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Saratoga Springs Visitor Center

Coordinates: 43°5′6″N 73°47′45″W / 43.08500°N 73.79583°W / 43.08500; -73.79583
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The Drinkhall
(2020)
Saratoga Springs Visitor Center is located in New York
Saratoga Springs Visitor Center
Saratoga Springs Visitor Center is located in the United States
Saratoga Springs Visitor Center
Location297 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York
Coordinates43°5′6″N 73°47′45″W / 43.08500°N 73.79583°W / 43.08500; -73.79583
Built1915
Built byJames Gaffeney
ArchitectLudlow and Peabody
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.74001302[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 20, 1974

The Saratoga Springs Visitor Center, located at 297 Broadway in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, in the building known historically as "The Drinkhall", was built in 1915 as a trolley station by the Hudson Valley Railroad. It was designed by Ludlow and Peabody in the Beaux Arts style.

The building consists of four sections. The three-bay, stuccoed central block is flanked by lower 1+12-story, three-bay wings. The rear section has an open porch that served as the trolley platform. It is constructed of hollow red clay tile and topped by a slate hipped roof. The building features a decorative frieze with arrowhead motifs and decorative panels in the Beaux-Arts style. The interior of the central block features a high barrel vault ceiling.[2]

The Drinkhall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Doris Manley (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: The Drinkhall". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-12. See also: "Accompanying three photos".
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