Saratoga Springs, NY history – Roohan Realty’s Centennial Series every Thursday featuring the stories behind some of our city’s most significant buildings.
655 & 659 North Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY History of 655 & 659 North Broadway – Summer cottages lined North Broadway 100 years ago, and both 655 and 659 belonged to Troy natives. 655 North Broadway was built in 1897 for W. Stone Smith, owner of the steel company Burnett and Smith. A wealthy man,…
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649 North Broadway Saratoga Springs, New York History of 649 North Broadway – Built in 1856 for Lewis P. Close, a merchant and postmaster, this pre Civil War Federal style brick home is one of the older homes on North Broadway. In 1880, Orton J. Brown purchased the property. Brown was a well-known hotel man…
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1-2 Franklin Square, Saratoga Springs In case you missed it, here’s last week’s post on the history of 3 and 4 Franklin Square History of 2 Franklin Square – Built in 1870 by by George Harvey, whose lumber was located at Walworth and Division Street, 2 Franklin Square showed the traditional post-Civil War era construction…
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3-4 Franklin Square, Saratoga Springs History of 4 Franklin Square – Historic Franklin Square, once called Marvin Square, dates to the 1830s when Thomas Jefferson Marvin built 4 Franklin Square in 1832, and James Monroe Marvin built 3 Franklin Square in 1836. The brothers renamed the area Franklin Square in honor of Benjamin Franklin. Both…
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Note: There will be no Centennial update next week due to the holiday, but the series will resume on Thursday, December 3rd. Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday, and special thanks to our readers who join us in revisiting a piece of Saratoga Springs history each week! Happy Thanksgiving! 717 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs…
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719 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs History of 719 North Broadway – Built in approximately 1870, this property was used as a summer residence for over 130 years. Joseph Fuller, a stove manufacturer from Troy, New York summered here several weeks in the year. The most notable Fuller was Joseph’s daughter, Mary Wiltsie Fuller who…
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718 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs History of 718 North Broadway – This Italianate Villa was built in 1865 for General Winsor B. French. French was the organizer of Company D of the 77th Regiment (Saratoga County’s volunteer regiment in the Civil War), and it was he who raised the money to erect the Civil War…
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720 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs The Ellis Cottage History of 720 North Broadway – The home was built in 1886 for William D. Ellis, president of the Schenectady Locomotive Works and the Ellis Steamship Line. The Ellis family were summer cottagers to Saratoga. This Queen Anne cottage was designed by architects Charles Berg and Edward…
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743 North Broadway in Saratoga Springs, NY History of 743 North Broadway – City records indicate this home was built in 1840, however research indicates that in the 1800s listings for the Manor School for Girls and Cornwall Manor all had different addresses for the property that was on the southwest corner of North Broadway…
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760 North Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY History of 760 North Broadway – 760 North Broadway was built in 1910 for William Lord Hall, a shirt manufacturer from Troy, New York. Hall and his wife Lucy called the two acre estate Shadowlawn. In 1929, Hall sold the property to Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Hayden. Mrs. Hayden…
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