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    Albany, NY- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday that the New
    York State Board for Historic Preservation has recommended the addition of 22
    properties, resources and districts to the State and National Registers of
    Historic Places, according to a press release.

    State and National Registers listing can assist property owners in revitalizing
    buildings, making them eligible for various public preservation programs and
    services, such as matching state grants and state and federal historic
    rehabilitation tax credits, the release states. Since the Governor signed
    legislation to bolster the state’s use of rehabilitation tax credits in 2013, the
    state and federal program has spurred $3 billion of investment in historic
    commercial properties. In 2016, New York State led the nation in the number of
    completed projects using rehabilitation tax credit programs. $748 million in
    investments were generated by the state and federal credit to revitalize historic
    buildings throughout the state. More than two-thirds of the completed projects
    are in upstate communities.

    The State and National Registers are the official lists of buildings, structures,
    districts, landscapes, objects and sites significant in the history, architecture,
    archeology and culture of New York State and the nation. There are more than
    120,000 historic buildings, structures and sites throughout the state listed on
    the National Register of Historic Places, individually or as components of
    historic districts. Property owners, municipalities and organizations from
    communities throughout the state sponsored the nominations.

    Once the recommendations are approved by the state historic preservation
    officer, the properties are listed on the New York State Register of Historic
    Places and then nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, where
    they are reviewed and, once approved, entered on the National Register. More
    information and photos of the nominations are available on the Office of Parks,
    Recreation and Historic Preservation website.

    Three properties in the North Country have been recommended to receive the
    designations.
  • The First Lewis County Clerk’s Office, Martinsburg – Local landowner
    Walter Martin helped construct the county clerk’s office in 1847 as a way
    to help Martinsburg retain its hold as the county seat, and it has since
    become a local museum and a focus of local pride.
  • Lady Tree Lodge, Saranac Inn – The 1896 building is historically
    associated with the Saranac Inn, one of the premier hotels of the early
    20th century, but it also served as the summer home of two prominent
    individuals: Texas newspaperman Colonel Alfred H. Belo (1839-1901) and
    New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, who used it as his summer
    executive mansion in 1908 and 1909.
  • Stillwater Mountain Fire Observation Station, Webb – The steel tower
    was erected in 1919 as part of the state-run fire observation network
    established after several disastrous forest fires. It was also the site where
    Verplanck Colvin built a wood tower on the summit in 1882 to use as a
    triangulation station during his survey of the Adirondacks.
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