Robert Newton Brezee
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Robert Newton Brezee (1851–1929), usually referred to as R. Newton Brezee or Newton Brezee, was an American architect chiefly active in Saratoga Springs, New York, and surrounding areas.
Professional
[edit]Brezee came to Saratoga Springs in 1867. He worked as a carpenter, and left Saratoga for a while to work on the planned community of Garden City, Long Island built by Alexander Turney Stewart.[1] A self-taught architect, he returned to Saratoga Springs and opened an office in 1884.[1] He is credited with the design of more than fifty buildings.[2]
Personal
[edit]Brezee was born on September 26, 1851, in Middleburgh, New York. He married Jennie M. Carr (1855–1950) on July 25, 1881, in Saratoga Springs.[3] The couple had four daughters: Edna Winford Brezee (1882–1971), Claire M. Brezee (born 1885) (Mrs. Samuel J. Mott), Elizabeth L. Brezee (1887–1989), and Dorothy Newton Brezee (1897–1949).[4]
Brezee died in 1929; he and Jennie are buried in Greenridge Cemetery in Saratoga Springs.
Buildings designed
[edit]Brezee designed primarily in the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. Many Brezee-designed buildings have been preserved in the Union Avenue Historic District and the East Side Historic District in Saratoga Springs. The following is a partial list of these and of his other works:
City | Address | Building type | Date | Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|
Saratoga Springs | 105 Lake Ave.[5] | Single-family home | 1884 | ![]() |
Ballston Spa | George West Office Building, within Union Mill Complex, Milton Ave. (NY 50)[6] | Queen Anne-style 2-story brick office building | 1884 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 159 Division Street | Single-family home | 1884–85 | ![]() |
Raquette Lake | Antlers | Hotel | 1885 | |
Saratoga Springs | 75 Caroline Street | Single-family home | 1885-86 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 10 Fifth Avenue | Single-family home | 1886 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 156 Caroline Street | Summer home | 1886-87 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 109 Caroline Street[7] | Single-family home | 1887 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 511 Broadway | Office and residence of Dr. Douglas C Moriarta | 1887 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 487 Broadway | Residence of Davis Coleman | 1887 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 167 Grand Avenue | Single-family home | 1887 | |
Saratoga Springs | 628 North Broadway | Single-family home | 1887 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 170-172 Spring Street | Duplex | 1887 | |
Saratoga Springs | 203 Union Avenue | Single-family home | 1888 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 114 Caroline Street | Single-family home | 1888 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 34 Clark Street | Single-family home | 1888–89 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 59 State Street | Single-family home | 1888–89 | |
Saratoga Springs | 5 Fifth Avenue | Single-family home | 1889 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 119 Caroline Street | Single-family home | 1891 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 153 Phila Street | Single-family home | 1892–93 | |
Saratoga Springs | 179 Caroline Street | Single-family home | 1896 | |
Saratoga Springs | 86 Court Street | Residence | 1896 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 190-194 Grand Avenue | Row houses | 1896 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 91 Circular Street | Residence | 1896 | |
Saratoga Springs | 135 Lake Avenue | Single-family home | 1896 | |
Saratoga Springs | 16 Marion Place | Single-family home | 1896 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 22 Marion Place | Single-family home | 1896 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 21 Van Dam Street | Church | 1897 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 136 Circular Street | Single-family home (expansion) | 1898 | ![]() |
Corinth | First Baptist Church[8] | Church | 1898 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 5 Madison Avenue | Single-family home | 1898 | |
Saratoga Springs | 19 Marion Place | Single-family home | 1899 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 96 Lake Avenue | Single-family home | 1899–1900 | |
Saratoga Springs | 112 Spring Street[9] | School | 1900 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 55 Union Avenue | Single-family home | 1901 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | Church Street at West Avenue | Saratoga Golf Club—club house | 1902 | Demolished |
Saratoga Springs | 205 Broadway | Single-family home | 1902 | Demolished |
Saratoga Springs | 90 Lake Avenue | Single-family home | c.1902 | |
Saratoga Springs | 9 Marion Place | Single-family home | 1902 | |
Saratoga Springs | 122 Regent Street | Carriage house | 1902 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 120 Circular Street | Residence | 1903 | |
Saratoga Springs | 28 Union Avenue[10] | Single-family home | 1903 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 56 Union Ave.[11] | Single-family home | 1903 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 142 Lake Avenue | Single-family home | 1904 | |
Saratoga Springs | 687 North Broadway | Single-family home | 1904 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 64-66 Ludlow Street[12] the former "Hawley Children's Home" | Children's home | 1904 | ![]() |
Saratoga Springs | 25 Fifth Avenue | Single-family home | 1906 | ![]() |
Lake George | Triuna Island | Summer retreat of Spencer and Katrina Trask | 1906-7 | |
Saratoga Springs | Union Avenue | Yaddo— "West House" | 1906–12 | |
Corinth | 611 Palmer Avenue | Palmer Avenue School | 1908 | ![]() |
Round Lake | US Route 9 | Summer home | 1908 | ![]() |
Barkersville | Administration building and Pavilion number 1 Saratoga County Sanitorium[13] | Sanitorium | 1913 | |
Saratoga Springs | 75 Ludlow Street | Single-family home | ca.1928 |
[12]==References==
- ^ a b Holmes, Timothy (2008). Saratoga Springs, New York: A Brief History. Charleston, SC: The History Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-59629-452-3.
- ^ Holmes, Timothy A.; Stonequist, Martha (2000). Saratoga Springs: A Historical Portrait. Arcadia Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 0-7385-0438-6.
- ^ Durkee, Cornelius E. "Reminiscences of Saratoga". Saratogian. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Miss Dorothy Brezee Dead; Known as Nurse" (PDF). Saratogian. January 14, 1949. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Spa Preservation Foundation Slates Series on Architecture". Schenectady Gazette. April 23, 1983. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ Youngken, Richard (January 1982). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Union Mill Complex". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ^ "Spa Preservation Foundation Plans House Tour". Schenectady Gazette. April 23, 1983. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ Clothier, Rachel (2009). Corinth. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-6574-3.
- ^ Preservation League of New York State. "2007 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award Recipients". Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Welcome to Alumni House" (PDF). Empire State College. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Fire Strikes Union Avenue House, in Saratoga Springs". Schenectady Gazette. August 3, 1984. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ a b "ANNUAL MEETING HOME FOR CHILDREN" (PDF). THE DAILY SARATOGIAN. 28 September 1905. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, Saratoga County, New York. Coronet Press. 1913.