Robert Newton Brezee

Brezee came to Saratoga Springs in 1867. He worked as a carpenter, and left Saratoga for a while to work on the planned community of Garden City, Long Island built by Alexander Turney Stewart.[1] A self-taught architect, he returned to Saratoga Springs and opened an office in 1884.[1] He is credited with the design of more than fifty buildings.[2]

Brezee was born on September 26, 1851 in Middleburgh, New York. He married Jennie M. Carr (1855-1950) on July 25, 1881 in Saratoga Springs.[3] The couple had four daughters: Edna Winford Brezee (1882-1971), Claire M. Brezee (b.1885) (Mrs. Samuel J. Mott), Elizabeth L. Brezee (1887-1989), and Dorothy Newton Brezee (1897-1949).[4]

Brezee died in 1929; he and Jennie are buried in Greenridge Cemetery in Saratoga Springs.

Brezee designed primarily in the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. Many Brezee-designed buildings have been preserved in the Union Avenue Historic District and the East Side Historic District in Saratoga Springs. The following is a partial list of these and of his other works:

City	Street	Building type	Date	photo
Saratoga Springs	105 Lake Ave.[5]	Single-family home	1884	105 Lake Avenue
Ballston Spa	George West Office Building, within Union Mill Complex, Milton Ave. (NY 50)[6]	Queen Anne-style 2-story brick office building	1884	George West Office Building is 2-story building at lower center in this view of the Union Mill Complex
Saratoga Springs	159 Division Street	Single-family home	1884–85	159 Division Street in 2014
Raquette Lake	Antlers	Hotel	1885
Saratoga Springs	75 Caroline Street	Single-family home	1885-86	75 Caroline Street
Saratoga Springs	10 Fifth Avenue	Single-family home	1886	10 Fifth Avenue
Saratoga Springs	156 Caroline Street	Summer home	1886-87	156 Caroline Street
Saratoga Springs	109 Caroline Street[7]	Single-family home	1887	109 Caroline Street
Saratoga Springs	511 Broadway	Office and residence of Dr. Douglas C Moriarta	1887	511 Broadway
Saratoga Springs	487 Broadway	Residence of Davis Coleman	1887	487 Broadway
Saratoga Springs	167 Grand Avenue	Single-family home	1887
Saratoga Springs	628 North Broadway	Single-family home	1887	628 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs	170-172 Spring Street	Duplex	1887
Saratoga Springs	203 Union Avenue	Single-family home	1888	203 Union Ave, a Queen Anne style home
Saratoga Springs	114 Caroline Street	Single-family home	1888	114 Caroline Street
Saratoga Springs	34 Clark Street	Single-family home	1888–89	34 Clark Street
Saratoga Springs	59 State Street	Single-family home	1888–89
Saratoga Springs	5 Fifth Avenue	Single-family home	1889	5 Fifth Avenue
Saratoga Springs	119 Caroline Street	Single-family home	1891	House of architect R. Newton Brezee
Saratoga Springs	153 Phila Street	Single-family home	1892–93
Saratoga Springs	179 Caroline Street	Single-family home	1896
Saratoga Springs	86 Court Street	Residence	1896	86 Court Street
Saratoga Springs	190-194 Grand Avenue	Row houses	1896	190-194 Grand Ave.
Saratoga Springs	91 Circular Street	Residence	1896
Saratoga Springs	135 Lake Avenue	Single-family home	1896
Saratoga Springs	16 Marion Place	Single-family home	1896	16 Marion Place
Saratoga Springs	22 Marion Place	Single-family home	1896	22 Marion Place
Saratoga Springs	21 Van Dam Street	Church	1897	21 Van Dam Street
Saratoga Springs	136 Circular Street	Single-family home (expansion)	1898	136 Circular Street
Corinth	First Baptist Church[8]	Church	1898	First Baptist Church, Corinth
Saratoga Springs	5 Madison Avenue	Single-family home	1898
Saratoga Springs	19 Marion Place	Single-family home	1899	19 Marion Place, the "Wills S. Kendrick House"
Saratoga Springs	96 Lake Avenue	Single-family home	1899–1900
Saratoga Springs	112 Spring Street[9]	School	1900	112 Spring Street, "School #4"
Saratoga Springs	55 Union Avenue	Single-family home	1901	55 Union Avenue
Saratoga Springs	Church Street at West Avenue	Saratoga Golf Club—club house	1902	Demolished
Saratoga Springs	205 Broadway	Single-family home	1902	Demolished
Saratoga Springs	90 Lake Avenue	Single-family home	c.1902
Saratoga Springs	9 Marion Place	Single-family home	1902
Saratoga Springs	122 Regent Street	Carriage house	1902	Douglas Mabee stables, 122 Regent St.
Saratoga Springs	120 Circular Street	Residence	1903
Saratoga Springs	28 Union Avenue[10]	Single-family home	1903	28 Union Avenue
Saratoga Springs	56 Union Ave.[11]	Single-family home	1903	56 Union Avenue
Saratoga Springs	142 Lake Avenue	Single-family home	1904
Saratoga Springs	687 North Broadway	Single-family home	1904	687 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs	64-66 Ludlow Street[5]		1905	64-66 Ludlow Street, the former "Hawley Children's Home"
Saratoga Springs	25 Fifth Avenue	Single-family home	1906	25 Fifth Avenue
Lake George	Triuna Island	Summer retreat of Spencer and Katrina Trask	1906-7
Saratoga Springs	Union Avenue	Yaddo— "West House"	1906–12
Corinth	611 Palmer Avenue	Palmer Avenue School	1908	Palmer Avenue School, Corinth
Round Lake	US Route 9	Summer home	1908	Charles Frederick Cluett home, Round Lake
Barkersville	Administration building and Pavilion number 1 Saratoga County Sanitorium[12]	Sanitorium	1913
Saratoga Springs	75 Ludlow Street	Single-family home	ca.1928

• Burns, Kathryn Ann. "An inventory and analysis of the work of architect R. Newton Brezee, Saratoga Springs, New York (1884-1929)".