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* [[DeChantal Apartments]], corner Church and Helen Streets | * [[DeChantal Apartments]], corner Church and Helen Streets | ||
* Lake Flower Apartments, Harrietstown Housing Authority highrise apartment building, Kiwassa Road | * Lake Flower Apartments, Harrietstown Housing Authority highrise apartment building, Kiwassa Road | ||
* [[St. Bernard's Church]], St. Bernard's Street | * [[St. Bernard's Church]], [[St. B. obits|St. Bernard's Street]] | ||
* [[St. Bernard's Rectory]], St. Bernard's Street | * [[St. Bernard's Rectory]], St. Bernard's Street | ||
* [[St. Pius X High School]], Petrova Avenue | * [[St. Pius X High School]], Petrova Avenue | ||
Latest revision as of 23:28, 27 April 2026
Modernist architecture is a term used to describe a type of structure or building style in which "form follows function." The following is a preliminary list of modernist buildings in the Saranac Lake Central School District. Arthur Wareham was a resident modernist architect in Saranac Lake, the younger partner of William G. Distin, in whose generally traditional structures some modernist influences can also be seen.
Institutions
- Trudeau Institute — Arthur Wareham
- Saranac Lake Central Schools
- New Lake Clear School — Arthur Wareham
- Bloomingdale School
- DeChantal Apartments, corner Church and Helen Streets
- Lake Flower Apartments, Harrietstown Housing Authority highrise apartment building, Kiwassa Road
- St. Bernard's Church, St. Bernard's Street
- St. Bernard's Rectory, St. Bernard's Street
- St. Pius X High School, Petrova Avenue
- Paul Smith's College
- Residence Hall on Church Street, Saranac Lake
- Joan Weill Library, Paul Smith's Campus
- New National Guard Armory, LaPan Highway
- New Curling Rink and Lamella roof
- Saranac Lake Free Library extension — Arthur Wareham
- Alton B. Anderson Memorial Bandshell in Riverside Park — Arthur Wareham
Residences
- Lustron House, Petrova Avenue
- Geodesic domes
- Dome at Schroeter's Field, Ampersand Avenue and Forest Home Road (demolished and replaced)
- Judge Karl Griebsch's retirement dome, Woodycrest Road (demolished 2009 and a new house built on the foundation)
- LeFebvres' domes in Onchiota
- Wareham House, Rockledge — Arthur Wareham
- Nina Holland House, Bloomingdale Avenue and Catherine Street
- Cheney Seymour House, Fletcher Farm Road
- Camp for Indian Carry Associates on Upper Saranac Lake, 1/20/1969 — Moshe Safdie. (Was this actually built?)
Commercial Buildings
- Tousley Storage Building, now Madden's, on Main Street — H. L. Magill, Architect, Rye, N.Y.
- Mountain Mist Custard
- Mobil Gasoline stations
- Broadway
- Lake Flower Avenue — Eliot Noyes
- HSBC Bank alterations and addition — Main Street, Saranac Lake
- Verizon Building on Church Street, next to DeChantel Apartments
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