Broadway

Broadway runs from Main Street, north, half a mile, becoming Lake Colby drive and then the Harrietstown Road. In the 1930s, at the intersection with Bloomingdale Avenue, it was the site of three hotels, the St. Regis, the Arlington, and the Alpine (once the tallest building between Albany and Montreal), and two theaters, the Pontiac and the Colonial, as well as many shops and stores.

Broadway was known as Depot Street in 1895, for the New York Central Railroad Depot which stood across the tracks from today's (2010) Kinney Drugs. By October of 1899, the street was re-named Broadway; the former Railroad street had taken the name Depot Street, which it is still called today. ¹ The NYC depot was replaced for passenger use by the Union Depot in 1904; the old NYC passenger depot later housed the business named Big D, and burned down in the late 1970s.

Approximately the same view as above, but shot from a higher point, probably the

Coulter Block|.
|(Photograph 85.279, courtesy of the Adirondack Research Room|, Saranac Lake Free Library|) ]]

More photographs [[1]].

SLD1906

Fowler's Livery|

WPA wall, Cure Cottages, p. 69|

124 Broadway Was 124-126||Site vacant, 2009||124 Broadway||WPA wall, Cure Cottages, p. 69| 156 Broadway||163 Broadway||

E&M Market]]||Parks Cottage, C.W. Parks, E&M Market, TBVA, DIS (1913)| Broadway becomes the Lake Colby Road. Some maps show the south end of the Old Lake Colby Road as Upper Broadway|

