Albany has had multiple buildings dedicated to being the seat of city government over its history. However, historians disagree on details of many of the earlier structures, namely, when they were built. Albany's original city hall, the "Stadt Huys" (; Dutch for "city hall"; sometimes written "Stadt Huis") may have been built as early as 1635. Evidence from the journals of Wouter van Twiller, Director of New Netherland (1633–1638), suggests that at least some type of punitory building was built on the site during his term in office. George Howell and Jonathan Tenney, in their book "Bi-centennial History of Albany", claim that reports from 1646 state the building was a substantial (at least for its time) three-story structure, with the lower floor built of stone and used as a jail. However Albany historian Cuyler Reynolds claims the "Stadt Huys" was not built until 1673. All sources agree that it stood at the northeast corner of today's Hudson Avenue and Broadway, the current site of the SUNY System Administration Building. The "Stadt Huys" officially became city hall when the "Dongan Charter" incorporated Albany into a city in 1686. An engraving of a 1695 map of Albany clearly identifies the "Stadt Huys" at the northeast corner of present-day Hudson Ave and Broadway. It is probable that a new city hall was built on the site of the "Stadt Huys" around 1740; historians at the New York State Museum (NYSM) claim it to have been completed in 1741. Growing tired of increasingly cramped space, the city government was able to secure funds from the provincial government to construct a new city hall on the same site. This building was also commonly known as the "Stadt Huys", even though it was a completely new structure and the English had been in control of New York for more than 75 years. The NYSM describes the new "Stadt Huys" as a three-story brick structure, adding that it was a "more substantial building" than its predecessor. This new building was the third-largest building in Albany, surpassed only by the local Dutch church (though not the one that stands today) and Fort Albany. The roof of the new structure was gabled and was topped with a cupola and belfry. Howell and Tenney claim that the original "Stadt Huys" was in use for at least 160 years (meaning a replacement structure would not have been needed until 1795 at the earliest), which is in disagreement with the idea that a new "Stadt Huys" was built in the 1740s.