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James Street is located in the French Hill neighborhood of Saranac Lake, running east-west on the hill west of Broadway. The street is named for James McClelland who owned the land now known as French Hill.

Adirondack Daily Enterprise, February 28, 1952

Our Town

By EDDIE VOGT

[…]

The section now known as James street and McClelland street at one time (1895 and before) was swamp, and during most of the year the outlet for this water was over the rocks at the rear of the present Hallock Block on Broadway. Some water probably came down from the Margaret street section, also. At times in the early Spring I have seen the brook near Hallock Block so large that the culvert under Broadway near the recent Sunoco gas station couldn't accommodate the water and would flow over Broadway, then only a country dirt road with mud 12 inches deep —- thence thru the lumber yard to the Saranac River, near the Fortune furniture store was a foot path or short cut from Broadway to lower Bloomingdale Avenue. A wooden bridge was erected to cross the brook; the bridge was at least 6 or 8 foot long…

Starts at Virginia Street
Old Address	Post-911 Address	Building Name	Cure Evidence/Notes
6 James Street	58 James Street	6 James Street	Fobare & Sons
7 James Street	49 James Street	7 James Street
11 James Street	41 James Street	11 James Street	DIS
12 James Street	46 James Street	12 James Street	DIS
17 James Street	35 James Street	17 James Street
18 James Street	36 James Street	18 James Street
21 James Street	31 James Street	Pratt Cottage	DIS 1930
26 James Street	24 James Street	26 James Street
28 James Street	16 James Street	Tartaris Home	(destroyed)
30 James Street	12 James Street	30 James Street	DIS
32 James Street	6 James Street	32 James Street
33 James Street	7 James Street	33 James Street
Ends at Hope Street

