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[[File:80 Broadway.jpg|right|thumb||80 Broadway, directly across [[ | [[File:80 Broadway.jpg|right|thumb|500px|80 Broadway, directly across [[Broadway]] from [[Bloomingdale Avenue]]. The sign over the door at right appears to read "Lunch Room". [[Alpine Terrace]] ascends steeply at right, past a building that is unnumbered on [[Sanborn maps]] (undated) ''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', January 2, 1999 ]] | ||
[[File:Prevost taxi.jpg|400px|thumb|left|''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', January 24, 1964 ]] | |||
'''Other names:''' Saranac Lake Taxi, Stahl's Taxi, Four-oh-three Taxi (1933); Town Tavern (1939); [[ | '''Address:''' Presently a small park and a parking lot next to [[76 Broadway|Captain Cook's]] (now Bitters & Bones) | ||
'''Old Address:''' 80 [[Broadway]] | |||
'''Other names:''' Saranac Lake Taxi, Stahl's Taxi, Four-oh-three Taxi (1933); Town Tavern (1939); [[French's Used Furniture]] (1948); Underhill's Taxi (1954-1965); Terrace Barber Shop (1965); Skiff's Taxi (1967-'69); an antique shop c. 1977; [[Ward Plumadore Park]] (in and before 2022) | |||
'''Year built:''' Before 1895 | '''Year built:''' Before 1895 | ||
'''Other information:''' The 1903 [[ | '''Other information:''' The 1903 [[Sanborn map]] appears to label the right-hand side "Barber" and the 1916 map labels the left side "Grocer" and the right side "Barber". It was the home of [[Joseph K. French|Joseph K.]] and [[Martha A. French]] and their store, variously called French Furniture Store, Something for Every One Shop, French's Good Furniture, Used Furniture & Antiques. Later, the former French Furniture Store was operated as an antique shop by Bea and [[Mose LaFountain]]. In the late 1970s this building was an antique shop. | ||
It was also the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prevost. | It was also the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prevost. | ||
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===Comments=== | ===Comments=== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:16, 16 September 2026
Address: Presently a small park and a parking lot next to Captain Cook's (now Bitters & Bones)
Old Address: 80 Broadway
Other names: Saranac Lake Taxi, Stahl's Taxi, Four-oh-three Taxi (1933); Town Tavern (1939); French's Used Furniture (1948); Underhill's Taxi (1954-1965); Terrace Barber Shop (1965); Skiff's Taxi (1967-'69); an antique shop c. 1977; Ward Plumadore Park (in and before 2022)
Year built: Before 1895
Other information: The 1903 Sanborn map appears to label the right-hand side "Barber" and the 1916 map labels the left side "Grocer" and the right side "Barber". It was the home of Joseph K. and Martha A. French and their store, variously called French Furniture Store, Something for Every One Shop, French's Good Furniture, Used Furniture & Antiques. Later, the former French Furniture Store was operated as an antique shop by Bea and Mose LaFountain. In the late 1970s this building was an antique shop.
It was also the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prevost.
Excerpt from Public Notice in Adirondack Daily Enterprise, February 24, 2022
Bids are being accepted for the work proposed:
Ward Plumadore Park, 1. Remove existing concrete walls, concrete steps, brick paving, asphalt pavement, cobblestone walls, and vegetation. 2. Construct new curb and concrete sidewalk at street edge. 3. Construct new lower and upper plaza spaces. 4. Install new guard railing adjacent to existing retaining wall. 5. Install new planting areas in park. 6. Repaint crosswalks. 7. Construct storm-water management features. 8. Install new vegetation at Bloomingdale/Broadway intersection.