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Marilyn Kaplan is the Founding Principal of Preservation Architecture in Albany, NY, a member of APT’s College of Fellows, and one of the founding members of APTNE, formerly known as APTNY. With her firm, and prior positions including with the NY State Historic Preservation Office, she has provided architectural services for hundreds of historic properties in the northeast. She is one of the nation’s experts on the application of building and fire codes to historic buildings, including authoring Preservation Brief 51: Building Codes for Historic and Existing Buildings for the National Park Service in 2024. She has served as the founding co-chair of the APT Technical Committee on Codes and Standards, and on various committees of the International Code Council's International Existing Building Code and, previously, the National Fire Protection Association's Committee on Cultural Resources.
Tour Leader: Christina Muir Vágvölgyi is a Historic Site Restoration Coordinator at New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, where she has been employed since 2016. She was previously an APTNE Board member and has a Master’s Degree in Historic Preservation from Columbia University.
 Tour Leader: Samantha Bosshart, the Executive Director of the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, has been with the organization since 2008. She has made tremendous strides in the area of partnering with the Saratoga Race Course to advance historic preservation on the site. She regularly advocates for best preservation practices before the land use boards of the City of Saratoga Springs and provides technical assistance to property owners. Samantha is currently the chair of the National Preservation Partners Network (NPPN) and a member of the Board of Directors of Discover Saratoga. In addition, she is a member of the Board of Directors of Adirondack Architectural Heritage. |
 Tour Leader: Helen Watson has been the General Manager of the Adelphi Hotel since 2018. She has over 25 years of experience as a luxury hotel professional. Helen was previously the Director of Rooms at The Adelphi Hotel where she gained valuable insight in the beautiful city of Saratoga Springs and was integral in helping to shape the brand and re-open the hotel. |
Tour 3: Ludlow House (Masonic Lodge): Turning the Clock Back on the Ludlow House
687 N Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Date: Saturday, March 1
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 PM
Time: 11:00 – 12:00 PM
Cost: $25
Attendee Limit: 15
CEU: 1.0 CEU/HSW credit (TBC)
Photo: The Ludlow House before renovation, courtesy of Samantha Bosshart.
CEU: 1.0 CEU/HSW credit (TBC)
Photo: The Ludlow House before renovation, courtesy of Samantha Bosshart.
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This stately masonry building was once a summer home, built in 1903 for Henry S. Ludlow. It was modified in 1953 after the Masonic Hall Association purchased the property. For 65 years, the Freemasons held meetings, events, and dinners in the Lodge until it was sold to a new family who recently restore it back to a single-family home. This tour will take people through the family home to discuss the history of the estate, how it was modified to meet the Freemason’s needs, and the meticulous renovation to return it to its original grandeur.
Tour Leader: Samantha Bosshart, the Executive Director of the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, has been with the organization since 2008. She has made tremendous strides in the area of partnering with the Saratoga Race Course to advance historic preservation on the site. She regularly advocates for best preservation practices before the land use boards of the City of Saratoga Springs and provides technical assistance to property owners. Samantha is currently the chair of the National Preservation Partners Network (NPPN) and a member of the Board of Directors of Discover Saratoga. In addition, she is a member of the Board of Directors of Adirondack Architectural Heritage.
Tour 4: From Vichy to V-8: The Conversion of a Bottling Plant to an Automobile Museum
110 Avenue of the Pines
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Date: Saturday, March 1
Time: 10:00 – 12:00 PM
Cost: $ 25
Attendee Limit: 25
CEU: 1.0 CEU/HSW credit (TBC)
Photo: Exterior of the Bottling Plant. Photo Courtesy of Elisabeth Bakker Johnson.
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Saratoga Spa State Park (Spa Park) in Saratoga Springs, NY, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark. The mineral springs of Saratoga were a primary factor in the nineteenth-century development of the city as an elegant Victorian-era resort center. By the end of the century, however, the springs were so heavily exploited as a source for carbonic gas that the water table, the water quality, and ultimately the economy of Saratoga were threatened.
