Kate Mullany National Historic Site
Address:c/o American Labor Studies Center
100 S Swan St
Albany, NY 12210
Phone:518-331-4474
Established: Designated a National Historic
Landmark in 199; authorized as a national historic site on December 3, 2004. The house was privately
owned until 2003, when it was purchased by the New York AFL-CIO on
behalf of the American Labor Studies Center (ALSC). Under the
authorized bill, the property is designated an affiliated area of the
National Park System, which will provide the center with technical and
financial assistance for planning, development, interpretation, and
preservation of the site. The site will continue to be owned and
operated by ALCS.
Location:The Kate Mullany House is located at 350 Eighth Street in Troy, New
York.
Facilities:Not open to the public.
Special Features:Catherine A. (Kate) Mullany was an Irish immigrant laundry
worker who organized and led Troy's Collar Laundry Union during the
1860's, one of the first all-female labor unions in the United States.
She lived in this house from 1869 to 1875, inherited the house when her
mother died in 1876, moved away, returned in 1903, and died here
in 1906.
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New York.