Modernist Architecture

Modernist architecture is a term used to describe a type of structure or building style in which "form follows function." The following is a preliminary list of modernist buildings in the Saranac Lake Central School District. Arthur Wareham was a resident modernist architect in Saranac Lake, the younger partner of William G. Distin, in whose generally traditional structures some modernist influences can also be seen.

Institutions

• Trudeau Institute — Arthur Wareham
• Saranac Lake Central Schools
  • New Lake Clear School — Arthur Wareham
  • Bloomingdale School
• DeChantal Apartments, corner Church and Helen Streets
• Harrietstown Housing Authority highrise apartment building, Kiwassa Road
• St. Bernard's Church, St. Bernard's Street
• St. Bernard's Rectory, St. Bernard's Street
• St. Pius X High School, Petrova Avenue
• North Country Community College
  • Library
  • Science Building
  • Classroom (?) Building
• Paul Smith's College
  • Residence Hall on Church Street, Saranac Lake
  • Joan Weill Library, Paul Smith's Campus
• New National Guard Armory, LaPan Highway
• New Curling Rink and Lamella roof
• Saranac Lake Free Library extension — Arthur Wareham
• Alton B. Anderson Memorial Bandshell in Riverside Park — Arthur Wareham

Residences

• Lustron House, Petrova Avenue
• Geodesic domes
  • Dome at Schroeter's Field, Ampersand Avenue and Forest Home Road (demolished and replaced)
  • Judge Karl Griebsch's retirement dome, Woodycrest Road (demolished 2009 and a new house built on the foundation)
  • LeFebvres' domes in Onchiota
• Wareham House, Rockledge — Arthur Wareham
• Nina Holland House, Bloomingdale Avenue and Catherine Street
• Cheney Seymour House, Fletcher Farm Road
• Camp for Indian Carry Associates on Upper Saranac Lake, 1/20/1969 — Moshe Safdie. (Was this actually built?)

Commercial Buildings

• Tousley Storage Building, now Madden's, on Main Street — H. L. Magill, Architect, Rye, N.Y.
• Mountain Mist Custard
• Mobil Gasoline stations
  • Broadway
  • Lake Flower Avenue — Eliot Noyes
• HSBC Bank alterations and addition — Main Street, Saranac Lake
• Verizon Building on Church Street, next to DeChantel Apartments

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