School community in mourning after old Doane Stuart School burns

Stella Porter WNYT

Fire burns at the old Doane Stuart School in Albany. (Albany Permanent Professional Firefighters Association Local 2007)

Alumnae, parents and former students of Doane Stuart are mourning the loss of their beloved former school campus Friday.

A school administrator at the current Rensselaer campus said it was a tough day for the school community.

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NewsChannel 13 spoke to an alumna from the 1970s who described spending her days in the old wood-carved building and playing hide-and-seek around the expansive campus. She said the tears started flowing Thursday evening after she learned of the fire.

Today many Doane Stuart alums & teachers in mourning as the old school is lost to a fire.
Spoke to one alum who showed me this photo with the girls who are still her closest friends from their time at the school’s historic campus. More live at 4,5, & 6 @WNYT pic.twitter.com/I5sXR7lVpd
— Stella Porter (@stellaportertv) March 24, 2023

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