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top: Elias Willard house, Broadway, Albany (ca. 1815, demolished)
bottom: Isaac Hamilton house, Eagle St., Albany (ca. 1813, demolished)

It isn't clear if the former originally had floor-to-ceiling windows, but the latter did. The railings are barely visible in the orginial photograph. Alterations were made to the first floor to more resemble Italianate houses around it. The roofline balustrades on both houses are probably original.
677-679 Broadway, Albany (built for John Trotter and ---- Smith ca. 1825, demolished; chimney placement corrobrates deed and city directory evidence that this was a doubly-owned and occupied duplex when built);