- Bloomingdale, New York
Bloomingdale is a hamlet located in the town of St. Armand, Essex County in the State of
New York in the United States of America. It is located at coord|44|24|28|N|74|5|15|W|. TheUnited States Postal Service has assigned Bloomingdale theZIP Code 12913.History
Bloomingdale was the center of a thriving lumbering business in the latter half of the 19th century. Although the industry went into a decline in the 20th century, Bloomingdale's location on the
Saranac River and at the junction of five roads, includingNY 3 , helped it to maintain an active community. The village has an elementary school, general store, antique shop and restaurant. The Town Hall is the center of government and community activities [ [http://www.adkhistorycenter.org/esco/tow/starmand.html ADK History Center, History of St. Armand] ] .In 1900, Daniel Seckington put in a nine hole golf course in connection with his hotel, the Waverly House; this was one of the earliest golf courses in Essex County [ [http://www.adkhistorycenter.org/esco/tow/starmand.html ADK History Center, History of St. Armand] ] .
Notable people, past and present
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George J. Adler , (1821-1868), was a linguist who spent the last 15 years of his life as a frequent resident of the Asylum here.cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location=Chicago | date = 1963]
*Vincent Colyer (1825-1888), a successful Nineteenth-century artist and humanitarian, was born here.
*James Renwick, Jr. (1818-1895), a successful Nineteenth-century architect, was born here.References
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