Between 1931 and 1935, a major spa complex was constructed, among which included a Bottling Plant that bottled the valuable mineral water for distribution for more than half a century. With a shift of health practices away from “taking the cure” and the emerging automobile age that created a societal movement toward new travel opportunities, a downward spiral of underuse to disuse accelerated. Many buildings closed their doors, and the Bottling Plant ceased operation in 1970, remaining vacant, slowly deteriorating for the next 30 years. Saratoga Spa State Park acquired new tenants/uses to fill the voids.
One of these new uses, completed in 2002, was a five-million-dollar renovation of the long vacant Bottling Plant into the Saratoga Automobile Museum. The tour will provide an analysis of the necessary adaptations for the building's conversion; building, site, and political challenges during both design and construction; as well as a 22-year post-mortem of lessons learned on the successes and failures of the adaptive re-use as well as a tour of the current automobile exhibits!
Tour Leader: Elisabeth Bakker Johnson, AIA works as a Senior Project Manager at CHA Solutions, in Albany, New York. She has recently retired from over 30 years of New York State service, where she worked in part at the NY SHPO, the NYS Office of General Services as assistant to the Capital Architect and served as Historic Site Restoration Coordinator with the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation at Saratoga Spa State Park where she oversaw the adaptive reuse of the Bottling Plant. A licensed architect and certified Code Enforcement Official, she has a Masters of Architecture from SUNY Buffalo and a Masters of Science in Building Conservation from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has presented papers and published several articles, some of which can be found in the Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture, where she has five entries related to Dutch architecture. An avid volunteer to organizations close to her heart, Elisabeth served as Vice-President of APTNE for many years, is incoming chair of the AIA Interfaith Design Knowledge Community, and is an active member of several preservation/architecture and social organizations.
Tour 5: Whitman Brewery and Saratoga Joinery
20 Lake Ave
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Date: Saturday, March 1
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 PM
Tour Cost: $ 25
Attendee Limit: 25
CEU: 1.0 CEU/HSW credit (TBC)
Photo: Exterior of the Saratoga Joinery, photo courtesy of the Saratoga Joinery
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Join us for a tour of Saratoga Joinery and the Walt & Whitman Brewery.
Saratoga Joinery, a woodworking hub that empowers the community to fix, create, and innovate, rather than buying new or throwing things away. Open for just eight months, they’ve reduced financial barriers to make woodworking accessible to all, including the growing Women + Makers Group. Partnering with local organizations like the Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, they offer scholarships, youth programming, and foster creative, sustainable craftsmanship.
Walt & Whitman Brewing was built to occupy the interior of the former Saratogian newspaper building. Phinney Design stayed sensitive to this space’s historic nature, centering the project around the revitalization and restoration of the original 1902 building.
Tour Leader: Steven Dodds, a Senior Architect at Phinney Design Group, is a licensed architect, AIA member with over 25 years of experience in architectural design and project & construction management. He is accustomed to working on projects with dense and unusual programs, large consultant teams and complex regulatory environments. He has a wealth of experience working closely with clients and team members in schematic programming, design development and construction documentation for a wide variety of project types, including multifamily residential, education & childcare, religious & cultural institutions and craft beverage production.
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Thank you for your continued support of APTNE, we look forward to seeing you in February!!
Thank you to the Symposium Committee for your amazing efforts!
Chair: Corey Spitzer
Committee Members: Alafia Akhtar, Sloane Bullough, Adrienne Cali, Pamela Clemens, Marcie Clifford, Brigitte Cook, Molly Donahue, Jen Kearney, Christina Muir-Vagvolgyi, Jessica Ouwerkerk, Stacey Thomas
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2025 Annual Meeting & Symposium
Where: Saratoga Springs, NY
When: Friday, February 28
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
When: Friday, February 28
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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