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. Broadway, looking north from Berkeley Square, c. 1909 (From Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks: The North Woods City of Health and Opportunity,
Mid Winter Carnival, 1909. Courtesy of the Adirondack Research Room, Saranac Lake Free Library)

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)

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Old Address	Post-911 Address	Building Name	Cure Evidence/Notes
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	5 Broadway 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	Fact & Fiction Booksellers
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
Passes Woodruff Street
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	United Shoe Repair
51 Broadway		Minute Lunch
52 Broadway			See 48-52 Broadway
53 Broadway			See 55 Broadway
54 Broadway	43 Broadway	Thompson Building
55 Broadway	46 Broadway	55 Broadway	SLD1906 Colonial Theatre, Saranac Supply
56 Broadway		56 Broadway	DIS
57 Broadway		57 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	Later the site of the U.S. Post Office
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	76 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	was 88-90
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	Washington Markets, Star Market, Village Self-serve Laundry, American 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	See 121 Broadway	cure features, Cure Cottages, p. 107
124 Broadway Was 124-126	Site vacant, 2009	124 Broadway	WPA wall, Cure Cottages, p. 69
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	Branch family home in 1895
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
156 Broadway	163 Broadway	E&M Market	Parks Cottage, C.W. Parks, E&M Market, TBVA, DIS (1913)
158 Broadway	Demolished, early 1970s	Broadway School	The Broadway School sat well off of Broadway, more than a hundred feet from it.  The E&M Market lot was between the school and Broadway,
159 Broadway		Donaher Cottage	DIS (1929)
161 Broadway		161 Broadway	DIS (1929)
164 Broadway	173 Broadway	Tully Cottage	SLA1935, PHR1930, TBSBC, TBVA Image
165 Broadway	176 Broadway	165 Broadway,	Loyal Order of Moose
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	Hyde Fuel
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	D. Cohen & Sons	Now a small vacant lot, it burned in 1971.
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		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, Image
Broadway becomes the Lake Colby Road. Some maps show the south end of the Old Lake Colby Road as Upper Broadway

Broadway bridge, west side, 1909. A. Fortune, Jr. Public Market, Bradford B. Flint & Co., the Sagendorf Restaurant, the Adirondack Pharmacy, the Masonic Temple
(Detroit Publishing) Broadway, looking north, c. 1940.
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Street view of Saranac, New York" 
The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1862 - 1963.

Broadway, looking north, 1885. Saranac River flows left to right across the middle of the photograph, crossed by the narrow Broadway bridge. The location of present day Woodruff Street is just beyond the near foreground fence. Photograph #82.499 courtesy of the Adirondack Research Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library.Broadway, 1909, Detroit Publishing

Broadway bridge, looking north, undated. Loomis Block at left,
Flint's Pharmacy (later home to the Dew Drop Inn) at right. c. 1940.
Courtesy of Karen Lewis. Broadway, 1909: Dr. Morse, Dentist; J.W. Cromie, Harness Shop; Adirondack Hardware Company; and the Burt and Goodspeed Millinery Shop

Broadway, looking south, 1930s The future site of the Saranac Lake branch of the Farmers National Bank includes the old Candle Shop lot at left, the 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

Post card showing Ayer's Emporium at right, Broadway looking toward Main Street, , 1909. TCR 300This photograph taken in the late 1950s shows the east side of Broadway looking north from the bridge over the Saranac River. Businesses seen from left to right, Saranac Lake Supply, Dickie's Restaurant, One Minute Lunch, Pedroni's Jeweler and Optician, Everett's, Boynton's News Stand, LaRock Jewelry and Deissler's Bakery with Max's Restaurant upstairs.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, November 23, 2013.

Broadway near 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

Comments

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

Footnotes

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