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Design Review Board finds garage at 195 Lake Ave historically significant; applicant instructed to document alternatives to demolition

5968401 · September 10, 2025
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Summary

After hearing from the property owner and contractors, the board determined that a garage/carriage house at 195 Lake Ave is historically or architecturally significant and must be treated as such; next steps include applicant documentation of efforts to save, relocate or adapt the building and a public hearing on demolition if pursued.

The Saratoga Springs Design Review Board on Sept. 10 determined that a garage/carriage house at 195 Lake Avenue is architecturally or historically significant, triggering the board’s demolition‑review process and requiring the owner to document alternatives to demolition.

Erin Murphy, the property owner, described the project background: she purchased the house to create a secondary dwelling in the accessory structure and received a zoning-board approval with a…

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