Events and Programs

 
SARATOGA SPRINGS PRESERVATION FOUDATION PRESENTS
RESTORATION CORNER AT SARATOGA ROTARY HOME SHOW
Friday, March 2 from 5-9PM, Saturday, March 3 from 9AM-7PM; and Sunday, March 4 from 10AM to 4PM.
Admission is $6 for adults, $1 for children 5-12, under 5 FREE
Saratoga Springs City Center
522 Broadway

Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation will once again present Restoration Corner at this year's Saratoga Rotary Home Show. Restoration Corner higlights home restoration services provided by builders, architects, landscape firms, and stone, flooring, and painting specialists from several local businesses. Come and discuss your addition, remodel, restoration, or new construction with these qualified professionals. For more details on Restoration Corner Click Here.

For more information on the 2012 Rotary Home Show go to www.saratogahomeshow.org.
 

SPIRIT OF PRESERVATION CELEBRATION
Friday, May 11, 2012 6-10pm
Saratoga Automobile Museum
110 Avenue of the Pines

May is Preservation Month and each May the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation bonors individuals, who through their vision and dedication, fostered historic preservation in Saratoga Springs and contributed to the overall quality of life in the City at the Spirit of Preservation Celebration. This year SSPF will honor Barbara Glaser, and Nick Palmetto and Randy Martin.

Join the
2012 HONORARY COMMITTEE
Print Deadline: Friday, March 16, 2012
By joining this year's Honorary Committee, you recognize these individuals for their esteemed contributions to the community. Honorary Committee members receive tickets to the event, have their names listed on the event invitation and program with other distinguished business and civic leaders of Saratoga Springs. Honorary Committee Tickets are:
Corinthian Column, $250/ticket or Ionic Column, $150/ticket.

Contact Sara Boivin to reserve your Honorary Committee tickets at:
(518)-587-5030 or sboivin@saratogapreservatio.org




 
 
ANNUAL MEETING & LECTURE
Tuesday January 10, 2012 7pm
Saratoga Arts Center
320 Broadway

At the 2011 Annual Meeting, members and friends are invited to hear more about the year in review as well as welcome new board members to the SSPF family. In addition, keynote speaker Christine Dixon, Executive Director of Wiawaka Holiday House, Lake George, NY will give an illustrated talk titled "Wiawaka: History Still in the Making."

Wiawaka was created by and for women in 1903 and is the oldest and longest continiously operating retreat for women in America. Through its long history, Wiawaka served female textile and factory workers, laundresses, and millworkers from Troy and Cohoes, NY. Set on beautiful Lake George, the property was given to Wiawaka through Mary Fuller and Katrina Trask who built the artist's retreat Wakonda Lodge on the site. Wakonda is soon to undergo restoration. Today, Wiawaka still serves as a retreat to women of all types.

The Annual Meeting is FREE and open to the public.
Kindly RSVP by Monday, January 9, 2012.
 
 
Silent Auction Items Still Available!

Shop with us and make this year's Candlelight House Tour the most successful ever!

Above are select images of items still available for purchase through the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation. Below, you'll find the entire list of exciting items available.

FEATURED AUCTION ITEMS:
1. TOPSAIL ISLAND, NC
INTRA-COASTAL BEACH HOUSE 1-WEEK RENTAL
(VALUE $1,300)
MINIMUM BID: $600

2. FAUX-SNAKESKIN PURSE*
FROM STELLA'S ON BROADWAY, SARATOGA SPRINGS
(VALUE $95)
MINIMUM BID: $40

3. GRIZZLY BEAR, FRAMED PRINT*
LITHOGRAPH BY ARTIST J.W. AUDUBON
(VALUE $400)
MINIMUM BID: $160

4. ADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE PACKAGE
ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP, TWO DAY PASSES WITH TOUR OF HISTORIC CAMP SANTONONI, AND TWO BOOKS ON ADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
(VALUE $195)
MINIMUM BID: $95

5. CALIFORNIA HARE, FRAMED PRINT*
LITHOGRAPH BY ARTIST J.W. AUDUBON
(VALUE $150)
MINIMUM BID: $60

6. PEARL AND SILVER NECKLACE* -SOLD!
FROM THE CAROL WELLS COLLECTION
(VALUE $100)
MINIMUM BID: $50

7. 2012 SEASONAL LAUNCH PASS GIFT CERTIFICATE
DUNHAM'S BAY MARINA, LAKE GEORGE NY
(VALUE $600)
MINIMUM BID: $240

8. FRESH AIR FIDO GIFT CERTIFICATE
ALTERNATIVE DOG WALKING SERVICE, HIKE AND ADVENTUROUS WALKS FOR DOGS
(VALUE $120)
MINIMUM BID: $50

9. ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE LESSONS GIFT CERTIFICATE
THREE PRIVATE LESSONS AND TWO SESSIONS IN A LARGER GROUP AT THE SARATOGA SPRINGS LOCATION
(VALUE $375)
MINIMUM BID: $150

To place a bid, please call 518-587-5030 or email sboivin@saratogapreservation.org. The first to contact us with the minimum bid will receive the item. Gift certificates may be mailed to the winner. Other items may require pick up at our office: 112 Spring Street, Suite 203, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Items will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. All purchased items will be charged sales tax.

*Items require pick up.





 
 
CANDLELIGHT HOUSE TOUR
FRIDAY, DECEMEBER 2, 2011
Tour Begins at 5:30pm
Gala Reception Begins at 7:30pm
Gala Reception at Saratoga Golf & Polo Club, 301 Church Street

Tour Only Tickets
$40 members/$50 non-members

Tour & Gala Reception Tickets:
$75 members/$85 non-members

AFTER 5PM Today (DEC. 2), TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT 173 PHILA STREET.

Tickets are available for purchase online through 5:00 p.m. Thursday, December 1st. Tickets purchased online after Monday, November 28 will need to be picked up at our office at 112 Spring Street, Suite 203 by 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 2nd or at 173 Phila Street after 5:00 p.m.Friday, December 2nd.

Tickets are also available for purchase through 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 2nd at our office at 112 Spring Street, Suite 203 and after 5:00 p.m. on December 2nd at 173 Phila Street.

Limited tickets remain for the Reception, it may sell out prior to the day of the event.






 
 
BECOME A CANDLELIGHT HOUSE TOUR SPONSOR!
Your business or message will be seen by over 300 people at the event and our website visitors.
Bronze $100: 1/3 page program ad
Silver $175: 1/2 page program ad
Gold $250: Full-page program ad

For TICKETS or SPONSORSHIP call 518-587-5030 or email sboivin@saratoapreservation.org.
 

 
VICTORIAN STREET WALK
The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation is proud to partner with the Downtown Business Association's Victorian Street Walk this year!

Join the Victorian Street Walk on Thursday December 1, 2011 from 6-10pm and enjoy the magic of an old-fashioned Christmas in Saratoga Springs, complete with entertainment, carolers, period dress, Saratoga's Festival of Trees...and Santa!
 
 
To benefit the Spirit of Life & Spencer Trask Memorial Restoration Campaign.

PINTS FOR PRESERVATION
Pub Crawl
On Saturday October 15, 2011 and was a great success.
Thank you to our particpants, volunteers, and local pubs. Our community came together for a good cause and helped kick off the Spencer Trask Memorial & Spirit of Life Restoration Campaign with a bang! Click Here for more details and to see photos.

Thanks to all our local pubs and restaurants!
Old Bryan Inn
Max London's
Cantina
Maestro's
Tin & Lint
Gaffney's
Seven Horse Pub
Bailey's
Irish Times