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Canfield Casino and Congress Park is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) site in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States.It was formerly the site of the Congress Hotel (also called Congress Hall), a large resort hotel, and the Congress Spring Bottling Plant, as well as Canfield Casino, which together brought Saratoga Springs international fame as a health spa and gambling site.
The Spirit of Life began as a commission for a memorial to the famous Wall Street financier Spencer Trask (1844–1909). Trask was a summer resident in Saratoga Springs and a founder of the committee which was charged with renewing the city's reputation as a health resort.
Canfield Casino and Congress Park. June 19, 1972 Roughly bounded by Spring and Circular Sts., Park Pl., and Broadway ... US Post Office-Saratoga Springs. May 11, 1989 ...
Phase 1: Four Villa Buildings in one section called Congress Park opened with 184 Vacation Home units (280 guest rooms) on May 17, 2004. [2] Phase 2: Eight Villa Buildings in two sections called The Springs and The Paddock started opening in Spring 2005 eventually adding 368 Vacation Home Units (560 guest rooms).
Congress Spring pavilion in 2013. Clarke built a doric pavilion to cover Congress Spring, which was torn down in 1876 when Frederick Law Olmsted redesigned the park and reconstructed in the 1970s. [3] Clarke planned and named Circular Street in Saratoga Springs, [1] and in 1832 he built a Greek Revival mansion there overlooking Congress Park. [4]
Union Avenue Historic District is a historic district in Saratoga Springs, New York.It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]It includes at least the Congress Park portion of the Canfield Casino and Congress Park, a U.S. National Historic Landmark District.
The Saratoga Springs History Museum was founded in October 1883 [3] as "The Historical Society of Saratoga, including the Upper Hudson, Lake George and Lake Champlain." The first president was Joseph William Drexel [4] The museum has been located in the Casino, built in 1870, since 1911 and is open to visitors year round.
They were part of Canfield Park, the formal gardens created by Richard Canfield after he acquired the Saratoga Clubhouse (which became the Canfield Casino) in 1894. Canfield retired in 1907 and sold the casino and its grounds to the City of Saratoga Springs in 1911, which then combined it with the grounds of the demolished Congress Hotel and ...