Broadway Historic District stretches a mile through Saratoga Springs, commercial to the south, residential to the north. This mile-long stretch unfolds with a twofold character: to the south the commercial core of the city, where many important public and private buildings remain intact from their peak days as a resort town; to the north, North Broadway becomes a residential neighborhood of large Victorian houses built by frequent visitors to the town and its spas and racetrack. In 1979 this whole corridor was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Since then its boundaries have twice been increased to include adjacent areas after new information came to light, adding notable properties such as a church by Richard Upjohn. Another contributing property, the post office, was later listed on the Register in its own right. The district runs from the vicinity of Congress Park northward, overlapping just into the Town of Greenfield near Skidmore College where Broadway becomes Glen Mitchell Road.
Notice the shift from commercial storefronts near Congress Park to the grand Victorian houses stretching north toward Skidmore College.