Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States and is the central city of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,830 at the 2020 census. The name was given by Colonel Johannes Glen, the falls referring to a large waterfall in the Hudson River at the southern end of the city.
The Chapman Museum presents the history of the Glens Falls – Queensbury community and its connection to the Adirondack region. By encouraging discovery, understanding, and appreciation of the region's heritage, the museum provides perspective for the present and the future. The museum is owned and operated by the Glens Falls-Queensbury Historical Association. The historic home attached to the museum was originally built by Zopher DeLong who made his living as a hardware merchant in Glens Falls.
The John Jay Homestead State Historic Site is located at 400 Jay Street in Katonah, New York. The site preserves the 1787 home of Founding Father and statesman John Jay (1745–1829), one of the three authors of The Federalist Papers and the first Chief Justice of the United States. The property was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981 for its association with Jay. The house is open year-round for tours.
The Francis Hopkinson House is an historic house at 101 Farnsworth Street in Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1750, it was the home of Founding Father Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), the designer of the United States Flag and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He lived in this home with his wife Ann Borden (1747-1827) from 1774 until Hopkinson's death in 1791. Ann Borden was the granddaughter of Joseph Borden, the founder of Bordentown, New Jersey. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
Benjamin Church House is a Colonial Revival house at 1014 Hope Street in Bristol, Rhode Island, U.S.A. It opened in 1909 as the "Benjamin Church Home for Aged Men" as stipulated by Benjamin Church's will. Beginning in 1934, during the Great Depression, it admitted women. The house was closed in 1968 and became a National Register of Historic Places listing in 1971. The non-profit Benjamin Church Senior Center was incorporated in June 1972 and opened on September 1, 1972. It continues to operate as a senior center.
The Old Warren County Courthouse Complex is located at the corner of Amherst and Canada streets in Lake George, New York, United States. It is a large brick building erected in five stages from the 1840s to the 1890s. Not all of the stages built are extant.
The Henry Champion House is a historic house on Westchester Road in Colchester, Connecticut. Built in 1790, it is a good local example of Federal period architecture, designed by William Sprat, a prominent early architect. It was built by Colonel Henry Champion, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War for his son, also named Henry. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church at 402-410 Glen Street in Glens Falls, New York. It was built in 1927 and is a substantial stone, Neo-gothic-style church in a cruciform plan. It was designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942).
The Thomas Burnham House is a historic house located at 195 Ridge Street in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York.
Zopher Delong House is a historic home located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, United States. It was built about 1870 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay brick residence with a frame service wing. It has Italianate- and Second Empire–style design elements, including a mansard roof. It features a 2-story central pavilion and bracketed entrance portico. Also on the property is the original carriage house. It is maintained as a historic house museum known as the Chapman Historical Museum by the Glens Falls-Queensbury Historical Association.
Dr. Charles A. Foster House is a historic home located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It was built in 1889 and is an asymmetrical, 2+1⁄2-story, stone and frame Queen Anne style residence. It features a 1-story stone porch and cylindrical 2-story tower with conical roof.
Joseph J. Fredella House and Garage is a historic home and garage located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. They were built in 1912 and are constructed of concrete block. The house is an American Foursquare style, two-story concrete residence covered by a hipped roof covered in slate. The garage is a two-story, rectangular flat-roofed structure.
Stephen L. Goodman House is a historic home located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It was built about 1860 and is a five-bay, two-story, gable-roofed vernacular brick residence. It is T-shaped, consisting of a rectangular main block with a two-story brick and frame service wing. It features a one-story entrance porch and porte cochere. It was converted for use as a funeral home in 1945.
Hoopes House is a historic home located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. Designed by Boston architect Henry Forbes Bigelow, it was built in 1904 and is a rectangular, two story, stucco residence covered by a hipped roof sheathed with wood shingles. It features Dutch Colonial Revival style design elements. It was the home of Mary Pruyn Hoopes, the sister of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde. Charlotte Hyde was the founder of The Hyde Collection, an art museum adjacent to Hoopes House. The Hyde Collection owns Hoopes House.
Hiram Krum House is a historic home located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It was built about 1865 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three- by five-bay, irregularly shaped brick residence in a transitional Italianate / Second Empire style. It features a mansard roof.
Ephraim B. Potter House is a historic home located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, United States. It was built in about 1900 and is a square 2½-story frame residence that incorporates transitional Queen Anne- / Colonial Revival-style design elements. It is topped by a gambrel roof. It features a raised, one-story covered porch with balustrade and rounded entrance pediment. The architect was Ephraim Potter.
A. S. Rugge House is a historic home located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It was built about 1880 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, gable-roofed brick Italianate style residence. It features 1-story side and entrance porches with turned posts and paneled balustrades.
Sherman House is a historic home located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It is a large pink brick building with a profusely bracketed roof and octagonal cupola. It consists of a 2+1⁄2-story rectangular block to which has been added four porches and three wings. It is thought to date to the 1840s. The front verandah and rear wing date to about 1900 when it was occupied by the Bemis Eye Sanitarium.
Dr. James Ferguson Office is a historic medical office building located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It was built about 1870 and is a small, square 1+1⁄2-story Second Empire–style building. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It features a slate mansard roof with a single center dormer.
Glens Falls Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. It was established in 1853 as a 13-acre cemetery and expanded in 1871, 1888, and five times between 1913 and 1973 to a total of 38 acres.
