{"nrhp_refnum":"72000910","name":"Casino-Congress Park-Circular Street Historic District","other_names":["See Also: Canfield Casino and Congress Park"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Broadway, Spring, and Circular Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saratoga Springs","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":43.07756471850007,"lon":-73.7843226846149,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-06-19","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1987-02-27","areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly triangular historic district of about 43 acres in Saratoga Springs, New York, made up of the Canfield Casino, Congress Park around it, and ten nineteenth-century buildings along Circular Street on the park's southeastern edge.","why_significant":"The district joins the two sites behind Saratoga Springs' international fame as a health spa and gambling center: Congress Spring and the Casino. The Casino is tied to gambler John Morrissey and Richard Canfield and to the social history of the era. Circular Street's 1870s houses show the variety of architecture from the city's heyday and relate visually and historically to the park.","narrative":"Congress Park and its surroundings in Saratoga Springs form a district of about 43 acres, centered on the Canfield Casino, the landscaped park around it, and ten nineteenth-century buildings along Circular Street. The park holds paths, lawns, Italian gardens, fountains and Grecian spring pavilions, including the Spirit of Life fountain. The brick Casino was built in 1867 to 1869, with a large dining room and kitchen added in 1903 to designs by Clarence Luce. John Morrissey established its reputation as a gambling house, and Richard Canfield later ran it, drawing wealthy families and entertainers. Congress Spring, developed by Dr. John Clarke, produced bottled water sold worldwide. Clarke also laid out Circular Street and built the Greek Revival house at number 46. The street's houses, mostly from the 1870s, show a lively mix of architectural treatments. Together these sites record Saratoga Springs' fame as a health resort and gambling center.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Casino built by John Morrissey (1866); dining hall by Clarence Luce (1903); #20 Circular Street by Nichols and Halcott; #24 by Stevens and Vaughn","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (#46 Circular Street); varied 19th-century styles including Italianate-type brick Casino with pediments and bracketed cornice","criteria":[],"status_note":"Casino owned by the city, with its first two floors being restored and the third floor used as a museum; Circular Street buildings are in use as residences, a convent, a clinic and Skidmore College housing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.544665-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000910.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000910/09f6fda05a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000910/09f6fda05a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canfield_Casino,_Saratoga_Springs,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Canfield_Casino,_Saratoga_Springs,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87000904","name":"Canfield Casino and Congress Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/canfield-casino-and-congress-park-87000904/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321552","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfield_Casino_and_Congress_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5032309"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/casino-congress-park-circular-street-historic-district-72000910/"}