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The Committee hearings forced Saratoga Springs' city government to finally take action. In 1951 "Doc" Farone was indicted on gambling charges. [15] in 1953 Gerard King, operator of Newman's Lake House, pleaded guilty to gambling and conspiracy charges. [16] Meyer Lansky served a few months in Saratoga County Jail for gambling, his first jail ...
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.
Moon's Lake House was a restaurant on Saratoga Lake in Saratoga Springs, New York. According to local legend, the creation of the potato chip was associated with this restaurant. The legend holds that Cornelius Vanderbilt was visiting the restaurant in 1853, he was unsatisfied with the texture of the fried potatoes he had ordered and sent them ...
Saratoga Springs: Native American site dating back as far as 8,000-9,000 years ago. 2: Barker General Store: Barker General Store: April 1, 2002 : 1 Military Rd. Beecher Hollow: Historic general store constructed in 1847 3
The East Side Historic District is a primarily residential neighborhood located east of downtown Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. It is an irregularly shaped area 114 acres (46 ha) in size, extending almost to Saratoga Race Course from the neighborhood of Congress Park.
This occurred during Saratoga Springs' peak years as a resort and triggered the construction of lavish vacation homes in the northern reaches of the West Side, abutting the estate. The city's population more than tripled in the three decades between 1850 and 1880. Most of those new inhabitants settled on the West Side. [1]
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.
1977 - January 7: The Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation is founded. [26] 1979 - November 6: Ellsworth Jones elected mayor; serves in that post for the entire 1980s. [26] 1984 - August 2: Saratoga Springs City Center opens. [26] 1985 - Home Made Theater stages its first performance at the Spa Little Theater: Wait Until Dark; 1986