{"nrhp_refnum":"03001279","name":"Gideon Putnam Burying Ground","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saratoga Springs","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":43.078397135000046,"lon":-73.79111342599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Art"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly one-acre historic burying ground on the east side of South Franklin Street in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, laid out in 1810 on Gideon Putnam's original village plan.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare, substantially intact non-sectarian community graveyard tied to the settlement and early development of Saratoga Springs (Criterion A). Its grave markers show the range of funerary motifs and materials used in the early period (Criterion C). It is also the only surviving feature in the city associated with founder Gideon Putnam.","narrative":"This one-acre burying ground on South Franklin Street in Saratoga Springs was set aside in 1810 by Gideon Putnam on his plat plan for the village. Putnam became its first interment in 1812, and the last recorded burial took place in 1871. About 161 burials remain identified among marble, limestone and granite markers carved with urns, weeping willows, draped swags and ivy borders. A high fieldstone wall with an iron gate encloses the Putnam family plot, where a monument of dual pedestals and a center obelisk commemorates Putnam and his wife, Doana. The ground was used sporadically, passed to the village government in 1835, and declined as the resort town grew around it, with a 1922 survey counting only 89 inscribed markers. Local efforts since the 1980s reset stones, cleared brush and installed fencing, and the family plot wall was restored in 2002. It was listed for its link to the town's settlement and for its funerary art.","period_of_significance":"1810-1871","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored through local preservation efforts since the 1980s; the Putnam family plot wall was restored in 2002, and the site is maintained as a small city historical park.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.928051-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03001279.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001279/344ab6c66b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001279/344ab6c66b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gideon_Putnam_burying_ground.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gideon_Putnam_burying_ground.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321582","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Putnam_Burying_Ground","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5559650"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/gideon-putnam-burying-ground-03001279/"}