This Second Empire home is one of the most interesting in downtown Albany. Samuel Farkas came to Albany from Hungary at the age of 18. He couldn’t speak a word of English and only had fifty cents in his pocket. He came to Albany to work with his uncle who had set up a successful mercantile business after the Civil War. In 1872, Farkas opened a stable which focused on the sale of mules. In twenty years, he had amassed a fortune.
National Register of Historic Places
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We were raised in Albany ,I learned to swim in Radium Springs it was a very beautiful place in the 1940s, I have a lot of memories growing up in Albany.