St. Joseph Church, Albany

St. Joseph's Church is a historic Gothic church in the Ten Broeck Triangle section of Albany. The current structure is the second to hold this name in Albany, the first structure was the third Roman Catholic church built in the city.

The current structure is considered a city landmark and an important part of the skyline. The church is 14,000 square feet, 212 feet long, 116 feet wide, and built of blue limestone trimmed with Ohio sandstone. It incorporates 14 marble columns and 16 stained glass windows. There are three towers on the church, one large tower in front and two smaller twins in back. The main tower is 235 feet tall, is lit at night, and houses 10 bells. The ceiling is in a hammerbeam roof–style of wooden beams projecting from the roof and walls carved ornately with angels and religious symbols. The church continued to deteriorate from lack of use and maintenance and was included on the Historic Albany Foundations's Seven to Save list of endangered historical sites in 2000.

When the city determined that the structure was in imminent danger of collapse during the winter of 2001, the church was condemned and emergency work done to shore up the support columns and roof. In 1987 the church was the site of some scenes filmed for the movie Ironweed starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.