Shepard Avenue, on Helen Hill was named for Colonel Elliott Shepard, a son-in-law of William H. Vanderbilt. "When a man curing here named Shepard built a home for the [Presbyterian] minister out of appreciation and respect, they named a street 'Shepard' for him." 1 It runs north from River Street to a dead end after Prescott Place.
Old Address | Post-911 Address | Building Name | Cure Evidence/Notes | |
Starts at the top of a bank overlooking north Main Street | ||||
1 Shepard Avenue | 137 Shepard Avenue |
DIS 1911 |
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5 Shepard Avenue | Vacant | |||
6 Shepard Avenue | Vacant | 6 Shepard Avenue |
Cure Cottages, p. 79 |
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8 Shepard Avenue | 134 Shepard Avenue | 8 Shepard Avenue | JOL1931, SLA1935, DIS | |
Passes Prescott Place (formerly Park Place) | ||||
12 Shepard Avenue | 128 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC, TBSWC, USC1925, DIS | ||
15 Shepard Avenue | 121 Shepard Avenue | 15 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC, DIS | |
16 Shepard Avenue | 122 Shepard Avenue | |||
17 Shepard Avenue | 113 Shepard Avenue | DIS 1911 | ||
18 Shepard Avenue | 118 Shepard Avenue | |||
20 Shepard Avenue | (empty lot) | 20 Shepard Avenue |
Cure Cottages p. 166 |
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Crosses Helen Street | ||||
23 Shepard Avenue | Site vacant, 2009 | 23 Shepard Avenue | ||
24 Shepard Avenue | 96 Shepard Avenue | USC1910 | ||
25 Shepard Avenue | 93 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC, NYC1915, DIS | ||
26 Shepard Avenue | 98 Shepard Avenue | |||
28 Shepard Avenue | 94 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC, DIS | ||
30 Shepard Avenue | 90 Shepard Avenue | |||
24 Front Street | 85 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC, TBSWC | ||
26 Front Street | 83 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC | ||
34 Shepard Avenue | 82 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC, TBSWC, DIS | ||
38 Shepard Avenue | 74 Shepard Avenue | |||
Passes Front Street | ||||
40 Shepard Avenue | 64 Shepard Avenue |
Cure Cottages, p. 12 & 74 |
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42 Shepard Avenue | 60 Shepard Avenue | |||
Sanborn maps between 1916 and 1961 show McCarthy Terrace heading southwest from this point. | ||||
43 Shepard Avenue/ 4 McCarthy Terrace | 51 Shepard Avenue | Image | ||
45 Shepard Avenue | 47 Shepard Avenue | SLA1935, DIS | ||
46 Shepard Avenue | 50 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC, USC1925, DIS | ||
46 1/2 Shepard Avenue | Vacant | |||
47 Shepard Avenue | Burned in 1979 | 47 Shepard Avenue | DIS | |
47 1/2 Shepard Avenue | 41 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC | ||
47 1/3 Shepard Avenue | 43 Shepard Avenue | |||
48 Shepard Avenue | Vacant | Walters Cottage |
Cure Cottages, p. 19 |
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49 Shepard Avenue | 39 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC, DIS | ||
50 Shepard Avenue | 44 Shepard Avenue | |||
53 Shepard Avenue | 35 Shepard Avenue | DIS 1911 | ||
54 Shepard Avenue | 32 Shepard Avenue |
Cure Cottages, p. 54 |
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55 Shepard Avenue | 31 Shepard Avenue | TBSBC, DIS | ||
56 Shepard Avenue | 32 Shepard Avenue | |||
56 1/2 Shepard Avenue | 34 Shepard Avenue | |||
58 Shepard Avenue | 30 Shepard Avenue | |||
59 Shepard Avenue | 23 Shepard Avenue | 59 Shepard Avenue | ||
60 Shepard Avenue | DIS | |||
60 1/2 Shepard Avenue | 28 Shepard Avenue | Mrs. Murphy | DIS 1953 | |
61 Shepard Avenue | 19 Shepard Avenue | |||
62 Shepard Avenue | 22 Shepard Avenue | |||
Passes Clinton Avenue (formerly South Street) | ||||
63 Shepard Avenue | 17 Shepard Avenue | |||
64 Shepard Avenue | 16 Shepard Avenue | DIS | ||
66 Shepard Avenue | 12 Shepard Avenue |
Christian Sporck Kenneth Pratt Adirondack Bean-To (2007) |
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68 Shepard Avenue | vacant | 68 Shepard Avenue | ||
70 Shepard Avenue | ||||
Ends at River Street |
See also Photograph of Shepard Avenue, unknown date.
Comments
Footnotes
1. "Smoke gets in your eyes," Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 26, 1971, reprinted November 27, 2004.