Sunday Strolls

The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation presents their series of historic walking tours beginning on September 10th, which will be offered each Sunday at 10:30AM.  Tickets are $15 for SSPF Members and $20 for non-members and should be purchased in advance! Space is limited!

Members should contact the Foundation directly at (518) 587-5030 to reserve a ticket with your stroll pass.

Tours are rain or shine.
Allow 90 minutes.
Requires walking and standing and covers varied terrain.

There are NO physical tickets for the strolls, guests should check-in at the noted meeting location prior to the tour beginning.

2023 Autumn Stroll Schedule

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
DOWN IN THE VALLEY: EXPLORING THE GUT
Alexandra Morgan will explore the area behind Broadway known as “The Gut,” which was home to many working class and Jewish families who provided important contributions to the community.
Meet at: Hathorn Spring at the NW corner of Putnam and Spring Streets

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
POST TIME!
Join Georgia Horner to explore the area surrounding the Saratoga Race Course as she 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.
Meet at: SE corner of Nelson and Union Avenues

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
WEALTH & WELLNESS: FRANKLIN SQUARE
Carrie Woerner, NYS Assemblywoman and former SSPF Executive Director, will lead a tour through the architecturally rich historic Franklin Square, our city’s oldest residential neighborhood.
Meet at: NW corner of Division Street and Railroad Place

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2023
MAIL ORDER HOUSES OF SARATOGA
Madison C. Squires will lead this tour of houses on East and Pinewood avenues, which highlights 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.
Meet at: NW corner of Lake and East Avenues

SOLD OUT! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2023
HISTORIC MADISON & FIFTH AVENUES
Deborah Studwell will lead a tour of these grand residential streets which are lined with elegant Victorian and Craftsman houses near the Saratoga Race Course.
Meet at: NE corner of Nelson and Fifth Avenues

CANCELLED!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2023
HISTORIC WEST SIDE
Executive Director, Samantha Bosshart, will lead this tour through the restored West Side to learn about Saratoga’s Irish and Italian immigrants as well as the black community who helped shape this unique district. In addition, this tour highlights its rebirth as an arts district and the rehabilitations that took place in the early 2000s.
Meet at: Entrance of Gideon Putnam Burying Ground located on South Franklin Street

CANCELLED! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2023
SKIDMORE’S FIRST HOME

Debbie Studwell will tour the area formerly home to the Young Women’s Industrial Club of Saratoga, which would later become Skidmore College.
Meet at: SE corner of Spring & Circular Streets

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2023
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
$15 SSPF Member  |  $20 Non-Member
Join Jamie Parillo, Saratoga Springs History Museum Executive Director, and Charlie Kuenzel, SSHM President, for a tour of Saratoga Springs highlighting locations with significance to the area’s indigenous peoples.
Meet at: High Rock Park and ends at Congress Park

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
CANCELLED
BIKE TOUR-SPA STATE PARK
Join Linda Harvey for a 3-hour bike tour of the National Historic Landmark, Saratoga Spa State Park, to explore its historic development from 1910 to the present, highlighting its significant architecture and landscape. This special program, in partnership with the Friends of Saratoga Spa State Park, is $20 for SSPF members and $25 for non-members.
Meet at: 99 South Broadway, SPAC School of the Arts (former National Museum of Dance)

SOLD OUT!
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2023 
Please note. This popular tour has been sold out! Hope you can join us next year! Join Gloria May for “Madness, Murder, Untimely Deaths, and Strange Coincidences” to get in the spooky Halloween spirit by exploring Greenridge Cemetery at dusk while unearthing tales of Saratoga’s most notable residents. Tickets for this special tour are $25 for SSPF members and $30 for non-members.
Meet at: The Sackett Gate entrance on Lincoln Avenue