History, Natural History & the Arts
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation (SSPF) will award 17 community members and groups Preservation Recognition Awards as part of their Annual Meeting on Wednesday, September 13, from 5 until 7 pm in the Music Hall at City Hall, 474 Broadway in Saratoga Springs.
The Recognition Ceremony will highlight projects within the city that have preserved the architectural heritage of Saratoga Springs. [Read more…] about Saratoga Springs Preservation Recognition Awards
In 1903, Lucy Scribner purchased 82 Circular Street in Saratoga Springs to establish the Young Women’s Industrial Club of Saratoga that became Skidmore College.
Over time, the campus expanded to Union Avenue and the surrounding streets. [Read more…] about Skidmore College’s First Home at 82 Circular Street, Saratoga
Georgia Horner will present a walking tour around the outside of the historic Saratoga Race Course, “Post Time!,” this Sunday, August 27th at 10:30 am. The tour highlights the history of the Reading Rooms, National Museum of Racing & Hall of Fame, Oklahoma Training Track, and the Fasig-Tipton Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion. [Read more…] about ‘Post Time!’ A Unique Tour Around Saratoga Race Course
In Saratoga Springs on Sunday, August 13th at 10:30 am, Gloria May will lead this week’s tour, “Greenridge Cemetery and the Civil War.” Participants will hear stories about those who answered President Lincoln’s call to save the Union during the Civil War. This tour, sponsored by LaBrake Memorials, meets at the Sackett Gate entrance of Greenridge Cemetery located on Lincoln Avenue. [Read more…] about Saratoga Stroll: Greenridge Cemetery and the Civil War
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation will host a tour, “Mail Order Houses of Saratoga” with Madison C. Squires, of houses on East and Pinewood avenues in Saratoga Springs. The tour will highlight the “Kit House” era – a time when the average person could not only put a check through the mail, but order and receive an entire house as well. [Read more…] about Saratoga Springs Mail Order Houses Tour Set For August 5th
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation (SSPF) will present two upcoming walking tours as part of their Summer Sunday Stroll series. The first, a tour of historic Congress Park, will take place this Sunday, June 25th. [Read more…] about Tour Saratoga’s Historic Congress Park Sunday
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation has announced “Historic Preservation & Lost Histories of Saratoga Springs,” a virtual program about Black history in Saratoga Springs, the effects of Urban Renewal, and the role historic preservation plays with lost histories within a community, set for Monday, June 19th.
[Read more…] about Saratoga Black History, Urban Renewal & Historic Preservation
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation has announced their Sunday Stroll Series is set to kick off on Sunday, June 11th, with “Down in the Valley: Exploring the Gut.” [Read more…] about ‘The Gut’ Saratoga Neighborhood Begins History Tour Season
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation’s 2023 Historic Homes Tour, featuring an opportunity to see the interiors of private historic homes of the East Side neighborhood of Saratoga Springs, is set for Saturday, May 13th.
[Read more…] about Saratoga Springs Historic Homes Tour, Programs Saturday
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation have announced “Saratoga & Women’s Suffrage,” a virtual program with Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner and Nancy Baird Brown, on the role of Saratoga Springs in the fight for women’s suffrage, set for Thursday, March 30th. [Read more…] about Saratoga Springs & The Women’s Suffrage Movement