Petrified Sea Gardens
United States historic place in Saratoga Springs, New York. Added to the National Register in 1999, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Petrified Sea Gardens, also once known as Ritchie Park, is a National Historic Landmark on Petrified Sea Gardens Road in Saratoga Springs, New York. It preserves a bed of ancient stromatolites in a Cambrian rock layer, which were the first to be recognized and understood for what they are. The site was a private park open to the public for many years, but is now closed. The site was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1967, and a National Historic Landmark in 1999.
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The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | 42 Petrified Gardens Road, Saratoga Springs, NY |
| County | Saratoga County |
| Listed | Jan 20, 1999 |
| Reference number | 99000631 |
| Type of place | protected area |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, National Natural Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 42 Petrified Gardens Road, Saratoga Springs, NY |
| Coordinates | 43.08312, -73.84406 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Saratoga National Historical Park · 12 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 99000631. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.