Bemis Eye Sanitarium Complex

United States historic place


Bemis Eye Sanitarium Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Image from page 45 of "The literary digest" (1890). The left building still stands; the right one is gone.
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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; -73.65028
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1893
Architect	Potter, Ephraim B.
Architectural style	Italianate, Queen Anne
MPS	Glens Falls MRA
NRHP reference No.	84003243
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. The architect was Ephraim Potter. 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.

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

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

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

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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.
^ "Prominent Citizen: Dr. Edward Herbert Bemis". The Corners: Glens Falls Community History Project. Chapman Historical Museum. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
Thompson, Maury (4 June 2012). "Glens Falls: Where sluggish eyes awoke". Glens Falls Post-Star. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
McKibben, Jason (9 May 2014). "Sherman Square apartment fire". Glens Falls Post Star. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
Lehman, Don (9 December 2014). "Sherman Square rebuilding should start soon". Glens Falls Post-Star. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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