Canfield Casino and Congress Park | |
 Canfield Casino main building (left) and east wing (right), with kitchen and dining wing (left background) (2020) | |
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| Location | 1 Congress Street Saratoga Springs, New York |
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| Coordinates | 43°4′44.68″N 73°46′56.28″W / 43.0790778°N 73.7823000°W |
| Area | 17 acres (6.9 ha) |
| Built | 1825 |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000910, 87000904 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1972[1] |
| Designated NHLD | February 27, 1987[2] |
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. At the peak of its popularity it was a place where the wealthy, major gamblers and stars of the entertainment world mingled. The park's artwork includes a statue by Daniel Chester French and landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted, among others.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Casino-Congress Park-Circular Street Historic District in 1972,[3] and was then declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.[2][4] The later listing excluded some of the property outside the park and halved the overall size of the district.
Congress Park is a City of Saratoga Springs park, bounded by Broadway, Spring Street, and Circular Street. The Canfield Casino buildings, built in 1870, 1871 and 1902–03, house the Saratoga Springs History Museum, an art gallery and spaces which host public and private events. Gambling was ended by reformers in 1907.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Canfield Casino and Congress Park". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 14, 2007. Archived from the original on December 27, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2007.
- ^ Brooke, Cornelia (May 1972). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Casino-Congress Park-Circular Street Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
- ^ a b Charleton, James H. (November 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Canfield Casino and Congress Park" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.