Schenectady city is the county seat of the county bearing the same name situated in New York, USA. The site on which the city stands has a deep cultural heritage having once been home to the Mohawk Indians. The name Schenectady has its roots in the ancient Indian language and relates to a pine tree environment. The city has great industrial historic relevance and now has a thriving tourist industry. There are plenty budget hotels in Schenectady city for accommodating the tourists who come to see the place where Thomas Edison founded the company that became General Electric, and the home of George Westinghouse, another industrial entrepreneur, inventor of the rotary engine and air brakes.
There’s plenty to see and do in this interesting city. Places to be seen include Proctors theatre, (now a museum), one of the first places where television was first shown to the public, now home of an original giant Wurlitzer pipe organ. The Stockade Historic District has some great examples of 18th century English and Dutch colonial houses and shouldn’t be missed. Schenectady also has Union College, the oldest planned college campus in the US, with its distinctive Domed Chapel building (1795), another local place of interest. But Schenectady’s pride and joy is Central Park, named after its famous NY city counterpart and home to a fabulous rose garden and Lake Iroquois. Tourists will find ample cheap hotels in Schenectady to stay in whilst exploring the area. For a list of hotels, visit EasyToBook.com’s listings and reviews.