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-'''James Street''' is located in the [[French%20Hill|French Hill]] neighborhood of Saranac Lake, running east-west on the hill west of [[Broadway|Broadway]]. The street is named for [[James%20McClelland|James McClelland]] who owned the land now known as [[French%20Hill|French Hill]].
+'''James Street''' is located in the [[French Hill]] neighborhood of Saranac Lake, running east-west on the hill west of [[Broadway]]. The street is named for [[James McClelland]] who owned the land now known as [[French Hill]].
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-''[[Adirondack%20Daily%20Enterprise|Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', February 28, 1952
+''[[Adirondack Daily Enterprise]]'', February 28, 1952
 '''Our Town'''
-By [[EDDIE%20VOGT|EDDIE VOGT]]
+By [[EDDIE VOGT]]
 […]
-The section now known as [[James%20street|James street]] and [[McClelland%20street|McClelland street]] at one time (1895 and before) was swamp, and during most of the year the outlet for this water was over the rocks at the rear of the present [[Hallock%20Block|Hallock Block]] on [[Broadway|Broadway]]. Some water probably came down from the [[Margaret%20street|Margaret street]] section, also. At times in the early Spring I have seen the brook near Hallock Block so large that the culvert under Broadway near the recent Sunoco gas station couldn't accommodate the water and would flow over Broadway, then only a country dirt road with mud 12 inches deep —- thence thru the lumber yard to the [[Saranac%20River|Saranac River]], near the Fortune furniture store was a foot path or short cut from Broadway to lower [[Bloomingdale%20Avenue|Bloomingdale Avenue]]. A wooden bridge was erected to cross the brook; the bridge was at least 6 or 8 foot long…{|
+The section now known as '''James street''' and [[McClelland street]] at one time (1895 and before) was swamp, and during most of the year the outlet for this water was over the rocks at the rear of the present [[Hallock Block]] on [[Broadway]]. Some water probably came down from the [[Margaret street]] section, also. At times in the early Spring I have seen the brook near Hallock Block so large that the culvert under Broadway near the recent Sunoco gas station couldn't accommodate the water and would flow over Broadway, then only a country dirt road with mud 12 inches deep —- thence thru the lumber yard to the [[Saranac River]], near the Fortune furniture store was a foot path or short cut from Broadway to lower [[Bloomingdale Avenue]]. A wooden bridge was erected to cross the brook; the bridge was at least 6 or 8 foot long…
-<tbody>|-/n|'''Old Address'''||'''[[Post-911%20Address|Post-911 Address]]'''||'''Building Name'''||'''Cure Evidence''''''/Notes'''|/n|-/n|Starts at '''[[Virginia%20Street|Virginia Street]]'''|/n|-/n|6 James Street||58 James Street||[[File:IMG_4767.jpg|thumb|]][[6%20James%20Street|6 James Street]]||[[Fobare%20%26%20Sons|Fobare & Sons]]|/n|-/n|7 James Street||49 James Street||[[File:Fobare%20House.jpg|thumb|]][[7%20James%20Street|7 James Street]]|| |/n|-/n|11 James Street||41 James Street||[[File:11%20James%20Street.jpg|thumb|[[11%20James%20Street|11 James Street]]]]||[[DIS|DIS]]|/n|-/n|12 James Street||46 James Street||[[File:12%20James%20Street.jpg|thumb|[[12%20James%20Street|12 James Street]]]]||[[DIS|DIS]]|/n|-/n|17 James Street||35 James Street||[[File:17%20James%20Street.jpg|thumb|[[17%20James%20Street|17 James Street]]]]|| |/n|-/n|18 James Street||36 James Street||[[File:18%20James%20Street.jpg|thumb|[[18%20James%20Street|18 James Street]]]]|| |/n|-/n|21 James Street||31 James Street||[[File:Pratt%20Cottage.jpg|thumb|[[Pratt%20Cottage|Pratt Cottage]]]]||[[DIS|DIS]] 1930|/n|-/n|26 James Street||24 James Street||[[File:26%20James%20Street.jpg|thumb|[[26%20James%20Street|26 James Street]]]]|| |/n|-/n|28 James Street||16 James Street||
-[[File:28%20James%20St.%20%2300.142b%20Tartaris%20Home.jpg|thumb|[[Tartaris%20Home|Tartaris Home]]]]||
- (destroyed)|/n|-/n|30 James Street||12 James Street||[[File:30%20James%20Street.jpg|thumb|[[30%20James%20Street|30 James Street]]]]||[[DIS|DIS]]|/n|-/n|32 James Street||6 James Street||[[File:32%20James%20Street.jpg|thumb|[[32%20James%20Street|32 James Street]]]]|| |/n|-/n|33 James Street||7 James Street||[[File:33%20James%20Street.jpg|thumb|[[33%20James%20Street|33 James Street]]]]|| |/n|-/n|Ends at '''[[Hope%20Street|Hope Street]]'''|/n</tbody>
+{|- class=wikitable style=width:70%
+|'''Old Address'''||'''[[Post-911 Address]]'''||scope="col" style=width:25%|'''Building Name'''||'''Cure Evidence/Notes'''
+|-
+!colspan=4|Starts at '''[[Virginia Street]]'''
+|-
+|6 James Street||58 James Street||[[File:IMG_4767.jpg|thumb|300px|[[6 James Street]]]]||[[Fobare & Sons]]
+|-
+|7 James Street||49 James Street||[[File:Fobare House.jpg|thumb|[[7 James Street]]]]||
+|-
+|11 James Street||41 James Street||[[File:11 James Street.jpg|thumb|[[11 James Street]]]]||[[DIS]]
+|-
+|12 James Street||46 James Street||[[File:12 James Street.jpg|thumb|[[12 James Street]]]]||[[DIS]]
+|-
+|17 James Street||35 James Street||[[File:17 James Street.jpg|thumb|[[17 James Street]]]]||
+|-
+|18 James Street||36 James Street||[[File:18 James Street.jpg|thumb|[[18 James Street|18 James Street]]]]||
+|-
+|21 James Street||31 James Street||[[File:Pratt Cottage.jpg|thumb|[[Pratt Cottage]]]]||[[DIS]] 1930
+|-
+|26 James Street||24 James Street||[[File:26 James Street.jpg|thumb|[[26 James Street]]]]||
+|-
+|28 James Street||16 James Street||[[File:28 James St. -00.142b Tartaris Home.jpg|thumb|[[Tartaris Home]] ]] ||(destroyed)
+|-
+|30 James Street||12 James Street||[[File:30 James Street.jpg|thumb|[[30 James Street]]]]||[[DIS]]
+|-
+|32 James Street||6 James Street||[[File:32 James Street.jpg|thumb|[[32 James Street]]]]||
+|-
+|33 James Street||7 James Street||[[File:33 James Street.jpg|thumb|[[33 James Street]]]]||
+|-
+!colspan=4|Ends at '''[[Hope Street]]'''
 |}
-[[File:Hope%20Charles%20James%201931.jpg|left|thumb||1931 [[Sanborn%20Maps|Sanborn map]]]]
+{|- class=wikitable style=width:100%
+[[File:Hope Charles James 1931.jpg|left|thumb|1000px|1931 [[Sanborn map]]]]<br>
+{|
-## Comments
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