr041118.htm |date=December 30, 2007 }} It is an affiliated area of the National Park Service; it remains privately owned and operated but the NPS provides technical support.
On November 10, 2020, a car crashed through the building's back wall. Though no one was injured, the National Park Service reported that the "damage to the back wall was so extensive that engineers worried the second floor might collapse". Before the incident, the site was planned to open in late 2020.Ward, Deborah. [https://www.katemullanynhs.org/sites/default/files/Mullany%20House%20ONSR%20March%202021.pdf "Crash threatens historic Kate Mullany House"]. National Park Service. Published March 2021. Accessed June 22, 2023.
The site was officially opened to the public on June 10, 2023, with a public celebration hosted by Paul Cole, executive director of the American Labor Studies Center who helped organize fundraising for the site.Belmont, Molly. [https://www.nysut.org/news/2023/march/mullany "Kate Mullany National Historic Site announces official opening."] NYSUT Communications. Published April 3, 2023. Accessed June 22, 2023.
Image:Kate Mullany House Doorway 30May2008.jpg|The doorway for the address occupied by labor organizer Kate Mullany
Image:Kate Mullany House Marker 30May2008.jpg|Informational commemorative plaque located on the brick façade between addresses 350 and 352 on Eighth Street in downtown Troy, NY
Image:Kate Mullany Alternate 10Jan2008.jpg|Side view capturing just the 350 section of the building from a little further down Eighth Street
Image:Kate Mullany House 30May2008.jpg|Labor organizer Kate Mullany's former home on 8th Street in downtown Troy, New York as photographed 30 May 2008.
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.katemullanynhs.org/}}
- [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny18.htm Places Where Women Made History: the Kate Mullany House, at National Park Service]
- [http://www.wiawaka.org/mullaney.html Wiawaka web site page on Kate Mullany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119232525/http://www.wiawaka.org/mullaney.html|date=2008-11-19}}. Accessed January 24, 2008.
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Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Category:National Historic Sites in New York (state)
Category:National Historic Landmarks in New York (state)
Category:Houses completed in 1869
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Troy, New York
Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Category:1869 establishments in New York (state)