Bemis Eye Sanitarium Complex

Bemis Eye Sanitarium Complex

Image from page 45 of "The literary digest" (1890). The left building still stands; the right one is gone.
Location Glen Street, Sherman Street, Glens Falls, New York
Coordinates 43°18′43″N 73°39′1″W / 43.31194°N 73.65028°W / 43.31194; -73.65028Coordinates: 43°18′43″N 73°39′1″W / 43.31194°N 73.65028°W / 43.31194; -73.65028
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1893
Architect Potter, Ephraim B.
Architectural style Italianate, Queen Anne
MPS Glens Falls MRA
NRHP Reference # 84003243[1]
Added to NRHP September 29, 1984

Bemis Eye Sanitarium Complex is a historic sanatorium complex located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. The complex was built between about 1893 and 1902 and consists of eight contributing structures. There are five boarding houses built for the sanitarium, as well as two previously existing residences and a carriage house that were converted for sanitarium use in the 1890s.[2]

These buildings of the Bemis Eye Sanitarium Complex are now the Sherman Square Apartments on Sherman Avenue.

Dr. Edward Herbert Bemis built the complex for the treatment of eye diseases.[3] The sanitarium closed after his death in 1901.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

At least two of the buildings of the complex, on Sherman Avenue, were later re-purposed as the Sherman Square Apartments.[4] These buildings suffered a severe fire on May 8, 2014.[5] The interior was gutted, but the exterior was salvaged, and the apartment complex was expected to be eventually re-opened.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ unnamed (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bemis Eye Sanitarium Complex". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  3. 1 2 "Prominent Citizen: Dr. Edward Herbert Bemis". The Corners: Glens Falls Community History Project. Chapman Historical Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Maury (4 June 2012). "Glens Falls: Where sluggish eyes awoke". Glens Falls Post-Star. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. ↑ McKibben, Jason (9 May 2014). "Sherman Square apartment fire". Glens Falls Post Star. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Lehman, Don (9 December 2014). "Sherman Square rebuilding should start soon". Glens Falls Post-Star. Retrieved 12 August 2015.


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