Yesterday afternoon, one of our colleagues – Wendy Nicholas, director of the Northeast Office in Boston – had an opportunity to speak to President Barack Obama about historic preservation. At a small gathering about jobs and the economy hosted by her brother and...
Our final Summer Sunday Stroll of the season is this weekend, the 19th, at 10:30 am. Join the Foundation and docent Carrie Woerner as we learn about the history of beautiful Franklin Square and its structures. Meet at the Northwest corner of Division Street and...
This is a story about a house, a very fine house, built by Samuel Plumb, a businessman who owned a fleet of tugboats on the Hudson River. In 1812, he commissioned an architect-builder to design a home in Hudson, N.Y. Plumb had an eye for the dramatic, as evidenced by...
News of this interesting preservation effort came across my desk today and I wanted to share it with you all. I think you’ll find it a neat way to educate the public on how important our nation’s historic structures are. Imagine doing something like this...
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation expressed dismay at the demolition of the 1853 Wayland House at 23 Greenfield Avenue in Saratoga Springs. The house, included in an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but not included in...
SARATOGA SPINGS, NY: After two years of fundraising the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation has successfully raised the necessary funds to complete Phase I of the inventory of the Saratoga Race Course. A comprehensive inventory of all buildings and landscape...
