Dont go there!! Location was not open, called phone # on website and was told it was under renovation. A man across the street said that Paul sold the building (?). Legislation was approved in 2003 for the Kate Mullany National Historic Site. National Park Service has been informed.

This modest three-story brick house is the only surviving building associated with Kate Mullany, a young Irish immigrant laundry worker who in 1864 organized and led the all-female Collar Laundry Union labor union.Even though the women laborers of Lowell, Massachusetts and elsewhere had been organizing unions to protest working conditions and wages since the 1840s, early womens unions often only lasted as long as the particular issue under debate.The Collar Laundry Union, unlike so many other unions, remained an organized force in the industries of Troy, New York more than five years after its inception. The origins of Kate Mullanys union date back to the 1820s, when entrepreneurs established the nations first commercial laundry in Troy to wash, starch, and iron a local invention, the detachable collar. By the 1860s, Troy supplied most of Americas detachable collars and cuffs, employing over 3,700 women launderers, starchers, and ironers. Working 14 hour days for $2 a week, the women launderers labored in oppressive heat. When owners introduced new machinery that increased production, but worsened working conditions, a young woman named Kate Mullany organized a union to demand change. In February of 1864, Mullany and 200 other workers formed the Collar Laundry Union. The well organized union struck and demanded a 25 cent raise, and the laundry owners capitulated a week after the strike began. The Collar Laundry Union remained active in Troy, often assisting other unions, and even attempted to establish an employee cooperative.Mullany herself gained national recognition in 1868, when National Labor Union President William Sylvis made her the first female appointed to a labor unions national office. One of the American labor movements earliest women leaders, the home of Kate Mullany exemplifies a strong tradition of womens union activity.

Side walks are nice and clean of snow! Paul Cole is such a nice guy. Does a great job restoring building and keeping it preserved for others to experience and learn about in the future children learn how people lived back in our American .history

Paul Cole thank u ! From Jed wescott and family. Merry Christmas and Happy New year !

Plowed the sidewalk for Paul Cole. Looks great!

I never see this place open! Or having any events to let the people know that this place exist.

Not open. Bill was passed to make this a landmark, and grant money has been secured but not open for tours at this time.

An oasis in an otherwise downtraden neighborhood...

Only National Historic Site with a focus on labor, womens and immigrant history in U.S.

Powerful!

Nice

Very Bad Neighbourhood

The city