The GE Realty Plot is an historic neighborhood that has been on the National Register since 1980. The Schenectady Realty Company, a subsidiary corporation formed by General Electric principals and directors, purchased a 75-acre tract, called College Woods, from Union College, in 1899, for development of housing for General Electric’s senior scientists and employees. Deed restrictions stipulated, among other things, a minimum lot size, an original design and a minimum construction cost (roughly twice the average cost of homes elsewhere in the city, at that time).