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Adirondack Architectural Heritage

Debar Pond Lodge: History & Controversy

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Debar Pong Lodge in 2020 (courtesy Adirondack Architectural Heritage)For the past 20 years – but increasingly over the past three years – state legislators, local and regional government officials, state agencies, environmental and economic development groups, and others have deliberated over the future of Debar Pond Lodge, which was built in about 1940.

The 10-bedroom lodge and support buildings are located on New York State “Forever Wild” Forest Preserve land in the Northern Adirondack Park town of Duane, Franklin County, and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [Read more…] about Debar Pond Lodge: History & Controversy

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: AARCH, Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Adirondack Wild, Adirondacks, Architecture, Article 14, Brighton, Debar Mountain Wild Forest, Debar Pond Lodge, development, Duane, Easements, Forest Preserve, Franklin, Franklin County, Historic Preservation, Protect the Adirondacks, Santa Clara, Waverly, wilderness

Finding the Adirondacks in Albany: A History Tour & Special Museum Event

September 19, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Pruyn House in Colonie NYLooking to the Adirondacks from Albany, we can learn much about members of the Pruyn family and many other notable figures who influenced the Adirondack region as well.

In the mid-19th-century, garden cemeteries like the Albany Rural Cemetery borrowed designs that took a picturesque form, with tree-lined, meandering paths, stonework, and curated plantings. [Read more…] about Finding the Adirondacks in Albany: A History Tour & Special Museum Event

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany Rural Cemetery, Historic Albany Foundation, Preservation League of New York State, Pruyn House

Longtime History & Preservation Advocate Mary B. Hotaling, 80

September 13, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mary B Hotaling (courtesy of the Hotaling Family)Mary B. Hotaling, age 80, of Saranac Lake, NY died on Friday, September 1, 2023 at her home with her family by her side. “Mary B” was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up in the Midwest. [Read more…] about Longtime History & Preservation Advocate Mary B. Hotaling, 80

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Adirondacks, Essex County, Franklin County, Harrietstown, Historic Preservation, Historic Saranac Lake, Museums, Saranac Lake

Adirondack Architectural Heritage Announces 2023 Preservation Award Winners

August 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

aarch logoThe Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) Preservation Awards program annually recognizes exemplary historic preservation work throughout the Adirondack region, including sensitive restoration, rehabilitation, adaptive use, long-term stewardship, and individual achievement by individuals and organizations.

The recipients of the 2023 AARCH Preservation Awards, which will be honored at their Preservation Awards ceremony on Friday, September 22, are: [Read more…] about Adirondack Architectural Heritage Announces 2023 Preservation Award Winners

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events, History Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Adirondacks, Architecture, Ausable Forks, Crown Point, Diamond Point, Essex County, Franklin County, Historic Preservation, Lake George, Lake Placid, Loon Lake (Franklin County), Schroon Lake

Adirondack Rural Revitalization Program Launched

May 12, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Streetscape, PottersvilleThe Adirondack Rural Revitalization Program (ARRP) is supported in part by a Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. This program funds capital rehabilitation projects that foster community vibrancy and enhance sense of place within our region’s community and agricultural centers, with a focus on historic main street and agricultural buildings. [Read more…] about Adirondack Rural Revitalization Program Launched

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Adirondacks, Architecture, Department of the Interior, Economic Development, Grants, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, National Park Service

Winter Weekends at Great Camp Santanoni

January 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Camp Santanoni provided by DECThree Winter Weekend events are planned for 2023 at the historic Camp Santanoni in the town of Newcomb, Essex County, in the heart of the Adirondacks. The Winter Weekends offer an opportunity to enjoy winter recreation and exclusive winter access to the preserved buildings of a former Adirondack Great Camp. [Read more…] about Winter Weekends at Great Camp Santanoni

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Camp Santanoni, DEC

NYS Historic Homeownership Rehabilitation Tax Credit Virtual Workshop

April 25, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

NYS historic homeownership rehab workshopWarrensburgh Beautification Inc. and the Warrensburgh Historical Society will be partnering with Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) to present a NYS Historic Homeownership Rehabilitation Tax Credit Workshop on April 28th. [Read more…] about NYS Historic Homeownership Rehabilitation Tax Credit Virtual Workshop

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Warrensburg Historical Society

Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation Presentation

September 11, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Bond, 1786 courtesy The Bond, 1786The program Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation, focusing on the benefits of historic preservation – the funding sources and financial incentive programs available, the advantages of adaptive reuse, and the direct correlation with economic development, and presented by Steven Engelhart, Founding Director of AARCH (Adirondack Architectural Heritage) is set for Monday, September 13th at The Bond, 1786 in Warrensburgh. [Read more…] about Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation Presentation

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Warrensburg, Warrensburg Historical Society

Advocates Hope To Save Essex County Fairground Building Facing Demolition

May 20, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Cornell Cooperative Extension BuildingWestport’s National Register of Historic Places-listed Cornell Cooperative Extension Building faces an Essex County-led demolition plan.

Together with the newly formed Friends of the Essex Fairgrounds, local friends and preservationists, farmers, and other stakeholders, Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) is vigorously opposing the destruction of this storied piece of Westport’s heritage, calling it one of the more important and defining structures that make up the Essex County Fairgrounds. [Read more…] about Advocates Hope To Save Essex County Fairground Building Facing Demolition

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Cornell Cooperative Ext, Essex County, Historic Preservation, Westport

Saranac Lake’s Famous Cure Porches Have Stories To Tell

June 13, 2020 by Amy Catania 2 Comments

245 Lake Flower AvenueLong after people die, the buildings where they made their lives often remain. Many visitors to the Saranac Laboratory Museum follow the footsteps of a family member who came to Saranac Lake with tuberculosis.

Often the only trace that remains is the address of a cure cottage and a porch where their relative once took the fresh air. [Read more…] about Saranac Lake’s Famous Cure Porches Have Stories To Tell

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Architecture, Historic Preservation, Historic Saranac Lake, Saranac Lake, tuberculosis

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