Downtown Saratoga Springs
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Broadway Historic District
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City Hall and Ainsworth building, west elevations, 2008
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| Location | Saratoga Springs, NY |
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| Coordinates | 43°5′12″N 73°47′1″W / 43.08667°N 73.78361°WCoordinates: 43°5′12″N 73°47′1″W / 43.08667°N 73.78361°W |
| Area | 137 acres (55 ha) |
| Built | 1865–1920 |
| Architect | Multiple; increase II includes Richard Upjohn and Cummings & Burt |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Classical Revival, Late Victorian, Queen Anne, Italianate, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| NRHP reference # | 79001627, 83001789, and 94000049 |
| Added to NRHP | September 12, 1979 (original) April 15, 1983 (increase I) February 25, 1994 (increase II) |
The Broadway Historic District is located along Broadway in affluent Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. It has a twofold character. The southern section is the commercial core of the city, with many of its important public and private buildings, most intact from the its peak days as a resort town in that era. North Broadway is a residential neighborhood with many large Victorian houses built by frequent visitors to the town and its spas and racetrack.
In 1979 it was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since then its boundaries have twice been increased to include some adjacent areas after new information became available about the buildings in them, one of which is a church by Richard Upjohn. Another contributing property, the post office, was later listed on the Register in its own right.
The district follows a one-mile (1.6 km) stretch of Broadway and North Broadway, from the vicinity of Congress Park to a small portion that overlaps into the Town of Greenfield just north of the city limits near Skidmore College, where the street becomes Glen Mitchell Road. It is divided into residential and commercial sections by the intersection with Van Dam Street roughly midway between its two termini. Some portions of neighboring blocks and streets are included.
The south end is at the junction of Broadway (also US 9/NY 50) and Spring Street (NY 9P). Some of the properties on Spring to the east (where the district is bordered by the East Side Historic District and Washington Street (NY 29) as far as Woodlawn Avenue to the west are included. Both sides of Broadway (120 feet (37 m) wide at this point) are included to the junction with Church Street (NY 9N's southern terminus on the west, and NY 29 on the east), at the post office and city hall, along with properties half a block deep in either direction.
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