Passes Woodruff Street\|
Broadway starts at Main Street\|
1 Broadway	Berkeley Green	Part of the Berkeley Hotel	Berkeley Shoe Shop, \|
2 Broadway	1 Broadway	Jack Block]]\| SLD1906 Fowler's Livery\|
3 Broadway	Berkeley Green\| 3 Broadway Part of the Berkeley Hotel\|\|Hugo's Hat Shop\|
4 Broadway was 4-6	5 Broadway	McIntyre Block]]	Site of Bernie Wilson's Restaurant\|
5 Broadway	Berkeley Green	Part of the Berkeley Hotel	Cheeseman's Sporting Goods & Toys\|
8 Broadway was 8-10	7 Broadway	Ayer Block]]
7 - 11 Broadway	The Pontiac parking lot	7 - 11 Broadway	Preceded the Pontiac Theatre\|
12 Broadway was 12-16	9 Broadway	Altman's]]
13 Broadway	Broadway	Pontiac Theatre]]	Part of Pontiac Theatre parking lot\|
14-16 Broadway was 4-6	5 Broadway	Central House]]	DIS\|
15 Broadway was 15-17-19	14 Broadway	Loomis Block]]	Downing Block, Pontiac Theatre, Cure Cottages, p. 108\|
17 Broadway	14 Broadway, Suite 2	See above
18 Broadway	11 Broadway	Egler Block]]	Fair Store\|
19 Broadway See 15 Broadway	14 Broadway	Loomis Block	TBSBC, TBVA Was 15-17-19\|
20 Broadway	13 Broadway	Fred Hull Building]]\| Was 20-22 Scheefer Jewelers\|
21 Broadway		21 Broadway	Cane's (clothing)\|
22 1/2 Broadway		Riordan Taxi Company
22 Broadway was 20-22	13 Broadway	Fred Hull Building	SLD1906, Scheefer Jewelers M.M. Munn & Company\|
23 Broadway	20-22 Broadway	Ledger Block]]	TBSBC Was 23-25-27\|
24-26 Broadway	15 Broadway	24-26 Broadway]]
25 Broadway	20-22 Broadway	Ledger Block See 23 Broadway	TBSBC, Everett's (early), Cure Cottages, p. 42, 69 & 134\|
28 Broadway	19 Broadway	28 Broadway]]\| Bouck's Sandwich Shop, Mitchell's Restaurant, Major Ploughshares\|
29-33 Broadway	28 Broadway	Adirondack Hardware]]	SLD1906 Starks Hardware\|
32-34 Broadway	27 Broadway	A. Fortune, Jr. Public Market]]\| SLD1906 Alden's, Walsh's Cigar Store\|
36 Broadway	27 Broadway	36 Broadway]]	DIS (1912) Jeffrey Cottage, Bradford B. Flint Pharmacy, Dwyer's Rexall Pharmacy, Dew Drop Inn\|
	Broadway Bridge]]	Crosses the Saranac River\|
39-43 Broadway	36 Broadway	39-41 Broadway]]	Also 43 Broadway\|
40-42 Broadway	33 Broadway	42 Broadway]]	SLD1906, Sagendorf Restaurant, L.E. Cheesman Cigar Store, Morgan's 11 , Temming Art Studio\|
Passes Dorsey Street\|
44 Broadway	37 Broadway	Vincent's Pharmacy]]	Mark's Grill, Cinderella Shop\|
45 Broadway	38 Broadway	45 Broadway]]\| SLD1910-11 Foy's Theater, Everett's, Walsh's Shoes, Marinello Beauty Shop\|
46 Broadway	39 Broadway	Finnegan Cottage 2	DIS (1911)\|
47 Broadway	Parking forCommunity Bank	47 Broadway	Pedroni Jewelers\|
48-52 Broadway	41 Broadway	48-52 Broadway]]
49 Broadway		49 Broadway
51 Broadway		Minute Lunch
52 Broadway
53 Broadway
54 Broadway	43 Broadway	Thompson Building]]
55 Broadway	46 Broadway	55 Broadway]]\| SLD1906 Colonial Theatre, Saranac Supply\|
56 Broadway		56 Broadway	DIS
59 Broadway		59 Broadway\| Old Candle Store (?) Sunshine Stores Auto Accessories, 1938 Five Five Five Taxi Service, James Tanzini, 1948 Town & Country Shop, 1948-50 Greene Floyd H. Insurance Agency, 1962-69\|
60-66 Broadway	51 Broadway	US Post Office]]
61 Broadway	54 Broadway	61 Broadway]]\| Adirondack Daily Enterprise, A & P\|
64 Broadway	51 Broadway	James A. Latour & Company]]
65 Broadway	Parking for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise at 61 Broadway	A. Fortune and Company\| ]]	SLD1906 Furniture & Undertaker, Carl D'Ambrisi's barbershop -1921, Cure Cottages, p. 101\|
Passes Olive Street\|
69 Broadway		Modern Barber Shop
70 Broadway	57 Broadway/173 Olive Street	Masonic Temple]]
72 Broadway	Site vacant, 2009	Dog House]]	St. Regis Bakery (1924)\|
73 Broadway	64 Broadway	73 Broadway]]\| Ruth Effenbach's, Oxford Market, Cure Cottages, p. 111\|
75 Broadway	Presently the location of the parking lot for the Off-track Betting	St. Regis Hotel]]
76 Broadway	65 Broadway	[Broadway]]]	DIS\|
Passes Bloomingdale Avenue\|
80 Broadway	Presently a parking lot and small park	80 Broadway]]
81 Broadway	Presently the location of the parking lot for the No. 1 Chinese	81 Broadway]]\| DIS (1911) Arlington Hotel, Potter Block, Top Hat\|
84 Broadway	Presently the location of the parking lot for the Rusty Nail	Alpine Hotel]]	DIS (1929)\|
86 Broadway		Adirondack Restaurant (1923), Alpine Hotel Annex	DIS (1931)\|
87 Broadway	84 Broadway	87 Broadway]]\| TBSBC Catered to WWI veterans\|
88 Broadway	83 Broadway	88 Broadway]]
90 Broadway	83 Broadway	See 88 Broadway
91 Broadway	88 Broadway	91 Broadway]]
93 Broadway	92 Broadway	93 Broadway]]\| TBSBC,NYC1915 Built by Branch and Callanan in 1902-1905\|
95 Broadway		Foley Cottage 2	DIS 1913\|
97 Broadway		97 Broadway	DIS 1912\|
98 Broadway	91 Broadway	98 Broadway	DIS\|
99 Broadway	100 Broadway	Saranac Lake Fire Department]]
103 Broadway	Broadway	103 Broadway	[Markets], [Market], [Self-serve Laundry], [Cleaners]\|
105 Broadway	Was 105-107 Broadway	Adirondack Hotel	SLD1906, Site of the worst fire in Saranac Lake history, July 4, 1925\|
107 Broadway	110 Broadway	Currier Press
111 Broadway	114 Broadway	111 Broadway]]	TBSBC\|
112 Broadway			TBSBC\|
114 Broadway			TBSBC\|
116 Broadway	117 Broadway	116 Broadway	cure features, Cure Cottages, p. 107\|
117 Broadway	120 Broadway	Adirondack Tire Company
119 Broadway	122 Broadway	119 Broadway]]\| DIS 1911 Dobbins House, Broadway Hotel, International Hotel, double-decked porch, Cure Cottages, p. 105\|
120 Broadway	Torn down in 2000	120 Broadway]]\| cure features, Cure Cottages, p. 107\|
121 Broadway	126 Broadway	121 Broadway]]	TBSBC\|
123 Broadway	Broadway	cure features, Cure Cottages, p. 107\|
125 Broadway	133 Broadway	125 Broadway]]
126 Broadway	Site vacant, 2009	Snow Cottage\| TBSBC, DIS 1930 See 124 Broadway\|
132 Broadway	133 Broadway	132 Broadway\| DIS, Cure features, Cure Cottages, p. 107\|
134 Broadway	135 Broadway	134 Broadway]]
135 Broadway	136 Broadway	135 Broadway]]\| Galloway Chevrolet through 1940; Saranac Lake Adult Center\|
138 Broadway	139 Broadway	138 Broadway]]	DIS 1950\|
139 Broadway		139 Broadway
Passes Prospect Avenue\|
149 Broadway	152 Broadway	149 Broadway]]
150 Broadway	151 Broadway	150 Broadway]]\| DIS 1912 DJ's Rustic\|
153 Broadway	156 Broadway	153 Broadway]]\| DIS 1928 \|
153 1/2 Broadway	160 Broadway	Valentine Cottage	DIS 1931\|
154 Broadway	155 Broadway	154 Broadway]]
155 Broadway	162 Broadway	155 Broadway]]\| Double-decked porch, Cure Cottages, p. 105\|
158 Broadway	Demolished, early 1970s	Broadway School]]
159 Broadway		Donaher Cottage	DIS (1929)\|
161 Broadway		161 Broadway]]	DIS (1929)\|
164 Broadway	173 Broadway	Tully Cottage]]\| SLA1935, PHR1930, TBSBC, TBVA [[2]]\|
165 Broadway	176 Broadway	165 Broadway\|, ]]
166 Broadway	177 Broadway	166 Broadway]]
167 Broadway	180 Broadway	Broadway Market]]
170 Broadway		Latour Cottage	DIS (1928)\|
Passes Garden Street\|
171 Broadway	196 Broadway	171 Broadway]]
172 Broadway	197 Broadway	172 Broadway	DIS, Community Bank\|
173 Broadway	202 Broadway	173 Broadway\|, ]]	Veteran's Club\|
174 Broadway		174 Broadway	DIS\|
180 Broadway	197 Broadway	Hallock Cottage]]\| DIS (1911-13) or Hallock Block\|
Passes McClelland Street\|
182 Broadway	211 Broadway	182 Broadway]]	NYC1915\|
183 Broadway	212 Broadway	Ellenberger Cottage]]	NYC1915\|
185 Broadway	220 Broadway	185 Broadway]]	NYC1915\|
188 Broadway		Adirondack Greenhouses]]	Big D, Ace Hardware\|
189 Broadway	226 Broadway	Eaton Cottage]]	DIS 1911\|
Passes Ampersand Avenue\|
191 Broadway	230 Broadway	191 Broadway
193 Broadway	238 Broadway	193 Broadway]]	TBSBC, NYC1915\|
11 Mills Avenue	251 Broadway	High Peaks Wine and Spirits]]
15 Mills Avenue	24 Mills Avenue	Swift and Company]]
Passes Cedar Street\|
199-203 Broadway	258 Broadway	]]None D. Cohen & Sons
215 Broadway	286 Broadway	Mussen Cottage]]	TBSWC\|
Passes Van Buren Street\|
219 Broadway	290 Broadway	219 Broadway]]	DIS\|
Passes Keene Street\|
226 Broadway		Higgins Upper Broadway Grocery
228 Broadway		228 Broadway	DIS\|
230 Broadway	Broadway	230 Broadway, M-K Novelty Company
232 Broadway	316 Broadway	232 Broadway	TBSWC\|
233 Broadway		Hayes Cottage	DIS\|
235 Broadway		235 Broadway	DIS\|
236 Broadway	323 Broadway	236 Broadway]]	TBSWC\|
239 Broadway		Brennan Cottage	DIS (1930)\|
240 Broadway	333 Broadway		TBSWC\|
241 Broadway			Home of Cornelius and Bernice Clifford\|
244 Broadway	File:244 Broadway Mountain View Cottage]]\|\| \|
246 Broadway	31 Old Lake Colby Road	246 Broadway	TBSWC, DIS (1911)\|
288 Broadway	96 Old Lake Colby Road		TBSBC\|
290 Broadway		Walker Cottage 2	DIS (1930)\|
292 Broadway		Walker Cottage 3	DIS (1928)\|
298 Broadway		298 Broadway	DIS\|
318 Broadway		White Cottage	DIS (1932)\|
320 Broadway		320 Broadway	TBSBC, DIS (1928)\|
324 Broadway	Old Lake Colby Road	Finn House, [[3]]

