National Register of Historic Places
Queensbury Hotel, The
Glens Falls, Warren County, New York
The record
- Listed
- September 14, 2018
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 88 Ridge St., Glens Falls
- County
- Warren
- State
- New York
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 43.31224, -73.64423
- Reference number
- 100002924
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The story
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The Queensbury Hotel is a hotel building at 88 Ridge St. in Glens Falls, Warren County, built 1924 to 1926 in the Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Neoclassical styles, attributed to the J.G. White Engineering Company, built by the Kingsbury Construction Company of Hudson Falls.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in architecture, commerce and community planning and development. Its period of significance runs from 1924 to 1956, reflecting the hotel's 1924-1926 construction and years as Glens Falls's social, business and civic center through 1956.
Physical character
The five-story building has a steel frame, concrete foundation, and walls of red brick laid in common bond and trimmed with cast stone. In the 1920s the hotel's windows were replaced with vinyl-clad units and a one-story block was added on the south elevation; a 1929 expansion added 56 guest rooms to the west wing, and a 1985 rear addition included a new north entrance and portico.
Historical context
In 1924, 100 Glens Falls businessmen organized the Glens Falls Hotel Corporation, with George F. Bayle Sr. as president, and raised $474,000 in a month. The Queensbury accepted its first guests in 1926, and its grand opening was broadcast on radio station WGY.