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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Wealth and Wellness: Franklin Square
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 Broadway. $5 per person.
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Built in 1812, and once endangered, the Plumb-Bronson House may soon be reborn
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 his choice of a hillside [...]
Boo! Get in touch with your spooky side this Sunday at our tour of the Gideon Putnam Cemetery
On Sunday, September 12th the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation presents “Pay Your Respects: Gideon Putnam Cemetery,” the tenth in a series of eleven walking tours of historic Saratoga Springs. Stroll with local historian Mary Jane Pelzer as she discusses the history of the cemetery and its inhabitants. Learn about Saratoga Springs’ early settlers…the people who [...]
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Honoring Slaves By Sleeping In Their Cabins
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 in Saratoga…can you think of a building(s) that we could [...]
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President Obama Talks Preservation at Gathering on Jobs & Economy