Hotel Saranac

{{short description|Historic hotel in upstate New York, U.S.}}

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|location = 100 Main St, Saranac Lake, New York

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|locmapin = New York#USA

| added = April 5, 2019

|built=1927

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|architecture=Colonial Revival

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The Hotel Saranac is a historic hotel in Saranac Lake, New York, a town formerly served by the Adirondack Railway. Its full name is Hotel Saranac, Curio Collection by Hilton. The hotel has 102 rooms and 20 suites.

It was designed by local architects William Scopes and Maurice Feustmann in an austere Colonial Revival (or Neo-Georgian) style and built in 1927.{{cite web|title=After Historic Hotel's 4-Year Restoration, the Social Heart of Saranac Lake, NY Beats Again|publisher=Roedel Companies|date=February 1, 2018|url=https://roedelcompanies.com/news/after-historic-hotels-4-year-restoration-social-heart-saranac-lake-ny-beats-again}}{{cite web|url=https://hotelsaranac.com/hotel/history |title=Hotel Saranac: History |publisher=Hotel Saranac}} The hotel is a symmetrically arranged, six-story building clad in brick veneer. In order to ensure fire safety, the hotel was built with steel framing and concrete floors. The large lobby on the second floor was modeled after the Grand Salon of the Davanzati Palace in Florence.{{cite web|title=Draft National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Hotel Saranac|publisher=Landmark Consulting, LLC|year=2013|accessdate=May 7, 2020|url=http://www.landmarkconsulting.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Hotel-Saranac-DRAFT-NR-nom.pdf}}

The hotel closed in 2013, underwent a $35-million renovation, and reopened in 2018.{{cite news|title=HOT SARA is back: Historic Adirondack hotel reopens|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=April 8, 2018|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50418053/hot-sara-is-back-historic-adirondack/}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

It is a member of the Historic Hotels of America.{{cite web|url=https://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/hotel-saranac/ |title=Hotel Saranac, Curio Collection by Hilton |publisher=Historic Hotels of America }}

It claimed when opened to have been the first fireproof hotel in the Adirondacks.{{cite web

|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/most-beautiful-adirondacks-hotels

|title=The 7 Most Beautiful Hotels in the Adirondacks

|author=Keith Flanagan |date=August 27, 2018

|journal=Architectural Digest

|accessdate=April 26, 2020}}

It was owned and operated by Paul Smith's College from 1962 to 2006. It was used by the college for on-the-job training as part of its hotel, resort, and culinary management program.{{cite news|url=https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2019/02/climbing-back-to-grandeur/ |title=Climbing back to grandeur: A year into revival, Hotel Saranac business creeps toward its goal |publisher=Adirondack Daily Enterprise |date=February 23, 2019 |author=Jesse Adcock}}