[1862 - 1963.]]]

Woodruff Street| is just beyond the near foreground fence. |Photograph #82.499 courtesy of the Adirondack Research Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library.]]

Loomis Block| at left,
Flint's Pharmacy| (later home to the Dew Drop Inn|) at right. c. 1940.
|Courtesy of Karen Lewis. ]]

Adirondack Hardware Company|; and the Burt and Goodspeed Millinery| Shop ]]

Saranac Supply| building and, at right, the Dickie's| building. The buildings were demolished in the spring of 1974. Adirondack Daily Enterprise|, February 1, 1974 ]]

Bloomingdale Avenue| (|Watertown Daily Times|, 1948) ]] Watertown Daily Times, 1948.

The first part of the caption for this photograph is missing. The large building at right is 73 Broadway; to its left is the St. Regis Hotel.

The Leading Shop in the Potter Block is adjacent to Henry Wamsganz's store. The diner, belonging to Wheelers, is half visible near the Model T Ford with the 1923 license plates. Auto lovers think that the car parked at the left may be an "Overland". These were great years in the village and the economy was very solid.

[For more information on this photograph and caption, see Old Saranac Lake photographs]

See also: 1997 Streetscapes

1. Comments

2012-04-08 18:47:39 Today the Saranac Lake Baptist Church is located at 490 Broadway. —MaryHotaling

1. Footnotes

1. Sanborn Map Company, Saranac Lake maps of 1895 & 1899.